U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida (Miami) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 02-CV-23304

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1 US District Court Civil Docket as of 2/11/04 Retrieved from the court on Monday, October 09, 2006 U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida (Miami) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 02-CV Druskin v. Answerthink, Inc., et al Filed: 11/13/02 Assigned to: Judge Alan S. Gold Jury demand: Plaintiff Demand: $0,000 Nature of Suit: 850 Lead Docket: None Jurisdiction: Federal Question Dkt# in other court: None Cause: 15:0078 Securities Exchange Act KEN DRUSKIN, on behalf of Jules Brody himself and all others FTS similarly situated plaintiff Stull Stull & Brody 6 E 45th Street Suite 500 New York, NY Joseph R. Seidman Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz 10 E 40th Street 22nd Floor New York, NY Robert I. Harwood FTS Wechsler Harwood LLP 488 Madison Avenue 8th Floor New York, NY Robert Randall Adler FTS Maya Susan Saxena

2 FTS Heather Siegel FTS Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman 5355 Town Center Road Suite 900 Boca Raton, FL Charles J. Piven World Trade Center 401 E Pratt Street Suite 2525 Baltimore, MD v. ANSWERTHINK, INC. defendant FTS Wallace Bauman Legon Fodiman et al 1111 Brickell Avenue Suite 2150 Miami, FL FTS Clifford Chance US LLP 1 Market Suite 400 Stewart Street Tower San Francisco, CA JOHN F. BRENNAN defendant

3 TED A. FERNANDEZ defendant ALLAN R. FRANK defendant EDMUND R. MILLER defendant Ilyse Mindy Homer FTS Berger Singerman 200 S Biscayne Boulevard Suite 1000 Miami, FL

4 WILLIAM KESSINGER defendant BRUCE RAUNER defendant v. DOCKET PROCEEDINGS DATE # DOCKET ENTRY 11/13/02 1 CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT filed re: Securities/Commodities Exchange; FILING FEE $ RECEIPT #872408; Magistrate Judge Andrea M. Simonton (hd) [Entry date 11/14/02] 11/15/02 2 MOTION by Ken Druskin for Jules Brody to appear pro hac

5 vice (hd) [Entry date 11/18/02] 11/15/02 -- Filing Fee Paid; FILING FEE $75.00 RECEIPT # (hd) [Entry date 11/18/02] 11/19/02 3 ORDER granting [2-1] motion for Jules Brody to appear pro hac vice ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 11/18/02) [EOD Date: 11/20/02] (hd) [Entry date 11/20/02] 11/19/02 4 SUGGESTION OF BANKRUPTCY by Edmund R. Miller as to Edmund R. Miller (hd) [Entry date 11/20/02] 11/21/02 5 ORDER requiring compliance with Local Rule 16.1 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 11/20/02) [EOD Date: 11/21/02] (hd) 11/26/02 6 ORDER SETTING TELEPHONIC STATUS CONFERENCE AND HEARING DATE set status conference for 8:45 12/2/02 before Judge Alan S. Gold re: [4-1] suggestion bankruptcy ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 11/26/02) [EOD Date: 11/27/02] (gz) [Entry date 11/27/02] 12/2/02 -- Telephonic status conference held before Judge Alan S. Gold (hd) [Entry date 12/03/02] 12/2/02 7 Minutes of telephonic status conference held before Judge Alan S. Gold on 12/2/02; Court Reporter Name or Tape #: JOSEPH MILLIKAN (hd) [Entry date 12/03/02] 12/16/02 8 NOTICE of Pendency of Other Actions by Ken Druskin, Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner (hd) [Entry date 12/17/02] 12/16/02 8 AGREED MOTION by Ken Druskin, Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner to consolidate cases, stipulation and proposed order consolidating actions (hd) [Entry date 12/17/02] 1/3/03 9 Waiver of service executed by Answerthink, Inc.; the mailing date of original waiver not provided; represented by attorney for Answerthink, Inc., illegible writing (hd) [Entry date 01/06/03]

