District Court, S.D. New York, 2021

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York · Decided May 28, 2021
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN RE FOREIGN EXCHANGE BENCHMARK 13 Civ. 7789 (LGS) RATES ANTITRUST LITIGATION : ORDER LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, on April 30, 20201, pursuant to the Court’s November 12, 2020, Order (Dkt. No. 1544), the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment.

WHEREAS, on May 20, 2021, the parties filed a joint motion to seal portions of their cross- motions for summary judgment. Dkt. Nos. 1593 and 1594. It is hereby ORDERED that the motion to seal is GRANTED. The documents filed at Docket No. 1594 will remain sealed and only the parties and individuals identified in the attached Appendix will have access. Although “[t]he common law right of public access to judicial documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute, and courts “must balance competing considerations against” the presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) (“[T]he decision as to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”).

Filing the above-referenced document in redacted form is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential business information and personal information, including personal information pertaining to individuals subject to foreign data privacy regimes.

The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motion at Docket No. 1593.

Dated: May 28, 2021 Li J. A TT New York, New York LoRN, G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE APPENDIX Class Counsel Of Counsel for Plaintiffs Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Walter W. Noss [email protected] Kristen M. Anderson [email protected] Motley Rice LLC Donald A. Broggi William H. Narwold [email protected] [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman Donald A. Migliori [email protected] [email protected] Michelle Elizabeth Conston Michael M. Buchman [email protected] [email protected] William Curtis Fredericks [email protected] Kirby McInerney LLP David E. Kovel [email protected] Joseph Peter Guglielmo [email protected] Thomas W. Elrod [email protected] Sylvia Sokol [email protected] Anthony Epifanio Maneiro [email protected] Kate Lv [email protected] Karen M. Lerner [email protected] Jennifer Janine Scott [email protected] Julie A. Kearns [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] [email protected] Reena Gambhir [email protected] Katie Beran [email protected] Sarah Rebecca Lafreniere [email protected] Christopher L. Lebsock [email protected] William P. Butterfield [email protected] Hilary Kathleen Scherrer [email protected] Steven M. Nathan [email protected] Class Representatives Class Representatives Counsel Entwistle & Cappucci LLP Andrew J Entwistle [email protected] Augustus International Master Fund, L.P. Robert N Cappucci [email protected] Vincent Roger Cappucci [email protected] CERA LLP Solomon B. Cera [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Aureus Currency Fund, L.P. (“Aureus”) Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll P.L.L.C. Michael Benjamin Eisenkraft [email protected] Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP William Leonard [email protected] Angela L. Baglanzis [email protected] Boni, Zack & Snyder LLC Michael J. Boni [email protected] Joshua D. Snyder City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and [email protected] Retirement John Elliott Sindoni [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Patrick Joseph Coughlin [email protected] Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands (“Virgin David W. Mitchell Islands”) [email protected] Brian O. O' Mara [email protected] Randi Dawn Bandman [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Wolf Popper LLP Marian Rosner [email protected] Patricia Avery [email protected] Matthew Tucker Insley-Pruitt [email protected] Saxena White P.A.

Employees’ Retirement System of Puerto Fei-Lu Qian Rico Electric Power Authority (“ERS- [email protected] PREPA”) Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Berman Tabacco Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. [email protected] Todd Seaver Fresno County Employees’ Retirement [email protected] Association (“FCERA”) Sarah Khorasanee McGrath [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Korein Tillery, LLC George A. Zelcs [email protected] Robert E. Litan [email protected] Steven Michael Berezney [email protected] Michael E. Klenov [email protected] Randall P. Ewing, Jr. [email protected] Robert L. King [email protected] Haverhill Retirement System (“Haverhill”) The Mogin Law Firm, P.C.

Daniel J. Mogin [email protected] Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP Allan Steyer [email protected] Alexander Dewitt Singh Kullar [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Donald A. Broggi [email protected] [email protected] John Peter Guglielmo [email protected] Kristen M. Anderson [email protected] Walter W. Noss [email protected] Jennifer Janine Scott [email protected] Julie A. Kearns [email protected] Katie Lv [email protected] Michelle Elizabeth Conston [email protected] Sylvia Sokol [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] William Curtis Fredericks [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] William P. Butterfield [email protected] Christopher L. Lebsock [email protected] Hilary Kathleen Scherrer [email protected] Katie Beran [email protected] Reena Gambhir [email protected] Sara Rebecca Lafreniere [email protected] Steven M. Nathan [email protected] Cowper Law C. Moze Cowper [email protected] Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca, LLP Daniel Cohen [email protected] Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP Gregory Bradley Linkh [email protected] Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Lee Albert [email protected] Lowey Dannenberg, P.C.

