West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund v. Conagra Brands, Inc. et al
West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund |
Anil Arora, Ruth Ann Marshall, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC., David S. Marberger, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., BTIG, LLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Craig P Omtvedt, Richard H. Lenny, Conagra Brands, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Rajive Johri, Stephen G. Butler, Joie A Gregor, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Sean M. Connolly, Robert G. Wise, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Thomas K. Brown and RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
Miami Police Relief & Pension Fund, Electrical Workers Pension Fund, Local 103, I.B.E.W., City of Plantation Police Officers Pension Fund, Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, Iron Workers Local 580 Joint Funds and National Elevator Industry Pension Fund |
1:2019cv01323 |
February 22, 2019 |
US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
Edmond E Chang |
Securities/Commodities |
Both |
Docket Report
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Filing 68 AMENDED complaint by National Elevator Industry Pension Fund against All Defendants Consolidated Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Federal Securities Laws (Saham, Scott) |
Filing 67 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang:Applications by Andrew W. Hutton, Ting Liu, Scott H. Saham and Spencer A. Burkholz to appear pro hac vice on behalf of Movant National Elevator Industry Pension Fund are granted. Emailed notice (slb, ) |
Filing 66 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number 0752-15966707. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Burkholz, Spencer) |
Filing 65 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number 0752-15966376. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 1)(Saham, Scott) |
Filing 64 MOTION by Movant National Elevator Industry Pension Fund Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $150, receipt number 0752-15964289 (Liu, Ting) |
Filing 63 MOTION by Movant National Elevator Industry Pension FundMotion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $150, receipt number 0752-15963764 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Hutton, Andrew) |
Filing 62 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The unopposed motion #61 of the Director Defendants to reassign Klein v. Arora et al, Case No. 19 C 3148, is granted under Local Rule 40.4. The reassignment will be effectuated with the Executive Committee. After the reassignment is implemented, the Court will set a status hearing in 19 C 3148, and a deadline in advance of the status hearing to present the stipulation referred to in R. 61 at 4. Emailed notice (Chang, Edmond) |
Filing 61 MEMORANDUM notice of motion #60 by Anil Arora, Thomas K. Brown, Stephen G. Butler, Sean M. Connolly, Joie A Gregor, Rajive Johri, Richard H. Lenny, Ruth Ann Marshall, Craig P Omtvedt in Support of Director Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Reassignment of Related Case Pursuant to Local Rule 40.4 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Klein Complaint)(Duffy, Marjorie) |
Filing 60 NOTICE of Motion by Marjorie Patricia Duffy for reassignment of related case pursuant to Local Rule 40.4 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 6/10/2019 at 08:30 AM. (Duffy, Marjorie) Docket Text Modified by the Clerk's Office on 5/28/2019 (jh, ). |
Filing 59 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Motion hearing held. Defendant Conagra's out-of-state attorneys appeared by telephone. As discussed during the hearing, all Local Rule 40.4 requirements are met, so Conagra's unopposed motion #23 to reassign and consolidate cases is granted. The Court recommends that the Executive Committee reassign case numbers 19 C 1805 and 19 C 2250 to the calendar of Judge Edmond E. Chang as related to 19 C 1323. As discussed during the hearing, Movant National Elevator Industry Pension Fund's motion to be appointed Lead Plaintiff and for appointment of Lead Counsel #30 is granted. The complaints in case numbers 19 C 1805 and 19 C 2250 are deemed operative in this case, 19 C 1323, but the Lead Plaintiff shall file a consolidated amended complaint. By 07/01/2019, Lead Plaintiff shall file the consolidated amended complaint under case number 19 C 1323. Answer to the consolidated complaint due 09/03/2019. Case numbers 19 C 1805 and 19 C 2250 will be administratively terminated; all filing shall be made in this case. The Clerk's Office shall transfer the appearances of all attorneys in 19 C 1805 and 19 C 2250 on to this docket. Joint initial status report due 09/03/2019. Status hearing set for 09/05/2019 at 9:30 a.m.Emailed notice (Attachments: #1 Status Report Requirements) (slb, ) |
Filing 58 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 57 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 56 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 55 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by RBC Capital Markets, LLC (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 54 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Rabo Securities USA, Inc. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 53 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by MUFG Securities Americas Inc. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 52 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Mizuho Securities USA LLC (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 51 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 50 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 49 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 48 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 47 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by BTIG, LLC (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 46 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by BNP Paribas Securities Corp. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 45 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Barclays Capital, Inc. (Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 44 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BTIG, LLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC by Michael James Stern (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Stern, Michael) |
