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