Peter Anthony Barile, III [email protected] Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C.

Renae Diane Steiner [email protected] Elias Gutzler Spicer LLC Richard M. Elias [email protected] Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP Allan Steyer [email protected] Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System (“Oklahoma Alexander Dewitt Singh Kullar Firefighters”) [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Julie A. Kearns [email protected] Kate Lv [email protected] Sylvia Sokol [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP Gregory Bradley Linkh [email protected] Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC James Christopher Bradley [email protected] Robert Charles Class A, L.P. Louis F. Burke PC Leslie Scot Wybiral [email protected] Louis Fox Burke [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] State-Boston Retirement System (“Boston Thomas Kay Boardman Retirement”) [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. (“Syena”) Peter Anthony Barile, III Grant & Eisenhofer, PA Robert Gerard Eisler [email protected] Nussbaum Law Group, P.C.

Linda P. Nussbaum [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd. (“Tiberius”) [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Entwistle & Cappucci LLP Andrew J Entwistle [email protected] Robert N Cappucci [email protected] Vincent Roger Cappucci Value Recovery Fund L.L.C. (“VRF”) [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Lowey Dannenberg, P.C.

Vincent Briganti [email protected] Geoffrey Milbank Horn [email protected] Gerald Lawrence [email protected] Peter Dexter St. Phillip , Jr [email protected] United Food and Commercial Workers Raymond Peter Girnys Union and Participating Food Industry [email protected] Employers Tri-State Pension Fund (“United Food”) Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.

Barbara J. Hart [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Thomas Kay Boardman [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Systrax Corporation (“Systrax”) Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke Systrax Corporation (“Systrax”) [email protected] Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll Daniel H. Silverman [email protected] J. Douglas Richards [email protected] Manuel Juan Dominguez Nasser Bakizada [email protected] Michael Benjamin Eisenkraft [email protected] Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC George Fuad Farah [email protected] Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP Anthony F. Fata [email protected] Brian L. Clobes [email protected] Jennifer Winter Sprengel [email protected] Kirby McInerney LLP John Burnside David E. Kovel [email protected] Thomas W. Elrod [email protected] Morris & Morris, LLC Karen L. Morris [email protected] Patrick Francis Morris [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Marc G. Frederighi Christopher M. Burke Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Freed Kanner London Millen LLC Brian M. Hogan [email protected] Steven A. Kanner [email protected] Thomas Gramatis Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Doug Harvey Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Izee Trading Company (“Izee”) Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Freed Kanner London Millen LLC Brian M. Hogan [email protected] Steven A. Kanner John Kerstein [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP Anthony F. Fata [email protected] Brian L. Clobes [email protected] Jennifer Winter Sprengel [email protected] Kirby McInerney LLP Steve Leaven David E. Kovel [email protected] Thomas W. Elrod [email protected] Morris & Morris, LLC Karen L. Morris [email protected] Patrick Francis Morris [email protected] Nussbaum Law Group, P.C.

