IN RE APPLE INC. STOCKHOLDER DERIVATIVE LITIGATION
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 IN RE APPLE INC. STOCKHOLDER LEAD CASE NO. 19-cv-05153-YGR
DERIVATIVE LITIGATION
10 Consolidated with Case Nos. 19-cv-05863- YGR, 19-cv-05881-YGR, 19-cv-08246- 11 YGR)
12 ORDER APPOINTING LEAD COUNSEL 13 Re: Dkt. Nos. 21, 23
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15 Before the Court are competing motions to appoint lead counsel filed by plaintiff Alan 16 Bankhalter (“Bankhalter”), who seeks appointment of Pritzker Levine LLP (“Pritzker”) and 17 Gainey McKenna & Egleston (“GM&E”); and plaintiffs Terrence Zehrer, Andrew Fine, Tammy 18 Federman SEP/IRA, and the Rosenfeld Family Foundation (collectively, “ZFFR”), who seek 19 appointment of Robbins LLP (“Robbins”) and WeissLaw LLP (“WeissLaw”). For the reasons set 20 forth below, the Court appoints the latter. 21 District courts regularly appoint lead counsel in complex consolidated suits. See Vincent v. 22 Hughes Air West, Inc., 557 F.2d 759, 774 (9th Cir. 1979). In…