Kaltman v. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
Plaintiff: Peter Kaltman
Defendant: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
Case Number: 1:2014cv09662
Filed: December 8, 2014
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
County: New York
Presiding Judge: Jed S. Rakoff
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities/Exchanges
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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September 27, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 980 OPINION AND ORDER: The award of attorneys' fees to counsel to objector William Haynes is accordingly increased from $11,731.65 to $33,741.65, to be funded from Class Counsel's fee award. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 9/27/2019) (jwh)
July 30, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 948 OPINION AND ORDER re: 920 MOTION to Intervene: Cornell's motion to unseal is therefore granted in part. Specifically, the parties must now review the sealed documents, and, mindful of the Court's doubt that confidentiality is still required in most cases, produce to Cornell by August 15, 2019 (a). copies of all documents that in the view of the producing parties can now be unsealed, (b) redacted copies of documents that can be partially unsealed, and (c) a list of all documents that the producing party believes must still be kept entirely under seal. If, following such production, Cornell wishes to object to any remaining sealings, it will notify the court in writing of its objections by August 29, 2019, at which time the Court will review the remaining sealings in camera. The Court will then issue a final order of unsealing, and Cornell will then be free to use the unsealed documents as it sees fit. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 7/29/2019) (jwh)
September 21, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 896 OPINION & ORDER re: 856 MOTION for Sanctions Against Joshua R. Furman; 859 MOTION for Bond Notice of Lead Counsel's Motion For An Order Requiring An Appeal Bond; 862 MOTION for Sanctions Notice of Lead Counse l's Motion for Sanctions Against Joseph Gielata and Richard Gielata: In conclusion, the Court hereby orders Joshua R. Furman to pay Class Plaintiffs, by no later than October 1, 2018, the sum of $10,000. This is without prejudice, howev er, to the imposition of further sanctions against Furman. In all other respects, the Court denies Class Plaintiffs' motion for sanctions against Furman and against the Gielatas, and likewise denies both Furman's and the Gielatas' cros s-motions for sanctions against Class Counsel. Further, Bueno is hereby ordered to post an appeal bond in the amount of $5,000, and the Gielatas are hereby ordered to post an appeal bond in the amount of $50,000, both by October 1, 2018. The Clerk is instructed to close docket numbers 856, 859, and 862. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 9/19/2018) (jwh)
August 15, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 866 OPINION & ORDER re: 839 MOTION for Attorney Fees: In sum, Objector is hereby awarded attorneys' fees in the amount of $11,731.65, to be taken out of Class Counsel's fee award. The Clerk is instructed to close docket number 839. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 8/14/2018) (jwh)
June 25, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 834 OPINION AND ORDER re: 777 MOTION for Attorney Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses to Counsel Filing the Initial Kaltman Action filed by Peter Kaltman, 784 MOTION for Attorney Fees and Expenses filed by Bernstein Litow itz Berger & Grossmann LLP, 781 MOTION for Attorney Fees NOTICE OF KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC'S APPLICATION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES filed by Aura Capital Ltd., 791 MOTION for Attorney Fees Notice of Cl ass Counsel's Motion for an Award of Attorneys' Fees and Reimbursement of Litigation Expenses filed by Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii, North Carolina Departmen t of State Treasurer. For the reasons stated above, and in the Court's preliminary approval of the settlement, the Court finds that the Settlement Agreement and Plan of Allocation are fair, reasonable, adequate, and otherwise in compliance w ith all applicable legal standards. Accordingly, the Court grants the motion of Class Plaintiffs for certification of the Settlement Class and for final approval of the Settlement Agreement and Plan of Allocation. The Court also grants in part Class Counsel's motion for feesand costs, awarding in fees $300,000 to USS, $50,000 to North Carolina, $50,000 to $13,350,000 to Labaton, Hawaii, $170,880,000 to and $2,314,000 to Motley Pomerantz, Rice, and $14,5 15,235.24 plus the costs expended by Pomerantz on 27 foreign