Swanson v. Weil et al

Filing 28

ORDER : re: 15 Renewed MOTION to Appoint Counsel AS [LEAD COUNSEL] filed by Charles D. Swanson. The Motion is Granted. Defendants shall file, on or before December 21, 2011, if at all, a motion to stay discovery and other proceedings during the pendency of any motion to dismiss, by Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland on 12/7/11. (bnbcd, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland

Civil Action No. 11-cv-02142-WYD-BNB
CHARLES D. SWANSON, derivatively on behalf of JANUS CAPITAL GROUP, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
RICHARD M. WEIL,
STEVEN L. SCHEID,
TIMOTHY ARMOUR,
PAUL BALSER,
G. ANDREW COX,
JEFFREY DIERMEIER,
J. RICHARD FREDERICKS,
DEBORAH GATZEK,
LAWRENCE KOCHARD,
ROBERT PARRY,
JOCK PATTON,
GLENN SCHAFER,
JONATHAN D. COLEMAN,
GREGORY A. FROST,
JAMES P. GOFF, and
R. GIBSON SMITH,
Defendants.
and
JANUS CAPITAL GROUP, INC.,
Nominal Defendant.
______________________________________________________________________________
ORDER
______________________________________________________________________________
The parties appeared this afternoon for what was set as a scheduling conference. Also
pending is Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion to Appoint Levi & Korsinsky LLP as Lead Counsel

and Charles Lilley & Associates as Liaison Counsel [Doc. # 15, filed 10/21/2011] (the
“Motion for Lead and Liaison Counsel”). I made oral rulings on the record at the hearing this
afternoon, which are incorporated here.
IT IS ORDERED:
(1)

The Motion for Lead and Liaison Counsel [Doc. # 15] is GRANTED. The law

firm of Levi & Korsinsky LLP is appointed to serve as lead counsel, and the law firm of Charles
Lilley & Associates P.C. is appointed as liaison counsel.
(2)

Defendants shall file, on or before December 21, 2011, if at all, a motion to stay

discovery and other proceedings during the pendency of any motion to dismiss.
(3)

A supplemental scheduling conference will be set at an appropriate time by

separate order. In the meantime, no discovery or disclosures shall occur.
Dated December 7, 2011.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Boyd N. Boland
United States Magistrate Judge

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