Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nadel et al

Filing 696

ORDER ATTACHED granting #691 Motion to Retain the James Hoyer law firm. Signed by Judge Richard A. Lazzara on 12/27/2011. (CCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO: 8:09-cv-87-T-26TBM

ARTHUR NADEL; SCOOP CAPITAL, LLC;
and SCOOP MANAGEMENT, INC.,
Defendants,
SCOOP REAL ESTATE, L.P.; VALHALLA
INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.; VALHALLA
MANAGEMENT, INC.; VICTORY IRA FUND,
LTD.; VICTORY FUND, LTD.; VIKING IRA
FUND, LLC; VIKING FUND, LLC; and
VIKING MANAGEMENT, LLC,
Relief Defendants.
/

ORDER

Upon due and careful consideration, it is ordered and adjudged that the Receiver’s
Unopposed Motion for Leave to Retain the James Hoyer Law Firm to Pursue Claims
Against Wachovia Bank, N.A. N/K/A Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Dkt. 691) is granted.
The Receiver is authorized to retain the law firm of James Hoyer pursuant to the fee
agreement embodied in the letter attached to the motion as Exhibit A in order for that
firm to pursue claims for damages against Wachovia/Wells Fargo on behalf of the

following receivership entities: Scoop Real Estate, L.P., Valhalla Investment Partners,
L.P., Victory IRA Fund, Ltd., Victory Fund, Ltd., Viking IRA Fund, LLC, and Viking
Fund, LLC.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, on December 27, 2011.

s/Richard A. Lazzara
RICHARD A. LAZZARA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

COPIES FURNISHED TO:

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