Mitchell M.Z. Twersky (MT-6739)
Lawrence D. Levit (LL-9507)
ABRAHAM, FRUCHTER & TWERSKY, LLP
One Penn Plaza, Suite 2805
New York, New York 10119
Tel: (212) 279-5050
Fax: (212) 279-3655
Proposed Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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:
MARY K. JONES, Individually and on Behalf :
of All Others Similarly Situated, :
:
Plaintiff, : Civil Action No. 10-cv-03864-AKH
:
-against- :
: JUDGE ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN
PFIZER INC., HENRY A. McKINNELL, :
JEFFREY B. KINDLER, FRANK :
D’AMELIO, DAVID L. SHEDLARZ, ALAN :
G. LEVIN and IAN C. READ, : ECF Case
:
Defendants. :
:
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DECLARATION OF MITCHELL M.Z. TWERSKY IN REPLY
AND IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE MOTION OF OKLAHOMA
FIREFIGHTERS PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND UNION
ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING AG FOR RECONSIDERATION OF
APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFF AND LEAD COUNSEL
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I, Mitchell M.Z. Twersky, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746, declare as follows:
1. I am a partner in the law firm of Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP, counsel for
proposed lead plaintiffs Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System (“Oklahoma
Firefighters”) and Union Asset Management Holding AG (“Union”). I submit this declaration in
support of their motion for reconsideration of the appointment of lead plaintiff and lead counsel.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of an Order in Hill v. State
Street Corp., No. 1:09-cv-12146-NG (D. Mass. May 5, 2010).
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of an Order in Minneapolis
Firefighers’ Relief Ass’n v. Medtronic, Inc., No. 08-6324 (PAM/AJB) (D. Minn. May 26, 2009).
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of an Order in Wesner v.
UBS, No. 1:07-cv-112255-RJS (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 6, 2008).
5. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of an Order in In re Dell
Inc., Sec. Litig., No. A-06-CA-726-SS (W.D. Tex. Apr. 9, 2007).
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is
true and correct.
Executed this 1st day of December, 2010, at New York, New York.
/s/ Mitchell M.Z. Twersky
Mitchell M.Z. Twersky
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on December 1, 2010, I authorized the electronic filing of the
foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of
such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I
hereby certify that I caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States
Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List:
/s/ Mitchell M.Z. Twersky
Mitchell M.Z. Twersky
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EXHIBIT 1
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
TIMOTHY W. HILL, Individually and )
on Behalf of All Others Similarly )
Situated, Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) No. 1:09-cv-12146-NG
)
STATE STREET CORPORATION, )
RONALD E. LOGUE, EDWARD J. )
RESCH, PAMELA D. GORMLEY, )
AND JAMES J. MALERBA, Defendants. )
MARILYN DEMORY, on behalf of herself )
and all similarly situated persons, Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) No. 1:10-cv-10064-NG
)
STATE STREET CORPORATION, )
RONALD E. LOGUE, EDWARD J. )
RESCH, PAMELA D. GORMLEY, )
JAMES J. MALERBA, GOLDMAN, )
SACHS & CO., MORGAN STANLEY & )
CO. INC., CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES )
LLC, LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., UBS )
SECURITIES LLC, TENLEY E. )
ALBRIGHT, KENNETT F. BURNES, )
TRUMAN S. CASNER, PETER COYM, )
NADER F. DAREHSHORI, AMEILIA C. )
FAWCETT, ARTHUR L. GOLDSTEIN, )
DAVID P. GRUBER, LINDA A. HILL, )
CHARLES R. LAMANTIA, MAUREEN J. )
MISKOVIC, RICHARD P. SERGEL, )
RONALD L. SKATES, GREGORY L. )
SUMME, DIANA CHAPMAN )
WALSH, ROBERT E. WEISSMAN, and )
ERNST & YOUNG LLP, Defendants. )
CASEY J. RICHARD, individually and on )
behalf of a class of persons similarly )
situated and for the benefit of the State )
Street Corporation Salary Savings Program, )
Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) No. 1:10-cv-10184-NG
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STATE STREET CORPORATION; )
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST )
COMPANY; NORTH AMERICA )
REGIONAL BENEFITS COMMITTEE OF )
STATE STREET CORPORATION; )
STATE STREET CORPORATION )
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE; JAYNE )
DONAHUE; PAMELA GORMLEY; )
DAVID GUTSHENRITTER; RICHARD )
LOGUE; JAMES MALERBA; DAVID )
O’LEARY; ALISON QUIRK; and JOHN )
DOES 1 - 10, Defendants. )
GERTNER, D.J.:
ORDER CONSOLIDATING RELATED ACTIONS, APPOINTING
LEAD COUNSEL, AND APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFF
This court hereby grants [3] Motion to Consolidate Cases, Appointment as Lead Plaintiff,
Approval of Their Selection of Lead Counsel by Public Employees’ Retirement System of
Mississippi, Union Asset Management Holding AG; denies [6] Motion to Consolidate Cases,
Appointment As Lead Plaintiff, and Selection of Lead and Liaison Counsel by Pension Fund Group;
denies [9] Motion to Consolidate Cases Motion for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and Approval of
Lead Plaintiff’s Selection of Lead Counsel and Liaison Counsel by Miami Beach Employees
Retirement Plan.