Linda P. Nussbaum [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Michael Melissinos Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Mark Miller Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Robert Miller Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Richard Preschern dba Preschern Trading Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Peter Rives Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Michael J. Smith Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP Christopher M. Burke [email protected] Casey Sterk Hausfeld, LLP Michael D. Hausfeld [email protected] Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP Anthony F. Fata Neil Taylor [email protected] Brian L. Clobes Jennifer Winter Sprengel [email protected] Kirby McInerney LLP David E. Kovel [email protected] Thomas W. Elrod [email protected] Anthony Epifanio Maneiro [email protected] Karen M. Lerner [email protected] Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC James Christopher Bradley [email protected] Morris & Morris, LLC Karen L. Morris [email protected] Patrick Francis Morris [email protected] Louis F. Burke PC Leslie Scot Wybiral [email protected] Robert L. Teel Louis Fox Burke [email protected] Non-Settling Defendant Counsel David George Januszewski Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP [email protected] Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Herbert Scott Washer (collectively “Credit Suisse”) Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP [email protected] Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP [email protected] Sheila Chithran Ramesh Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP [email protected] Elai E. Katz Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP [email protected] Charles Matthew Miller Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP [email protected] Richard Carl Schoenstein Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP [email protected] Settled Defendants Counsel Adam Selim Hakki Shearman & Sterling LLP [email protected] Bank of America Corporation, Bank of Richard Franklin Schwed America, N.A., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Shearman & Sterling LLP Fenner & Smith Inc. (collectively “Bank of [email protected] America”) Jeffrey Jason Resetarits Shearman & Sterling LLP [email protected] Michael E. Gertzman Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP [email protected] Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (“BOTM”) Kenneth Anthony Gallo Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP [email protected] David Harold Braff Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc. Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP (collectively “Barclays”) [email protected] Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP [email protected] Matthew Alexander Schwartz Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP [email protected] Yvonne Susan Quinn Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP [email protected] Kathleen Suzanne McArthur Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP [email protected] Joshua Aaron Goldberg Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP [email protected] BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas North Rebecca Rose Delfiner America,. Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Allen & Overy, LLP Corp., BNP Prime Brokerage, Inc. [email protected] (collectively “BNP Paribas”) Laura Rose Hall Allen & Overy, LLP [email protected] Andrew Arthur Ruffino Covington & Burling LLP [email protected] Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A., Citicorp, Alan M. Wiseman Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (collectively Covington & Burling, LLP “Citigroup”) [email protected] Andrew D. Lazerow Covington & Burling, LLP [email protected] George Patrick Montgomery King & Spalding LLP [email protected] Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (collectively “Deutsche Joseph Serino, JR. Bank”) Latham & Watkins LLP [email protected] Latham & Watkins LLP [email protected] Leah Brannon Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP [email protected] George S. Cary Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP [email protected] Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman, Thomas J. Moloney Sachs & Co. (collectively “Goldman Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Sachs”) [email protected] Elizabeth Vicens Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP [email protected] Victor L. Hou Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP [email protected] James Matthew Goodin Locke Lord LLP [email protected] Gregory Thomas Casamento Locke Lord LLP HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, [email protected] HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC Securities Julia C. Webb (USA) Inc. (collectively “HSBC”) Locke Lord LLP [email protected] Roger Brian Cowie Locke Lord LLP [email protected] Boris Bershteyn Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase [email protected] Bank, N.A. (collectively “JPMorgan”) John Coghlan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Patrick Joseph Fitzgerald Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP [email protected] Peter Edward Greene Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Llp [email protected] Peter S. Julian Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP [email protected] Harry Peter Koulos Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP [email protected] Tansy Woan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP [email protected] Tibor Ludovico Nagy, Jr. Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP [email protected] Stephen Leonard Ratner Proskauer Rose LLP [email protected] Russell Laurence Hirschhorn Proskauer Rose LLP [email protected] Jonathan M. Moses Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz [email protected] Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Bradley Reid Wilson International plc (collectively “Morgan Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Stanley”) [email protected] John David Tortorella Marino Tortorella & Boyle, P.C.

Kevin H. Marino Marino Tortorella & Boyle, P.C. [email protected] James P. McLoughlin, Jr. Moore & Van Allen, PLLC [email protected] Neil Thomas Bloomfield Moore & Van Allen, PLLC [email protected] RBC Capital Markets LLC (“RBC”) Mark A. Nebrig Moore & Van Allen, PLLC [email protected] Joshua D. Lanning Moore & Van Allen, PLLC [email protected] Paul Steel Mishkin Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [email protected] Arthur J. Burke Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [email protected] Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, RBS Securities, Inc. (collectively “RBS”) Alyssa Beaver Gomez Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [email protected] Maude Paquin Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [email protected] James Robert Warnot, Jr Linklaters, LLP [email protected] Patrick Coby Ashby Société Générale S.A. (“SocGen”) Linklaters, LLP [email protected] Katherine Zupan Machan Linklaters, LLP Adam Samuel Lurie Linklaters, LLP [email protected] Marc Joel Gottridge Hogan Lovells US LLP [email protected] Benjamin Andrew Fleming Hogan Lovells US LLP [email protected] Standard Chartered Bank (“Standard Chartered”) Charles Barrera Moore Hogan Lovells US LLP [email protected] Lisa Jean Fried Hogan Lovells US LLP [email protected] David Jarrett Arp Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP [email protected] Melanie L. Katsur Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP [email protected] UBS AG, UBS Group AG, UBS Securities Mark Adam Kirsch LLC (collectively “UBS”) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP [email protected] Joshua H. Soven Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP [email protected] Eric Jonathan Stock Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP [email protected]

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