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The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation convenes for its next hearing session in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday, January 29, 2009. See Notice of Hearing Session.
The Panel has at last returned to its seven-judge full strength with the addition of Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr. Judge Damrell sits in Sacramento, whose U.S. courthouse houses the main office for the Eastern District of California.
As it usually does, the Panel's docket holds a backward-looking mirror to the American economy. Witness the abundance of cases that involve allegations of fraud against our erstwhile mighty — and currently taxpayer money-hungry — securities and banking institutions:
- In re Regions Morgan Keegan Securities, Derivative and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Litig., No. 2009;
- In re The Reserve Fund Securities and Derivative Litig., No. 2011;
- In re Fannie Mae Securities and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Litig., No. 2013;
- In re Bank of America Corp. Auction Rate Securities (ARS) Marketing Litig., No. 2014;
- In re Wachovia Corp. "Pick-a-Payment" Mortg. Marketing and Sales Practices Litig., No. 2015; and
- In re Lehman Bros. Holdings, Inc., Securities & Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Litig., No. 2017.
