Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas et al v. First Republic Bank et al

Filing 265

ORDER GRANTING CHANGE IN PLAINTIFFS' COUNSEL re #258 Notice of Change In Counsel filed by Wilmington Trust Company, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 9/30/11. (nah, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/30/2011)

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AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
REGINALD D. STEER (SBN 56324)
[e-mail]
580 California Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone:
415-765-9500
Facsimile:
415-765-9510

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JULIA I. DE BEERS (SBN 233811)
[e-mail]
2029 Century Park East
Suite 2400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone:
310-229-1000
Facsimile:
310-229-1001

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DAVID M. ZENSKY (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
STEPHEN M. BALDINI (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MITCHELL HURLEY (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JAMES P. CHOU (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JASON L. GOLDSMITH (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
KATHERINE P. SCULLY (admitted pro hace vice)
[e-mail]
One Bryant Park
New York, NY 10036-6745
Telephone:
212-872-1000
Facsimile:
212-872-1002
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, AND WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
except with respect to claims asserted against Shareholder
Defendants: Catholic Healthcare West CHW; Catholic
Health West CHW (Catholic Healthcare West CHW); City
National Bank; Union Bank of California N.A.; PG&E
PostRet Medical Plan TR
FRIEDMAN KAPLAN SEILER & ADELMAN LLP
Robert J. Lack
[e-mail]
Hal Neier (pro hac vice pending)
Amy C. Brown (pro hac vice pending)
Ricardo Solano Jr. (pro hac vice pending)
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036-6516
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212-833-1250
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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL AGAINST DEFENDANTS SDG&E QUALIFIED
NUCLEAR DECOM AND SDG&E QUALIFIED NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING
TRUST PARTNERSHIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
CV 11-2634 PJH

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs with respect to claims asserted
against Shareholder Defendants: Catholic Healthcare
West CHW; Catholic Health West CHW (Catholic
Healthcare West CHW); City National Bank; Union Bank
of California N.A.; PG&E PostRet Medical Plan TR;
SDG&E Qualified Nuclear Decom and SDG&E Qualified
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Partnership

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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OAKLAND DIVISION

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, et al.

CLASS ACTION

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Plaintiffs,

Case No. CV 11-2634 PJH

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v.
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FIRST REPUBLIC BANK, et al.
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Defendants.
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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PLAINTIFFS’
COUNSEL AS AGAINST DEFENDANTS
SDG&E QUALIFIED NUCLEAR
DECOM AND SDG&E QUALIFIED
NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING
TRUST PARTNERSHIP AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER

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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL AGAINST DEFENDANTS SDG&E QUALIFIED
NUCLEAR DECOM AND SDG&E QUALIFIED NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING
TRUST PARTNERSHIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
CV 11-2634 PJH

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

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Plaintiffs Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as successor indenture

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trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes (“DBTCA”), Law Debenture Trust Company of New York,

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in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes (“Law Debenture”),

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and Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for the PHONES Notes

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(“Wilmington Trust” and, together with DBTCA and Law Debenture, “Plaintiffs”), by and through

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their counsel, respectfully move the Court for an order substituting Robert J. Lack, Hal Neier, Amy C.

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Brown and Richard Solano Jr. of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP for Daniel Golden, David

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M. Zensky, Stephen M. Baldini, Mitchell P. Hurley, Reginald D. Steer, James P. Chou, Julia I. De

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Beers, Jason L. Goldsmith and Katherine P. Scully of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP only as

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to defendants SDG&E Qualified Nuclear Decom and SDG&E Qualified Nuclear

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Decommissioning Trust Partnership.

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On behalf of myself, Daniel Golden, David M. Zensky, Stephen M. Baldini, Mitchell P. Hurley,

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Reginald D. Steer, James P. Chou, Jason L. Goldsmith and Katherine P. Scully of Akin Gump Strauss

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Hauer & Feld, LLP, we consent to the above substitution as to defendants SDG&E Qualified Nuclear

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Decom and SDG&E Qualified Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Partnership. We remain counsel for

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Plaintiffs as to the other defendants in this action, except as noted below.

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In accordance with N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, Section X, the filer of this document

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hereby attests that the concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from the other

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signatory hereto.

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Dated: September 27, 2011

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

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By

/s/ Julia I. De Beers
Julia I. De Beers
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK AND WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
except with respect to claims asserted against
Shareholder Defendants: Catholic Healthcare West
CHW; Catholic Health West CHW (Catholic
Healthcare West CHW); City National Bank; Union
Bank of California N.A.; PG&E PostRet Medical Plan
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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL AGAINST DEFENDANTS SDG&E QUALIFIED
NUCLEAR DECOM AND SDG&E QUALIFIED NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING
TRUST PARTNERSHIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
CV 11-2634 PJH

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TR; SDG&E Qualified Nuclear Decom; and SDG&E
Qualified Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Partnership
I accept this substitution, and am duly admitted to practice in this district.1

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Dated: September 27, 2011

FRIEDMAN KAPLAN SEILER & ADELMAN LLP

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By

/s/ Robert J. Lack
Robert J. Lack
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK AND WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
with respect to claims asserted against Shareholder
Defendants: Catholic Healthcare West CHW; Catholic
Health West CHW (Catholic Healthcare West CHW);
City National Bank; Union Bank of California N.A.;
PG&E PostRet Medical Plan TR; SDG&E Qualified
Nuclear Decom and SDG&E Qualified Nuclear
Decommissioning Trust Partnership

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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Robert J. Lack is a member in good standing of the bar of this Court who was admitted to
practice in the Northern District of California on December 15, 1988. Mr. Lack is not a member of the
California bar, but he is a member of good standing in the Northern District of California because he
was admitted before the effective date of Northern District’s Local Rules, September 1, 1995. N.D.
Cal. L.R. 11-1(a); see also L.R. 11-1(b) (providing that attorneys admitted after the effective date of the
Northern District Local Rules must be members of the California State Bar).
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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL AGAINST DEFENDANTS SDG&E QUALIFIED
NUCLEAR DECOM AND SDG&E QUALIFIED NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING
TRUST PARTNERSHIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
CV 11-2634 PJH