In Re Vivendi Universal, S.A., Securities Litigation

MEMORANDUM ORDER

BERMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs move for a partial lifting of the stay on discovery to obtain copies of documents already produced by defendants to the United States Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commission Des Operations de Bourse (“COB”) and Association of Active Small Investors in France (“APPAC”), all produced in connection with civil and criminal investigations for misconduct by defendants, which forms a basis of the instant class action. The PSLRA provides:

In any private action arising under this chapter, all discovery and other proceedings…