Ransom v. Grossman et al
Plaintiff: Jonathan Ransom
Defendant: Steven M. Altschuler, Denis F. Kelly, Thilo Semmelbauer, Raymond Debbane, Phillippe J. Amouyal, Oprah Winfrey, Nicholas P. Hotchkin, Cynthia Elkins, Jonas M. Fajgenbaum, Julie Rice, Sacha Lainovic, Christopher J. Sobecki and Mindy Grossman
Nominal Defendant: WW International, Inc f/k/a Weight Watchers Int'l, Inc. and WW International, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2019cv09878
Filed: October 25, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Presiding Judge: William H Pauley
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 sv
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
December 10, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 12 STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties, subject to approval of the Court, as follows: 1. Counsel for Defendants accepts service of the Complaint on behalf of each of the Defendants, but each Defendant expressly reserves all rights, defenses, or other objections other than insufficient process or insufficient service of process. 2. The Derivative Action, including motion practice, discovery and all other proceedings, shall be stayed for 60 days from entry of this order. In accordance with the stay: (i) Defendants need not respond to the Complaint; (ii) all applicable deadlines shall be postponed; and (iii) Plaintiff will not later argue that the stay has prejudiced prosecution of the claims asserted in the Derivative Action, and as further set forth in this stipulation. The initial pretrial conference scheduled for December 20, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. is adjourned to Marcy 20, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley, III on 12/10/2019) (jwh)
December 10, 2019 Case Stayed (jwh)
December 10, 2019 Set/Reset Hearings: Initial Conference set for 3/20/2020 at 11:00 AM before Judge William H. Pauley III. (jwh)
December 6, 2019 Filing 11 PROPOSED STIPULATION AND ORDER. Document filed by Jonathan Ransom. (Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin)
November 15, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER FOR INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Initial Conference set for 12/20/2019 at 10:30 AM in Courtroom 20B, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge William H. Pauley III, as further set forth in this order. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley, III on 11/15/2019) (jwh)
November 14, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 9 NOTICE OF INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Because this case has been reassigned to Judge Pauley, the initial pretrial conference scheduled for January 2, 2020, Dkt No. 7, is adjourned sine die, as is the December 26, 2019 deadline for the parties to submit a joint letter and proposed case management plan. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 11/13/2019) (ks)
November 13, 2019 CASE ACCEPTED AS RELATED. Create association to 1:19-cv-02005-WHP. Notice of Assignment to follow. (bcu)
November 13, 2019 NOTICE OF CASE REASSIGNMENT to Judge William H. Pauley, III. Judge Gregory H. Woods is no longer assigned to the case. (bcu)
November 13, 2019 Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: #http://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms.php. (bcu)
November 12, 2019 Filing 8 STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS re: that this action be filed as related to 1:19-cv-02005-WHP. Document filed by Jonathan Ransom.(Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin)
October 29, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 7 NOTICE OF INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: This case has been assigned to me for all purposes. It is hereby ORDERED that counsel for all parties appear for an initial pretrial conference with the Court at the time and place listed below. DUE DATE OF JOINT LETTER and PROPOSED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN: December 26, 2019. DATE AND PLACE OF CONFERENCE: January 2, 2020 at 1 p.m. in Courtroom 12C of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, 10007. And as set forth herein. SO ORDERED. Initial Conference set for 1/2/2020 at 01:00 PM in Courtroom 12C, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Gregory H. Woods. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 10/29/2019) (ama)
October 29, 2019 Filing 6 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Steven M. Altschuler, Phillippe J. Amouyal, Raymond Debbane, Cynthia Elkins, Jonas M. Fajgenbaum, Mindy Grossman, Nicholas P. Hotchkin, Denis F. Kelly, Sacha Lainovic, Julie Rice, Thilo Semmelbauer, Christopher J. Sobecki, WW International, Inc., Oprah Winfrey. (dnh)
