Opinion
Civil Action No. 05-cv-01046-MSK-BNB, consolidated with Case No. 05-cv-01100-MSK-CBS, consolidated with Case No. 05-cv-01141-MSK-BNB.
March 29, 2006
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO APPOINT LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVE CO-LEAD COUNSEL AND DIRECTING FILING OF CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT
THIS MATTER comes before the Court pursuant to Plaintiff UFCW Local 880-retail Food Employers Joint Pension Fund's ("Local 880") Motion for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and Approval of Co-Lead Counsel (# 6). The motion has not been opposed by the Defendants, and no other Plaintiff in the consolidated cases has requested Lead Plaintiff status. Also pending is a Joint Motion by the parties to Set a Briefing Schedule for the Consolidated Complaint (# 26).
Accordingly, Local 880's Motion (# 6) is GRANTED. Local 880 is appointed as Lead Plaintiff of the putative class, and the law firms of Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman Robbins, LLP and Schatz Nobel, P.C. are approved as co-lead counsel and Dyer Shuman, LLP are approved as liaison counsel representing the class. The Joint Motion to Set a Briefing Schedule (# 26) is GRANTED, insofar as Local 880 shall file a Consolidated Complaint within 30 days of the date of this Order. The Defendants shall have 30 days to answer or move against the Consolidated Complaint. Briefing of any motion shall take place pursuant to D.C. Colo. L. Civ. R. 7.1(C), unless otherwise ordered.