In re Worldcom, Inc. Securities Litigation

Full title: In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, Hannon, et al. v. Ebbers, et…

Court: United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: Aug 16, 2005

Master File No. 02 Civ. 3288 (DLC), No. 04 Civ. 6813 (DLC)., 04 Civ. 7483 (DLC), 04 Civ. 7482 (DLC), 04 Civ. 6996 (DLC), 04 Civ. 8473 (DLC), 04 Civ. 6995 (DLC) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 16, 2005)

Opinion

Master File No. 02 Civ. 3288 (DLC), No. 04 Civ. 6813 (DLC)., 04 Civ. 7483 (DLC), 04 Civ. 7482 (DLC), 04 Civ. 6996 (DLC), 04 Civ. 8473 (DLC), 04 Civ. 6995 (DLC).

August 16, 2005

DENISE COTE, District Judge

Dear Judge Cote:

We represent Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen"), Mark Schoppet, and Melvin Dick in the above-referenced actions. Pursuant to the Court's scheduling order, our motion to dismiss the complaints will be filed this Friday, August 19, 2005.

We write to respectfully request permission to file one combined memorandum of law (not to exceed 30 pages) for all six actions.

Because the six complaints are largely identical, we feel that filing one combined memorandum will allow the Court and the parties to address the motions to dismiss in the most efficient manner. We seek the 5-page extension of the Court's normal 25-page limit in light of the fact that the memorandum is being submitted on behalf of three separate parties (Andersen, Schoppet, and Dick), and the fact that there are seven substantive claims being asserted against those parties.