October 28, 2019 Filing 5 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed. (Attachments: #1 Defendants Address & Service List)(Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin)
October 28, 2019 Filing 4 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to MINDY GROSSMAN, RAYMOND DEBBANE, STEVEN M. ALTSCHULER, JONAS M. FAJGENBAUM, DENIS F. KELLY, JULIE RICE, THILO SEMMELBAUER, CHRISTOPHER J. SOBECKI, OPRAH WINFREY, PHILIPPE J. AMOUYAL, CYNTHIA ELKINS, SACHA LAINOVIC, NICHOLAS P. HOTCHKIN, and WW INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,, re: #1 Complaint,,. Document filed by Jonathan Ransom. (Attachments: #1 Defendants Address & Service List)(Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin)
October 28, 2019 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Benjamin Isaac Sachs-Michaels. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: Fee Status code due (due);. The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the Fee Status code has been modified to pd (paid);. (jgo)
October 28, 2019 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT CIVIL COVER SHEET. Notice to attorney Benjamin Isaac Sachs-Michaels to RE-FILE Document No. #2 Civil Cover Sheet. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF case caption does not exactly match pleading caption. If all of the party names do not fit, use leading party name followed by 'et al';. Re-file the document using the event type Civil Cover Sheet found under the event list Other Documents and attach the correct PDF. Use civil cover sheet issued by S.D.N.Y. dated June 2017. The S.D.N.Y. Civil Cover Sheet dated June 2017 is located at#http://nysd.uscourts.gov/file/forms/civil-cover-sheet.. (jgo)
October 28, 2019 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Benjamin Isaac Sachs-Michaels. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: Jonathan Ransom; WW International, Inc.. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party text was omitted; alias party name contained a typographical error; alias was entered incorrectly. (jgo)
October 28, 2019 CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Gregory H. Woods. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at #http://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/District. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at #http://nysd.uscourts.gov/ecf_filing.php. (jgo)
October 28, 2019 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Benjamin Isaac Sachs-Michaels to RE-FILE Document No. #3 Request for Issuance of Summons. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF case caption does not exactly match pleading caption. If all of the party names do not fit, use leading party name followed by 'et al'; second party name on the attached 'rider' must include 'care of c/o' or 'via';. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (jgo)
October 28, 2019 Case Designated ECF. (jgo)
October 28, 2019 Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: #http://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms.php. (jgo)
October 25, 2019 Filing 3 FILING ERROR - SUMMONS REQUEST PDF ERROR - REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to MINDY GROSSMAN, RAYMOND DEBBANE, STEVEN M. ALTSCHULER, JONAS M. FAJGENBAUM, DENIS F. KELLY, JULIE RICE, THILO SEMMELBAUER, CHRISTOPHER J. SOBECKI, OPRAH WINFREY, PHILIPPE J. AMOUYAL, CYNTHIA ELKINS, SACHA LAINOVIC, NICHOLAS P. HOTCHKIN, and WW INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,, re: #1 Complaint,,. Document filed by Jonathan Ransom. (Attachments: #1 Defendants Address & Service List)(Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin) Modified on 10/28/2019 (jgo).
October 25, 2019 Filing 2 FILING ERROR - PDF ERROR - CIVIL COVER SHEET filed. (Attachments: #1 Service List)(Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin) Modified on 10/28/2019 (jgo).
October 25, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Steven M. Altschuler, Phillippe J. Amouyal, Raymond Debbane, Cynthia Elkins, Jonas M. Fajgenbaum, Mindy Grossman, Nicholas P. Hotchkin, Denis F. Kelly, Sacha Lainovic, Julie Rice, Thilo Semmelbauer, Christopher J. Sobecki, Oprah Winfrey, WW International, Inc f/k/a Weight Watchers Int'l, Inc.. (Filing Fee $ 400.00, Receipt Number ANYSDC-17833045)Document filed by Jonathan Ransom. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - July 18, 2019 Demand Letter, #2 Exhibit B - August 7, 2019 Response Letter, #3 Exhibit C- August 27, 2019 Reply Letter, #4 Exhibit D - September 11, 2019 Response Letter)(Sachs-Michaels, Benjamin)

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