Filing 43 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BTIG, LLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC by Jeffrey John Huelskamp (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Huelskamp, Jeffrey) |
Filing 42 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BTIG, LLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC by Joseph Laurence Motto (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Motto, Joseph) |
Filing 41 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BTIG, LLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC by Robert Y. Sperling (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Sperling, Robert) |
Filing 40 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: If any counsel wish to participate by phone for the 04/29/2019 hearing, they may do so by notifying the courtroom deputy, Sandra Brooks @ (312) 408-5121, with the contact phone number by 8 a.m. Central Time on 04/29/2019. Also, in light of R. 39, the Oklahoma/Houston Funds' motion #24 is terminated. Emailed notice (slb, ) |
Filing 39 NOTICE OF NON-OPPOSITION by Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 38 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The Iron Workers et al. motion #33 for appointment as lead counsel is terminated as withdrawn by R. 37. The defense motion #22 to reassign, the Oklahoma/Houston Funds' motion #24 , and the National Elevator Fund #30 motion will be heard at 9 a.m. on 04/29/2019 (rather than 8:30 a.m.)Emailed and mailed notice (slb, ) |
Filing 37 Notice of Withdrawal of the Motion of the Pension Funds for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and Approval of their Selection of Lead Counsel by City of Plantation Police Officers Pension Fund, Electrical Workers Pension Fund, Local 103, I.B.E.W., Iron Workers Local 580 Joint Funds, Miami Police Relief & Pension Fund (Josefson, Avi) |
Filing 36 DECLARATION of Avi Josefson regarding motion for miscellaneous relief, #33 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Certifications, #2 Exhibit B - Loss Charts, #3 Exhibit C - Joint Declaration, #4 Exhibit D - Notice of Pendency of First Filed Action, #5 Exhibit E - Bernstein Litowitz Resume)(Josefson, Avi) |
Filing 35 MEMORANDUM by City of Plantation Police Officers Pension Fund, Electrical Workers Pension Fund, Local 103, I.B.E.W., Iron Workers Local 580 Joint Funds, Miami Police Relief & Pension Fund in support of motion for miscellaneous relief, #33 (Josefson, Avi) |
Filing 34 NOTICE of Motion by Avi Josefson for presentment of motion for miscellaneous relief, #33 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 4/29/2019 at 08:30 AM. (Josefson, Avi) |
Filing 33 MOTION by Movants Iron Workers Local 580 Joint Funds, Electrical Workers Pension Fund, Local 103, I.B.E.W., City of Plantation Police Officers Pension Fund, Miami Police Relief & Pension Fund for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff, Approval of Their Selection of Lead Counsel, and Consolidation of Related Actions (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Josefson, Avi) |
Filing 32 MEMORANDUM by National Elevator Industry Pension Fund in support of motion to consolidate cases,, motion for miscellaneous relief, #30 (Richter, Frank) |
Filing 31 NOTICE of Motion by Frank Anthony Richter for presentment of motion to consolidate cases,, motion for miscellaneous relief, #30 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 4/29/2019 at 08:30 AM. (Richter, Frank) |
Filing 30 MOTION by Movant National Elevator Industry Pension Fund to consolidate cases , MOTION by Movant National Elevator Industry Pension Fund for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and Approval of Selection of Lead Counsel (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - PSLRA Notice, #2 Exhibit B - Certification, #3 Exhibit C - Estimate of losses, #4 Exhibit D - Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP firm resume, #5 Exhibit E - Text of Proposed Order)(Richter, Frank) |
Filing 29 ATTORNEY Appearance for Movant National Elevator Industry Pension Fund by Frank Anthony Richter (Richter, Frank) |
Filing 28 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 27 DECLARATION of STEVEN B. SINGER IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF COUNSEL (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit G, #8 Exhibit H)(Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 26 NOTICE of Motion by Carol V Gilden for presentment of motion for miscellaneous relief #24 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 4/29/2019 at 08:30 AM. (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 25 MEMORANDUM by Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System in support of motion for miscellaneous relief #24 FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF COUNSEL (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 24 MOTION by Movants Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, Houston Municipal Employees Pension SystemFOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF COUNSEL (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 23 MEMORANDUM notice of motion #22 by Anil Arora, Thomas K. Brown, Stephen G. Butler, Conagra Brands, Inc., Sean M. Connolly, Joie A Gregor, Rajive Johri, Richard H. Lenny, David S. Marberger, Ruth Ann Marshall, Craig P Omtvedt, Robert G. Wise In Support of the Conagra Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Reassignment of Related Cases Pursuant to Local Rule 40.4 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 01: Estrada, #2 Exhibit 02: HMEPS)(Duffy, Marjorie) |
Filing 22 NOTICE of Motion by Marjorie Patricia Duffy for presentment of before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 4/29/2019 at 08:30 AM. (Duffy, Marjorie) |
Filing 21 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang:Application by Geoffrey Ritts to appear pro hac vice #19 on behalf of Conagra Brands, Inc. and the individual defendants is granted. Emailed notice (slb, ) |