6 1/3/03 10 Waiver of service executed by John F. Brennan; the mailing date of original waiver not provided; represented by attorney for Answerthink, Inc. (hd) [Entry date 01/06/03] 1/3/03 11 Waiver of service executed by Ted A. Fernandez; the mailing date of original waiver not provided; represented by attorney for Answerthink, Inc. (hd) [Entry date 01/06/03] 1/3/03 12 Waiver of service executed by Allan R. Frank; the mailing date of original waiver not provided; represented by attorney for Answerthink, Inc. (hd) [Entry date 01/06/03] 1/3/03 13 Waiver of service executed by William Kessinger; the mailing date of original waiver not provided; represented by attorney for Answerthink, Inc. (hd) [Entry date 01/06/03] 1/7/03 14 ORDER CLOSING AND CONSOLIDATING CASES, case numbers CIV-GOLD, CIV-GOLD and CIV-GOLD are consolidated with case number CIV-GOLD; all filings related to these cases from this date forward shall be styled under case number CIV-GOLD; case numbers 0s CIV-GOLD, CIV-GOLD and CIV-GOLD are closed; granting [8-1] motion to consolidate cases ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 12/31/02) [EOD Date: 1/8/03] (hd) [Entry date 01/08/03] 1/7/03 -- Consolidated Lead Case (hd) [Entry date 01/08/03] 1/13/03 15 MOTION by Carlos Luis Moreno to be appointed lead plaintiff and for approval of lead plaintiff's selection of lead counsel and liaison counsel (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] 1/13/03 16 MEMORANDUM by Carlos Luis Moreno in support of [15-1] motion to be appointed lead plaintiff and for approval of lead plaintiff's selection of lead counsel and liaison counsel (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] 1/13/03 17 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by Carlos Luis Moreno re: [15-1] motion to be appointed lead plaintiff and for approval of lead plaintiff's selection of lead counsel and liaison counsel, memorandum in support and proposed order (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] 1/13/03 18 AFFIDAVIT of Darren J. Check by Carlos Luis Moreno Re:

7 [15-1] motion to be appointed lead plaintiff and for approval of lead plaintiff's selection of lead counsel and liaison counsel (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] 1/13/03 19 MOTION by Robert Coleman, Larry L. Murphy, William A. Mobley Jr., Paul Golibart, Darlene Hoffman, Roy Hoffman for appointment as lead plaintiffs and for approval of co-lead counsel (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] [Edit date 01/14/03] 1/13/03 20 MEMORANDUM by Robert Coleman, Larry L. Murphy, William A. Mobley Jr., Paul Golibart, Darlene Hoffman, Roy Hoffman in support of [19-1] motion for appointment as lead plaintiffs and for approval of co-lead counsel (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] 1/13/03 21 AFFIDAVIT of Kenneth J. Vianale by Robert Coleman, Larry L. Murphy, William A. Mobley Jr., Paul Golibart, Darlene Hoffman, Roy Hoffman [19-1] motion for appointment as lead plaintiffs and for approval of co-lead counsel (hd) [Entry date 01/14/03] 1/28/03 22 ORDER closing and consolidating cases, case number CIV-GOLD is closed and consolidated with case number CIV-GOLD; all pleadings hereinafter shall bear case number CIV-GOLD ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 1/28/03) [EOD Date: 1/29/03] (hd) [Entry date 01/29/03] 1/28/03 -- Consolidated Lead Case (hd) [Entry date 01/29/03] 1/31/03 23 ORDER setting telephonic status conference for 8:45 2/7/03 before Judge Alan S. Gold ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 1/31/03) [EOD Date: 2/3/03] (hd) [Entry date 02/03/03] 1/31/03 24 JOINT MOTION by Carlos Luis Moreno, Robert Coleman, Larry L. Murphy, William A. Mobley Jr., Paul Golibart, Darlene Hoffman, Roy Hoffman for approval of stipulation and order for appointment of lead plaintiffs and approving co-lead counsel (hd) [Entry date 02/03/03] 2/6/03 25 ORDER granting [24-1] joint motion for approval of stipulation and order for appointment of lead plaintiffs and approving co-lead counsel, terminating [19-1] motion for appointment as lead plaintiffs and for approval of co-lead counsel, terminating [15-1] motion to be appointed lead plaintiff and for approval of lead plaintiff's selection of lead counsel and liaison counsel ( Signed by

8 Judge Alan S. Gold on 2//7/03) [EOD Date: 2/7/03] (hd) [Entry date 02/07/03] 2/7/03 -- Telephonic status conference held before Judge Alan S. Gold (hd) [Entry date 02/10/03] 2/7/03 26 Minutes of telephonic status conference held before Judge Alan S. Gold on 2/7/03; Court Reporter Name or Tape #: JOSEPH MILLIKAN (hd) [Entry date 02/10/03] 2/11/03 27 ORDER requiring compliance with Local Rule 16.1 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 2/10/03) [EOD Date: 2/12/03] (hd) [Entry date 02/12/03] 2/28/03 28 Joint submission pursuant to/notice of compliance: by Ken Druskin, All Defendants with [27-1] pre-trial order requiring compliance with Local Rule 16.1 and establishing certain deadlines (hd) [Entry date 03/03/03] 3/10/03 29 AGREED ORDER concerning further compliance with Local Rule 16.1 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and establishing certain deadlines ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 3/7/03) [EOD Date: 3/11/03] (hd) [Entry date 03/11/03] 3/21/03 30 MOTION by Answerthink, Inc. for to appear pro hac vice (hd) [Entry date 03/24/03] 3/21/03 -- Filing Fee Paid; FILING FEE $75.00 RECEIPT # (hd) [Entry date 03/24/03] [Edit date 03/24/03] 3/21/03 31 MOTION by Answerthink, Inc. for Guy Ladetsky to appear pro hac vice (hd) [Entry date 03/24/03] 3/21/03 -- Filing Fee Paid; FILING FEE $75.00 RECEIPT # (hd) [Entry date 03/24/03] [Edit date 03/24/03] 3/21/03 32 MOTION by Answerthink, Inc. for to appear pro hac vice (hd) [Entry date 03/24/03] 3/21/03 -- Filing Fee Paid; FILING FEE $75.00 RECEIPT # (hd) [Entry date 03/24/03]

