Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

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MOTION to Appoint Counsel as Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class., MOTION to Consolidate Cases Subsequently Filed in or Transferred to the Court.( Return Date set for 1/30/2009 at 09:30 AM.) Document filed by Inter-Amrerican Trust, Elvira 1950 Trust, Bonaire Limited, Carlos Gauch, Pasha S. Anwar, Julia Anwar, Pacific West Health Medical Center Inc. Employees Retirement Trust(On behalf of Itself). (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Proposed Order)(Krisiloff, Jody)

Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------x ANWAR, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : : - against : : FAIRFIELD GREENWICH LIMITED, : et al., : : Defendants. : : ---------------------------------------------------------------x

Consolidated Action Civil Action No. 09-CV-0118 (VM) NOTICE OF MOTION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 42(a), 23 and 23(g)(3), and upon the attached Plaintiffs' Memorandum Of Law In Support Of Motion For Consolidation Of All Actions And Appointment Of Interim Co-Lead Counsel, Plaintiffs will move before the Honorable Victor Marrero, United States District Judge, in the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York on the 30th day of January 2009, or at such other time as shall be set by the Court, for an order: (1) consolidating the Anwar action previously consolidated pursuant to the Court's orders dated January 14, 2009 and January 23, 2009 with all related actions subsequently filed in or transferred to this Court; (2) appointing Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP ("Lovell Stewart Halebian"), Wolf Popper LLP ("Wolf Popper") and Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP ("Boies, Schiller & Flexner") as Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the putative class; and (3) for such other relief as the Court deems just and proper. 1

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Dated: January 27, 2009 Respectfully submitted, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN LLP /s/ Christopher Lovell By: Christopher Lovell, Esq. (CL-2595) Victor E. Stewart (VS-4309) Jody R. Krisiloff (JK-1453) 500 Fifth Avenue, 58th Floor New York, New York 10110 T [phone] F [phone] WOLF POPPER LLP /s/ Robert C. Finkel By: Robert C. Finkel (RF-2373) Chet B. Waldman (CW-1133) Carl L. Stine (CS-3000) James A. Harrod (JH-4400) 845 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 T [phone] F [phone] BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP /s/ David Boies By: David Boies 333 Main Street Armonk, NY 10504 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: (914) 749-830

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BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP /s/ David A. Barrett By: David A. Barrett Dawn L. Smalls Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 575 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP /s/ Stuart H. Singer By: Stuart H. Singer Sashi Bach Boruchow Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Proposed Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class TO: Mark Goodman Helen Cantwell DEBEVOISE & PIMPTON LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Amit Vijayvergiya Mark Kasowitz Daniel R. Benson Dan J. Fetterman Adam K. Grant KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP 1633 Broadway 3

New York, NY 10019 Tel: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey Tucker Mark G. Cunha Michael Joseph Chepiga Peter Eric Kazanoff Paul Jacob Sirkis SIMPSON THATCHER & BARTELL LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Fairfield Greenwich Group, Fairfield Greenwich Limited, Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Ltd., and Fairfield Greenwich Advisors L.L.C. Steven Wolowitz Michael Simes Joseph De Simone MAYER BROWN LLP 1675 Braodway New York, NY 10019 [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Smith

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