contract attorneys to Class Counsel in costs. The Court also grants in part the motion of BLBG, awarding BLBG fees in an amount to be determined by Class Counsel to be paid from Class Counsel's fee award and $872,673.04 in costs to be paid from the Settlement Fund; grants in full Wolf Popper's motion, awarding Wolf Popper $107,629 in fees to be paid from Class Counsel's fee award and $1,219.66 in costs to be paid from the Settlement Fund; grants in full Almeida's motion, awarding Almeida $200,000 in fees to be paid from Class Counsel's fee award; and grants in full KSF's motion, awarding KSF $589,915.50 in fees to be paid from Class Counsel's fee award and $2,650.59 in costs to be paid from the Settlement Fund. As regards the fee awards, as noted above, counsel are to be paid 50% of the amounts due upon entry of final judgment and the rema ining amounts after the settlement funds have been fully distributed to the class. The Clerk is instructed to enter Final Judgment in accordance with the preceding paragraph, to close docket entry numbers 777, 781, 784, and 791, and to close the case. The Court will, however, retain jurisdiction over any further disputes arising in connection with the implementation of the Settlement or the payment of fees and costs. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 6/22/2018) (mro)
February 2, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 428 OPINION AND ORDER re: 255 MOTION to Appoint Counsel Pomerantz LLP as Class Counsel, MOTION to Certify Class and Appoint Class Representatives filed by Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, Employees' Retireme nt System of the State of Hawaii, Union Asset Management Holding AG, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer. Having now fully reviewed the parties' submissions and evidence, the Court grants plaintiffs' motion for class certific ation, certifies a Securities Act Class and an Exchange Act Class, appoints North Carolina and Hawaii as class representatives for the Securities Act Class and USS as class representative for the Exchange Act Class, and appoints Pomerantz as Class Counsel for both Classes. The Clerk of Court is directed to close documents numbered 255 on the docket of this case. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 2/1/2016) (kko)
December 21, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 374 OPINION AND ORDER re: 224 MOTION to Dismiss the Third Consolidated Amended Complaint filed by Standard Chartered Bank, Petrobras Global Finance, B.V., Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Petrobras America Inc., Morgan St anley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Theodore Marshall Helms, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, BB Securities Ltd., JP Morgan Securities LLC, ITAU BBA USA Securities, Inc., Banca IMI S.P.A., 349 AMENDED MOTION to Dismiss the Third Consolidated Amended Complaint and the Fourth Conso lidated Amended Complaint filed by Standard Chartered Bank, Petrobras Global Finance, B.V., Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Petrobras America Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA ) Inc., Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Theodore Marshall Helms, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, BB Securities Ltd., JP Morgan Securities LLC, ITAU BBA USA Securities, Inc., Banca IMI S.P.A.: the Court, for the foregoing reasons, dismisses with prejudice the claims of plaintiffs Union and USS based on purchases of Notes and dismisses with prejudice the cla ims of all plaintiffs under § 11 of the Securities Act to the extent they are based on purchases of the 2014 Notes made after May 15, 2015. In all other respects, defendants' instant motion to dismiss is denied. The Clerk of Court is hereby directed to close documents numbered 224 and 349 on the docket of this case. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 12/20/2015) (tn)
July 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 194 OPINION: Accordingly, in its Order of July 9, 2015, the Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss Counts III through V on the basis of the mandatory arbitration provision of the Company's bylaws, but denied defendants' motion to dismiss the Exchange Act Claims pursuant to that provision. For the foregoing reasons, the Court, by Order dated July 9, 2015, granted in part and denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 7/30/2015) (ama)
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Plaintiff: Peter Kaltman
Represented By: Robert Craig Finkel
Represented By: Lester L. Levy, Sr
Represented By: Fei-Lu Qian
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Defendant: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
Represented By: Roger Allen Cooper
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