9 3/31/03 33 ORDER granting [32-1] motion for to appear pro hac vice ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 3/28/03) [EOD Date: 4/1/03] (hd) [Entry date 04/01/03] 3/31/03 34 ORDER granting [31-1] motion for Guy Ladetsky to appear pro hac vice ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 3/28/03) [EOD Date: 4/1/03] (hd) [Entry date 04/01/03] 3/31/03 35 ORDER granting [30-1] motion for to appear pro hac vice ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 3/28/03) [EOD Date: 4/1/03] (hd) [Entry date 04/01/03] 4/9/03 36 MOTION by Ken Druskin to extend time to file consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 04/10/03] 4/10/03 37 RESPONSE by All Defendants in opposition to [36-1] motion to extend time to file consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 04/11/03] 4/28/03 38 ORDER set telephonic status conference for 1:30 5/1/03 before Judge Alan S. Gold ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 4/28/03) [EOD Date: 4/29/03] (hd) [Entry date 04/29/03] 4/30/03 -- Attorney Kenneth Vianale terminated, no longer with law firm. (rbb) 4/30/03 39 AMENDED ORDER amending [38-2] order settin telephonic status conference for 2:00 5/1/03 before Judge Alan S. Gold ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 4/30/03) [EOD Date: 5/1/03] (hd) [Entry date 05/01/03] 5/1/03 -- Motion hearing re: [36-1] motion to extend time to file consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 05/02/03] 5/1/03 40 Minutes of telephonic hearing re: [36-1] motion to extend time to file consolidated amended complaint held before Judge Alan S. Gold on 5/1/03; Court Reporter Name or Tape #: JOSEPH MILLIKAN (hd) [Entry date 05/02/03] 5/5/03 41 ORDER granting [36-1] motion to extend time to file consolidated amended complaint ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 5/1/03) [EOD Date: 5/6/03] (hd) [Entry date 05/06/03]

10 5/9/03 42 CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT by Ken Druskin, (Answer due 5/19/03 for Bruce Rauner, for William Kessinger, for Edmund R. Miller, for Allan R. Frank, for Ted A. Fernandez, for John F. Brennan, for Answerthink, Inc. ) amending [1-1] complaint (hd) [Entry date 05/12/03] 5/20/03 43 JOINT MOTION by Ken Druskin, All Defendants to establish pleading deadlines (ct) [Entry date 05/21/03] 5/22/03 44 RESPONSE to Order to Show Cause by Lead Plaintiffs (hd) [Entry date 05/27/03] [Edit date 05/27/03] 5/22/03 44 AGREED MOTION by All Plaintiffs to transfer case, and to consolidate case (hd) [Entry date 05/27/03] 5/28/03 45 ORDER setting 7/15/03 for any motions to dismiss, setting 8/14/03 for response to any motions to dismiss, setting 9/15/03 for reply to response to any motions to dismiss granting [43-1] joint motion to establish pleading deadlines ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 5/22/03) [EOD Date: 5/29/03] (hd) [Entry date 05/29/03] 7/3/03 46 ORDER CLOSING AND CONSOLIDATING CASES; case number Civ-Martinez is consolidated with case number Civ-Gold; all future filings are to be filed in case number Civ-Gold; granting [44-1] motion to transfer case, granting [44-2] motion to consolidate case ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 7/2/03) [EOD Date: 7/7/03] (hd) [Entry date 07/07/03] 7/14/03 47 AMENDED ORDER amending [27-1] order requiring compliance with Local Rule 16.1 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 7/10/03) [EOD Date: 7/15/03] (hd) [Entry date 07/15/03] 7/15/03 48 MOTION by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 07/16/03] 7/15/03 49 APPENDIX to: [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner (hd) [Entry date 07/16/03]