Filing 20 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang:Application by Marjorie Duffy to appear pro hac vice #18 on behalf of Conagra Brands, Inc. and the individual defendants is granted. Emailed notice (slb, ) |
Filing 19 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number 0752-15703001. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Ritts, Geoffrey) |
Filing 18 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number 0752-15702860. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Duffy, Marjorie) |
Filing 17 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Lester R Hooker (Hooker, Lester) |
Filing 16 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Steven B Singer (Singer, Steven) |
Filing 15 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Joseph E. White, III (White, Joseph) |
Filing 14 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Carol V Gilden ATTORNEY APPEARANCE OF STEVEN B. SINGER (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Carol V Gilden ATTORNEY APPEARANCE OF LESTER HOOKER (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 12 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Carol V Gilden ATTORNEY APPEARANCE OF JOSEPH E. WHITE, III (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 11 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The joint motion #8 to stay is granted. The answer deadline is suspended (which in turn suspends the MID deadlines). In light of the deadlines in the PSLRA, the status hearing of 04/17/2019 is reset to 06/17/2019 at 9:30 a.m., by which time the motion to appoint lead plaintiff and counsel should have been filed. The joint status report is due by 06/12/2019. Emailed notice (slb, ) |
Filing 10 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Conagra Brands, Inc. (Chung, Theodore) |
Filing 9 NOTICE of Motion by Theodore Thomas Chung for presentment of extension of time, #8 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 4/2/2019 at 08:30 AM. (Chung, Theodore) |
Filing 8 MOTION by Defendants Anil Arora, Thomas K. Brown, Stephen G. Butler, Conagra Brands, Inc., Sean M. Connolly, Joie A Gregor, Rajive Johri, Richard H. Lenny, David S. Marberger, Ruth Ann Marshall, Craig P Omtvedt, Robert G. Wise for extension of time Joint Motion for Postponement of Initial Status Hearing and Extension of Time to Respond to the Complaint (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Chung, Theodore) |
Filing 7 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Anil Arora, Thomas K. Brown, Stephen G. Butler, Conagra Brands, Inc., Sean M. Connolly, Joie A Gregor, Rajive Johri, Richard H. Lenny, David S. Marberger, Ruth Ann Marshall, Craig P Omtvedt, Robert G. Wise by Theodore Thomas Chung (Chung, Theodore) |
Filing 6 WAIVER OF SERVICE returned executed by West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund. Anil Arora waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Thomas K. Brown waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Stephen G. Butler waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Conagra Brands, Inc. waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Sean M. Connolly waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Joie A Gregor waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Rajive Johri waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Richard H. Lenny waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; David S. Marberger waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Ruth Ann Marshall waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Craig P Omtvedt waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019; Robert G. Wise waiver sent on 3/13/2019, answer due 5/13/2019. (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 5 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Initial status hearing set for 04/17/2019 at 9:00 a.m. The parties must file a joint initial status report with the content described in the attached status report requirements at least 3 business days before the initial status hearing. Plaintiff must still file the report even if not all Defendants have been served or have responded to requests to craft a joint report. Because the Procedures are occasionally revised, counsel must read them anew even if counsel has appeared before Judge Chang in other cases.Emailed notice (Attachments: #1 Status Report Requirements) (slb, ) |
Filing 4 NOTICE TO THE PARTIES - The Court is participating in the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP). The key features and deadlines are set forth in this Notice which includes a link to the (MIDP) Standing Order and a Checklist for use by the parties. In cases subject to the pilot, all parties must respond to the mandatory initial discovery requests set forth in the Standing Order before initiating any further discovery in this case. Please note: The discovery obligations in the Standing Order supersede the disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1). Any party seeking affirmative relief must serve a copy of the following documents (Notice of Mandatory Initial Discovery and the Standing Order) on each new party when the Complaint, Counterclaim, Crossclaim, or Third-Party Complaint is served. (jh, ) |
SUMMONS Issued as to Defendants Anil Arora, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BTIG, LLC, Barclays Capital, Inc., Thomas K. Brown, Stephen G. Butler, Conagra Brands, Inc., Sean M. Connolly, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Joie A Gregor, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Rajive Johri, Richard H. Lenny, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., David S. Marberger, Ruth Ann Marshall, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Craig P Omtvedt, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Robert G. Wise (jjr, ) |
Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund by Carol V Gilden (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 2 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Gilden, Carol) |
Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 400, receipt number 0752-15516333.(Gilden, Carol) |
CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Mary M. Rowland. Case assignment: Random assignment. (jjr, ) |
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