I. CONSOLIDATION
The following actions are consolidated for all purposes pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 42(a): Hill v. State Street Corporation et. al., 09-cv-12146; Demory v. Logue et. al.,
10-cv-10064; Richard v. State Street Corporation et. al., 10-cv-10184. These actions involve a
common question of law or fact, Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), as well as common parties – the defendants.
The Consolidated Actions, together with all other actions which may subsequently be consolidated
pursuant to the provisions of this order, shall be collectively referred to as HILL v. STATE STREET
CORPORATION ET. AL., No. 1:09-cv-12146-NG. All docket entries for the Consolidated Actions
shall be made in the docket established for 09-cv-12146. The plaintiffs in the Consolidated Actions
shall file a Consolidated Amended Complaint (“Consolidated Complaint”) within fourteen (14) days
of the entry of this order. Defendants shall have fourteen (14) days from the date of service of the
Consolidated Complaint to answer or respond to that complaint, and no answer or response shall be
required to the complaints presently on file.
II. LEAD PLAINTIFF APPOINTMENT
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This court appoints MPERS/Union as Lead Plaintiff in the Consolidated Actions.
III. LEAD COUNSEL APPOINTMENT
This court appoints (i) Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, (ii) Bernstein Litowitz
Berger & Grossmann, and (iii) Motley Rice as Lead Counsel in the Consolidated Actions.
The court recognizes and shares National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Fund’s (NASI) concerns
about assuring fair and reasonable legal fees. If appropriate, at the conclusion of the case, lead
counsel will have to document and justify legal fees. The NASI’s request for intervention is
premature.
This order is merely procedural and does not affect the rights of any party.
SO ORDERED.
Date: May 7, 2010 /s/atÇvç ZxÜàÇxÜ-------------------------
NANCY GERTNER, U.S.D.C.
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EXHIBIT 2
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Firefighters’ Relief Civil No. 08-6324 (PAM/AJB)
Association, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v. ORDER
Medtronic, Inc., et al.,
Defendants.
This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of
United States Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan dated April 24, 2009. In the R&R,
Magistrate Judge Boylan recommends that the Court grant one group of Plaintiffs’ Motion
for Appointment of Lead Plaintiff and Counsel, and deny the City of Los Angeles’s
competing Motion. There have been no objections to the R&R filed in the time period
permitted. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The R&R (Docket No. 54) is ADOPTED;
2. The Motion by the Iron Workers (Docket No. 16) is DENIED as moot,
pursuant to stipulation;
3. The Motion of the Institutional Investor Group for Appointment as Lead
Plaintiffs and for Approval of its Selection of Counsel (Docket No. 20) is
GRANTED;
4. The City of Los Angeles’ Motion for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and for
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Approval of Lead Plaintiff’s Choice of Lead and Liaison Counsel (Docket No.
24) is DENIED;
5. The Motion of the Medtronic Institutional Investor Group for Appointment as
Lead Plaintiff and for Approval of its Selection of Lead Counsel and Liaison
Counsel (Docket No. 29) is GRANTED;
6. Any actions brought on behalf of the purchasers of the securities of Medtronic,
Inc., and that allege claims that are related to those asserted in this matter and
have been previously filed, removed, or transferred, or may subsequently be
filed, removed, or transferred, are hereby CONSOLIDATED for all purposes;
7. The Medtronic Institutional Investor Group, consisting of the Teachers
Retirement System of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension Fund, Union
Asset Management Holding AG, and Danske Invest Management A/S, are
hereby APPOINTED to serve as lead plaintiff pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u-
4(a)(3)(B), for purposes of prosecuting the consolidated litigation;
8. The laws firms of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check LLP, Bernstein
Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Motley Rice LLC, and Grant & Eisenhofer
PA are hereby APPOINTED to jointly serve as class counsel. Chestnut &
Cambronne PA, are hereby APPOINTED liaison counsel for purposes of
coordinating litigation activities. Joint counsel are required to confer and
establish a formal leadership structure and formulate a general litigation and
task assignment plan to be submitted to the Court prior to the pretrial
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scheduling conference. In addition, counsel are required to maintain itemized
and detailed time records and to categorize time records chronologically by
discrete event/activity rather than by attorney. If an event or activity takes
place for the benefit of the class, the time entry shall describe the event or
activity, list the names of all persons who participated, the time spent by each
person, and the requested billable rate that each person seeks to charge, in
accordance with a more detailed order concerning attorney fees to be issued
hereafter.
Dated: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
s/ Paul A. Magnuson Paul A. Magnuson
United States District Court Judge
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