11 7/15/03 50 Request by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner for oral argument on [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 07/16/03] 7/15/03 51 Request by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner for judicial notice in support of motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 07/16/03] 7/15/03 52 UNOPPOSED MOTION by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner for leave to file memorandum exceeding 20 pages in length re: motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 07/16/03] 7/21/03 53 ORDER granting [52-1] motion for leave to file memorandum exceeding 20 pages in length re: motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 7/17/03) [EOD Date: 7/22/03] (hd) [Entry date 07/22/03] 7/23/03 54 ORDER oral argument before Judge Alan S. Gold set for 10:00 10/24/03 for [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint granting [50-1] motion for oral argument on [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 7/22/03) [EOD Date: 7/24/03] (hd) [Entry date 07/24/03] 7/23/03 55 ORDER granting [52-1] motion for leave to file memorandum exceeding 20 pages in length re: motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 7/22/03) [EOD Date: 7/24/03] (hd) [Entry date 07/24/03] 8/7/03 56 ORDER setting telephonic status conference for 2:45 8/15/03 before Judge Alan S. Gold ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 8/6/03) Date: 8/8/03] (hd) [Entry date 08/08/03] 8/14/03 57 NOTICE of Change of Address of Attorney by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner (hd) [Entry date 08/15/03]

12 8/15/03 -- Telephonic status conference held before Judge Alan S. Gold (hd) [Entry date 08/19/03] 8/15/03 58 Minutes of telephonic status conference held before Judge Alan S. Gold on 8/15/03; Court Reporter Name or Tape #: JOSEPH MILLIKAN (hd) [Entry date 08/19/03] 8/15/03 59 RESPONSE by Lead Plaintiffs in opposition to [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (hd) [Entry date 08/19/03] [Edit date 08/19/03] 8/15/03 60 MOTION by Lead Plaintiffs to accept opposition to motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint as timely filed (hd) [Entry date 08/19/03] 8/19/03 61 ORDER granting [60-1] motion to accept opposition to motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint as timely filed ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 8/18/03) [EOD Date: 8/20/03] (hd) [Entry date 08/20/03] 8/19/03 62 ORDER following telephonic status conference, vacating [47-1] order requiring compliance with Local Rule 16.1; the operative scheduling order remains [29-1] order concerning further compliance with Local Rule 16.1 and establishing certain deadlines ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 8/18/03) [EOD Date: 8/20/03] (hd) [Entry date 08/20/03] 9/12/03 63 NOTICE of Supplemental Filing by Ken Druskin in further opposition to [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (attachment) (wc) [Entry date 09/15/03] 9/15/03 64 REPLY by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner to response to [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (wc) [Entry date 09/16/03] 9/15/03 65 SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX of Authorities in support of: [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner (wc) [Entry date 09/16/03] 10/24/03 -- Motion hearing re: [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint Motion hearing held (wc) [Entry date 10/28/03]

13 10/24/03 66 Minutes of Motion to Dismiss held before Judge Alan S. Gold on 10/24/03; Court Reporter Name or Tape #: Joseph Millikan (wc) [Entry date 10/28/03] 10/28/03 67 Transcript filed re: Oral Argument held 10/24/03 before Judge Alan S. Gold Pages: 1-76 (pc) 11/5/03 68 NOTICE OF FILING SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY by Ken Druskin in further opposition to [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint (lk) [Entry date 11/06/03] 1/5/04 69 ORDER granting [48-1] motion to dismiss consolidated amended complaint, dismissing without prejudice [42-1] consolidated amended complaint ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 1/5/04) [EOD Date: 1/6/04] (hd) [Entry date 01/06/04] 2/3/04 70 NOTICE to court that plaintiffs will not be amending complaint by Answerthink, Inc., John F. Brennan, Ted A. Fernandez, Allan R. Frank, Edmund R. Miller, William Kessinger, Bruce Rauner (hd) [Entry date 02/04/04] 2/11/04 71 ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT dismissing case with prejudice; case closed ( Signed by Judge Alan S. Gold on 2/11/04) [EOD Date: 2/12/04] (hd) [Entry date 02/12/04] 2/11/04 -- CASE CLOSED. Case and Motions no longer referred to Magistrate. (hd) [Entry date 02/12/04] Note: Links in this docket are stored in the PACER system (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). PACER is a service of United States Judiciary. To view and retrieve the linked documents from PACER you must be a registered user. To register, fill out one of the registration forms available on the PACER site. The United States Congress has given the Judicial Conference of the United States, the judicial governing body of the U.S. Federal Courts, authority to impose user fees for electronic access to case information. For more information visit the PACER site at