Opinion
02 Civ. 4497 (WK)
October 8, 2002
Steven G. Schulman, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., U. Seth Ottensoser, Esq. Millberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach LLP, New York, NY, Jack G. Fruchter, Esq., Fruchter Twersky, New York, NY, David R. Scott, Esq., Michael A. Swick, Esq., Scott Scott LLC, Colchester, CT, For Plaintiff Charles Mezansky.
Mel E. Lifshitz, Esq., Bernstein Liebhard Lifshitz, LLP, New York, NY, For Plaintiff Drimal, Ltd.
Steven G. Schulman, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Millberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach LLP, New York, NY, Marc A. Topaz, Esq., Schiffrin Barroway LLP, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Paul J. Geller, Esq., Cauley Geller Bowman Coates, LLP, Boca Raton, FL, For Plaintiff Frank Denton.
Curtis V. Trinko, Esq., Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, New York, NY, Steven G. Schulman, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Millberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach LLP, New York, NY, Alfred G. Yates, Esq., Law Offices of Alfred G. Yates, Pittsburgh, PA, For Plaintiff Thomas J. Spurlock.
Steven G. Schulman, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Millberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach LLP, New York, NY, Deborah R. Gross, Esq., Law Offices of Bernard M. Gross, Philadelphia, PA, For Plaintiff Alvin Chess.
Patrick A. Klingman, Esq., Schatz Nobel, P.C., Hartford, CT, For Plaintiff Michael Morin.
Marian P. Rosner, Esq., Michael A. Schwartz, Esq., Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY, Richard A. Lockridge, Esq., Karen M. Hanson, Esq., Minneapolis, Minnesota Mike Harris, Esq., Philadelphia, PA, For Plaintiffs Norman Brown and Florence Brown.
Aaron L. Brody, Esq., Tzivia Brody, Esq., Jules Brody, Esq., Stull, Stull Brody, New York, NY, Joseph H. Weiss, Esq., Weiss Yourman, New York, NY, For Plaintiff Judith Stern Kreston.
Ralph M. Stone, Esq., Jill M. Levy, Esq., Shalov Stone Bonner LLP, New York, NY, Roberta M. Roseman, Esq., John A. Macoretta, Esq., Spector Roseman Kodroff, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, For Plaintiff Elaine B. Snydman.
Fred T. Isquith, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman Herz LLP, New York, NY, For Plaintiff Owen Brady.
Robert I. Harwood, Esq., Frederick W. Gerkens, III, Esq., Jeffrey M. Norton, Esq., Wechsler Harwood Halebian Feffer LLP, New York, NY, For Plaintiff Andrea Szlavik.
Aaron L. Brody, Esq., Tzivia Brody, Esq., Jules Brody, Esq., Stull, Stull Brody, New York, NY, Joseph H. Weiss, Esq., Weiss Yourman, New York, NY, For Plaintiff Gary Tabach.
Steven G. Schulman, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Millberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach LLP, New York, NY, John G. Emerson, Jr., Esq., The Emerson Firm, Little Rock, AK, For Plaintiff Joyce Holford.
Mel E. Lifshitz, Esq., Gregory M. Egleston, Esq., Bernstein, Liebhard Lifshitz, LLP, New York, NY, Carol V. Gilden, Esq., Michael E. Moskovitz, Esq., Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, Jayne A. Goldstein, Esq., Mager White Goldstein, LLP, Jenkintown, PA, For Plaintiff Menaim Allown.
Joshua M. Lifshitz, Esq., Peter D. Bull, Esq., Bull Lifshitz, LLP New York, NY, For Plaintiff Joan Rand.
Jules Brody, Esq., Aaron L. Brody, Esq., Stull, Stull Brody, New York, NY, For Manuel Bordelove, David Hoiness, Roland Pang, Rodney Peterson, May Taylor, Erik Vieyra, Jeffrey Vieyra, Virginia Stockton, and Matthew Vieyra.
Steven G. Schulman, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., David A. Rosenfeld, Esq., Millberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach LLP, New York, NY, David R. Scott, Esq., Michael A. Swick, Esq., Scott Scott LLC, Colchester, CT, For Gordon Buck and Sharon Rusch.
Sandy A. Liebhard, Esq., Gregory M. Egleston, Esq., Bernstein Liebhard Lifshitz, LLP, New York, NY, Andrew L. Barroway, Esq., Stuart L. Berman, Esq., Darren J. Check, Esq., Schiffrin Barroway, LLP, Bala Cynwyd, PA, For Optimum Investment Advisors.
Jack C. Auspitz, Esq., Mark D. McPherson, Esq., Morrison Foerster LLP, New York, NY, For Defendants Flextronics International, Ltd., Michael E. Marks, Michael McNamara, and Robert R.B. Dykes.
ORDER
On September 23, 2002, we consolidated fourteen related class actions brought against Flextronics International, Ltd. as well as certain of its officers and directors. See Mezansky v. Flextronics Int'l, Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 24, 2002) 2002 WL 31115193. Thereafter, we also consolidated a fifteenth class action with these cases. See In re Flextronics Int'l, Ltd. Sec. Litig. (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2002) 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18265.
Shortly before these consolidation orders were issued, Defendants Flextronics International, Ltd., Michael Marks, Michael McNamara, and Robert Dykes (collectively the "Defendants") filed a motion to transfer venue in Chess v. Flextronics Int'l, Ltd., No. 02 Civ. 5336. The Defendants have since asked this Court to apply that motion to transfer venue to all fifteen of the foregoing consolidated class actions rather than to the Chess case alone. The putative class members seeking Lead Plaintiff status in these consolidated actions have indicated, without consenting to anything else, that they do not oppose the application of the moving papers for that motion to all of the consolidated actions.
Accordingly, we hereby GRANT the Defendants' request and hold that the brief and accompanying documents related to the motion to transfer venue initially filed solely in Chess v. Flextronics Int'l, Ltd., No. 02 Civ. 5336, apply to all actions consolidated as part of In re Flextronics Int'l, Ltd. Sec. Litig., No. 02 Civ. 4497. As such, the Clerk of the Court shall remove those documents filed as Docket Numbers 4, 5, and 6 in Chess v. Flextronics Int'l, Ltd., No. 02 Civ. 5336, from the file in that case and ensure that they are instead filed and docketed in the Master File for this consolidated action, In re Flextronics Int'l, Ltd. Sec. Litig., No. 02 Civ. 4497.
SO ORDERED.