Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

Filing 360

JOINT MOTION to Dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint. Document filed by Fairfield Greenwich Limited, Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Ltd., Fairfield Greenwich Advisors LLC, Walter M. Noel, Jr, Andres Piedrahita, Jeffrey Tucker, Amit Vijvergiya, David Lipton, Mark Mckeefry, Fairfield Risk Services Ltd., Amit Vigayvergia, Fairfield Greenwich Limited, Amit Vijayvergiya, Daniel Lipton, Fairfield Heathcliff Capital LLC, Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) LTD.Filed In Associated Cases: 1:09-cv-00118-VM-THK et al.(Cunha, Mark)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------x :: ANWAR, et al., :: :: :: Plaint iffs, :: :: v. :: :: MASTER FILE NO. 09-CV-0118 (VM) FAIRFIELD GREENWICH LIMITED, et al., :: :: Defendants. :: :: :: This Document Relates To: All Actions :: -----------------------------------------------------------------x NOTICE OF MOTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that upon the Memorandum of Law in Support of the FG Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint, the annexed declaration of Michael Thorne, Esq., dated December 22, 2009 and the exhibits attached thereto; the annexed affidavit of Gerard Farara and the exhibits attached thereto; and the annexed affidavit of Rod Attride-Stirling and the exhibits attached thereto, Defendants Daniel Lipton, Mark McKeefry, Walter Noel, Andrés Piedrahita, Jeffrey Tucker, Amit Vijayvergiya, Fairfield Greenwich Limited, Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Ltd., Fairfield Greenwich Advisors LLC, Fairfield Risk Services Ltd., and Fairfield Heathcliff Capital LLC (the "FG Defendants"), by their undersigned attorneys, hereby move this Court, before the Honorable Victor Marrero, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007, on a date and at a time to be designated by the Court, for an Order: (1) dismissing with prejudice, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 9(b), 12(b)(1), and 12(b)(6), the Private Securities Lit igat ion Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(b), and the Securities Litigation

Uniform Standards Act of 1998, 15 U.S.C. § 78bb(f), all of the claims against the FG Defendants set forth in the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint in the above-captioned action; and (2) granting such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper. Dated: New York, New York December 22, 2009 Respectfully submitted, SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP By: __/s/ Marc Kasowitz________ Marc Kasowitz Daniel J. Fetterman 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 [phone] Attorneys for Jeffrey Tucker Attorneys for Fairfield Greenwich Limited, Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Ltd., Fairfield Greenwich Advisors LLC, Fairfield Risk Services Ltd., Fairfield Heathcliff Capital LLC, Daniel Lipton, Mark McKeefry DECHERT LLP By: _/s/ Andrew Levander ______ Andrew Levander David Hoffner 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 [phone] Attorneys for Andrés Piedrahita WHITE & CASE LLP By: _/s/ Glenn Kurtz___________ Glenn Kurtz Andrew Hammond 1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 [phone] Attorneys for Walter M. Noel, Jr.

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__/s/ Mark G. Cunha______ Mark G. Cunha Michael J. Chepiga Mark G. Cunha Peter E. Kazanoff 425 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10017 [phone]

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DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP By: __/s/ Mark Goodman________ Mark Goodman Helen Cantwell 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 [phone] Attorneys for Amit Vijayvergiya

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