Opinion
1:21-cv-00606-KG-JHR
03-28-2022
IN RE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS AUCTIONS LITIGATION
Hector H. Balderas ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF NEW MEXICO Brian Moore By: P. Cholla Khoury, Assistant Attorney General Director, Consumer and Environmental Protection David E. Kovel Thomas Popejoy Karen M. Lerner Anthony E. Maneiro KIRBY McINERNEY LLP Richard J. Leveridge Adam H. Farra Alison D. Gaske Ethan H. Kaminsky GILBERT LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs New Mexico State Investment Council, Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A. Andrew G. Schultz Robert Sperling WINSTON & STRAWN LLP Staci Yablon Eva W. Cole WINSTON & STRAWN LLP Attorneys for Defendants Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs International SNELL & WILMER LLP Gregory J. Marshall Paul S. Mishkin Sheila R. Adams Adam G. Mehes DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, N.A. and Bof A Securities, Inc. Douglas A. Baker Justin D. Rodriguez ATKINSON, BAKER & RODRIGUEZ, P.C. Jeffrey T. Scott Matthew J. Porpora Jonathan S. Carter SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP Renata B. Hesse SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP Attorneys for Defendants Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A. Andrew G. Schultz Joshua A. Goldberg Amy N. Vegari PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP Attorneys for Defendants BNP Paribas S.A. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Eric R. Burris Debashree Nandy BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP Jay B. Kasner Karen Hoffman Lent SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Attorneys for Defendants Citibank, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. Benjamin Allison BARDACKE ALLISON LLP David G. Januszewski Herbert S. Washer Elai Katz Jason M. Hall CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL LLP Attorneys for Defendants Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Capital LLC, and Credit Suisse International Meena H. Allen ALLEN LAW FIRM, LLC John Terzaken Adrienne V. Baxley Laurel Fresquez SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Attorneys for Defendants Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A. Andrew G. Schultz Robert D. Wick Henry Liu COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Attorneys for Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC John C. Anderson HOLLAND & HART LLP Michael A. Paskin Lauren M. Rosenberg CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Attorneys for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A. Andrew G. Schultz James R. Warnot, Jr. Patrick C. Ashby Nicole E. Jerry LINKLATERS LLP Adam S. Lurie LINKLATERS LLP Attorneys for Defendants NatWest Markets Plc (f/k/a The Royal Bank of Scotland plc) and NatWest Markets Securities Inc. (f/k/a RBS Securities Inc.)
Hector H. Balderas
ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF NEW MEXICO
Brian Moore
By: P. Cholla Khoury, Assistant Attorney General
Director, Consumer and Environmental Protection
David E. Kovel
Thomas Popejoy
Karen M. Lerner
Anthony E. Maneiro
KIRBY McINERNEY LLP
Richard J. Leveridge
Adam H. Farra
Alison D. Gaske
Ethan H. Kaminsky
GILBERT LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs New Mexico State Investment Council, Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
Robert Sperling
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
Staci Yablon
Eva W. Cole
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs International
SNELL & WILMER LLP
Gregory J. Marshall
Paul S. Mishkin
Sheila R. Adams
Adam G. Mehes
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, N.A. and Bof A Securities, Inc.
Douglas A. Baker
Justin D. Rodriguez
ATKINSON, BAKER & RODRIGUEZ, P.C.
Jeffrey T. Scott
Matthew J. Porpora
Jonathan S. Carter
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
Renata B. Hesse
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc.
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
Joshua A. Goldberg
Amy N. Vegari
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP
Attorneys for Defendants BNP Paribas S.A. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Eric R. Burris
Debashree Nandy
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Jay B. Kasner
Karen Hoffman Lent
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Citibank, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets Ltd.
Benjamin Allison
BARDACKE ALLISON LLP
David G. Januszewski
Herbert S. Washer
Elai Katz
Jason M. Hall
CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Capital LLC, and Credit Suisse International
Meena H. Allen
ALLEN LAW FIRM, LLC
John Terzaken
Adrienne V. Baxley
Laurel Fresquez
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
Robert D. Wick
Henry Liu
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Attorneys for Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
John C. Anderson
HOLLAND & HART LLP
Michael A. Paskin
Lauren M. Rosenberg
CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
James R. Warnot, Jr.
Patrick C. Ashby
Nicole E. Jerry
LINKLATERS LLP
Adam S. Lurie
LINKLATERS LLP
Attorneys for Defendants NatWest Markets Plc (f/k/a The Royal Bank of Scotland plc) and NatWest Markets Securities Inc. (f/k/a RBS Securities Inc.)
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF AND DEALER DEFENDANTS' JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITS
THIS MATTER came before the Court on plaintiffs New Mexico State Investment Council, Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (together, “Plaintiffs”) and defendants Bank of America, N.A., Bof A Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas S.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Capital LLC, Credit Suisse International, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC, NatWest Markets Plc, and NatWest Markets Securities Inc. (together, “Defendants”) Joint Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limits (Doc. 154), and the Court having considered the Motion and being advised it is unopposed, hereby enters its Order GRANTING the Motion.
Thus, the page limits for the briefing on the Defendants' Omnibus Motion to Dismiss are as follows:
• Defendants' Omnibus Motion to Dismiss is not to exceed 60 pages;
• Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendants Omnibus Motion to Dismiss is not to exceed 60 pages;
• Defendants' Reply to their Omnibus Motion to Dismiss is not to exceed 30 pages.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
APPROVED:
Hector H. Balderas
ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF NEW MEXICO
Brian Moore
By: P. Cholla Khoury, Assistant Attorney General
Director, Consumer and Environmental Protection
David E. Kovel
Thomas Popejoy
Karen M. Lerner
Anthony E. Maneiro
KIRBY McINERNEY LLP
Richard J. Leveridge
Adam H. Farra
Alison D. Gaske
Ethan H. Kaminsky
GILBERT LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs New Mexico State Investment Council, Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
Robert Sperling
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
Staci Yablon
Eva W. Cole
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs International
SNELL & WILMER LLP
By: Electronically Approved 03/28/2022
Gregory J. Marshall
Paul S. Mishkin
Sheila R. Adams
Adam G. Mehes
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, N.A. and Bof A Securities, Inc.
Douglas A. Baker
Justin D. Rodriguez
ATKINSON, BAKER & RODRIGUEZ, P.C.
Jeffrey T. Scott
Matthew J. Porpora
Jonathan S. Carter
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
Renata B. Hesse
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc.
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
Joshua A. Goldberg
Amy N. Vegari
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP
Attorneys for Defendants BNP Paribas S.A. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Eric R. Burris
Debashree Nandy
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Jay B. Kasner
Karen Hoffman Lent
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Citibank, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets Ltd.
Benjamin Allison
BARDACKE ALLISON LLP
David G. Januszewski
Herbert S. Washer
Elai Katz
Jason M. Hall
CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Capital LLC, and Credit Suisse International
Meena H. Allen
ALLEN LAW FIRM, LLC
John Terzaken
Adrienne V. Baxley
Laurel Fresquez
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
Robert D. Wick
Henry Liu
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Attorneys for Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
John C. Anderson
HOLLAND & HART LLP
Michael A. Paskin
Lauren M. Rosenberg
CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
Attorneys for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
Andrew G. Schultz
James R. Warnot, Jr.
Patrick C. Ashby
Nicole E. Jerry
LINKLATERS LLP
Adam S. Lurie
LINKLATERS LLP
Attorneys for Defendants NatWest Markets Plc (f/k/a The Royal Bank of Scotland plc) and NatWest Markets Securities Inc. (f/k/a RBS Securities Inc.)