US District Court Civil Docket as of December 21, 2017 Retrieved from the court on December 21, 2017 U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (Foley Square) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:17-cv-08457-JMF Hachem v. General Electric Inc. et al Assigned to: Judge Jesse M. Furman Related Cases: 1:17-cv-08473-JMF 1:17-cv-09888-JMF Cause: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act Plaintiff Jihad A. Hachem Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated Date Filed: 11/01/2017 Jury Demand: Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 850 Securities/Commodities Jurisdiction: Federal Question represented by Lesley Frank Portnoy Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP 230 Park Avenue, Suite 530 New York, NY 10169 (212) 682-5340 Fax: (212) 884-0988 Email: LPortnoy@glancylaw.com V. Consolidated Plaintiff Gopal Mirani individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated represented by Jeremy Alan Lieberman Pomerantz LLP 600 Third Avenue, 20th Floor New York, NY 10016 (212)-661-1100 Fax: (212)-661-8665 Email: jalieberman@pomlaw.com Joseph Alexander Hood, II Pomerantz LLP 600 Third Avenue New York, NY 10016 (212)-661-1100 Email: ahood@pomlaw.com
V. General Electric Inc. Jeffrey R. Immelt Latham & Watkins LLP 885 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212)-906-1239 Fax: (212)-751-4864 Email: blake.denton@lw.com Latham & Watkins LLP (NY) 885 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 906-1688 Fax: (212) 751-4864 Email: miles.ruthberg@lw.com Jeffrey S. Bornstein John L. Flannery
General Electric Company Date Filed # Docket Text 11/01/2017 1 COMPLAINT against Jeffrey S. Bornstein, John L. Flannery, General Electric Inc., Jeffrey R. Immelt. (Filing Fee $ 400.00, Receipt Number 0208-14315837)Document filed by Jihad A. Hachem.(Portnoy, Lesley) (Entered: 11/01/2017) 11/01/2017 2 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Jeffrey S. Bornstein, John L. Flannery, General Electric Inc., Jeffrey R. Immelt, re: 1 Complaint. Document filed by Jihad A. Hachem. (Portnoy, Lesley) (Entered: 11/01/2017) 11/01/2017 3 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed. (Portnoy, Lesley) (Entered: 11/01/2017) 11/02/2017 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Lesley Frank Portnoy. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: John Flannery, General Electric Company, Jihad A. Hachem. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party text was omitted; party name entered incorrectly. (vf) (Entered: 11/02/2017) 11/02/2017 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL. CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Lesley Frank Portnoy. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: County code XX Out of State. The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the County code has been modified to New York. (vf) (Entered: 11/02/2017) 11/02/2017 CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Jesse M. Furman. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/ecf_filing.php. (vf) (Entered: 11/02/2017) 11/02/2017 Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: http://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms.php. (vf) (Entered: 11/02/2017) 11/02/2017 Case Designated ECF. (vf) (Entered: 11/02/2017)
11/02/2017 4 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Jeffrey S. Bornstein, General Electric Inc., Jeffrey R. Immelt, John L. Flannery. (vf) (Entered: 11/02/2017) 11/22/2017 5 ORDER: Plaintiff Hachem shall promptly, but no later than November 27, 2017, advise the Court in writing of the date and manner in which it published this notice. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 11/22/2017) (ras) (Entered: 11/22/2017) 11/22/2017 6 NOTICE of Publication of PSLRA Notice. Document filed by Jihad A. Hachem. (Portnoy, Lesley) (Entered: 11/22/2017) 11/27/2017 7 ORDER: Members of the purported class therefore have until January 2, 2018 to move the Court to serve as lead plaintiffs. Opposition to any motion for appointment of lead plaintiff shall be served and filed by January 15, 2018. And the Court will hold a conference on January 22, 2018, at 3:30 p.m. in Courtroom 1105 of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Centre Street, New York, New York to consider any motions for appointment of lead plaintiff and lead counsel and for consolidation. It is further ORDERED that the parties in each case are directed to file letters no later than December 4, 2017, not to exceed three single-spaced pages each, indicating their views on whether the cases should be consolidated. If the parties do not file letters opposing consolidation, the Court may consolidate the two cases without further notice to the parties. It is further ORDERED that the named plaintiffs shall promptly serve a copy of this Order on each of the defendants and promptly file proof of such service. (Motions due by 1/2/2018. Responses due by 1/15/2018. Status Conference set for 1/22/2018 at 03:30 PM in Courtroom 1105, 40 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Jesse M. Furman.) (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 11/27/2017) (ras) (Entered: 11/27/2017) 12/04/2017 8 LETTER addressed to Judge Jesse M. Furman from Lesley F. Portnoy dated December 4, 2017 re: Consolidation. Document filed by Jihad A. Hachem.(Portnoy, Lesley) (Entered: 12/04/2017) 12/04/2017 9 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by on behalf of Jeffrey S. Bornstein, Jeffrey R. Immelt, John L. Flannery. (Ruthberg, Miles) (Entered: 12/04/2017) 12/04/2017 10 LETTER addressed to Judge Jesse M. Furman from Miles N. Ruthberg dated December 4, 2017 re: Consolidation. Document filed by Jeffrey S. Bornstein, Jeffrey R. Immelt, John L. Flannery.(Ruthberg, Miles) (Entered: 12/04/2017) 12/05/2017 11 ORDER: On November 1, 2017, Plaintiff Jihad A. Hachem filed a complaint in 17- CV-8457. On November 2, 2017, Plaintiff Gopal Mirani filed a similar complaint in 17-CV-8473. On November 27, 2017, the Court directed the parties to address whether consolidation would be appropriate. (17-CV-8457, Docket No 7; 17-CV- 8473, Docket No. 8). All parties agree that the actions should be consolidated. (17- CV-8457, Docket Nos. 8, 10; 17-CV-8473, Docket Nos. 9, 12). As the abovecaptioned actions involve common questions of law and fact and the parties agree that consolidation is appropriate, it is hereby ordered that pursuant to Rule 42(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, they are consolidated under the case number 17- CV-8457. The motion deadlines and the hearing date in appointing a lead plaintiff will proceed as previously ordered. (17-CV-8457, Docket No. 8). The Clerk of court is directed to consolidate 17-CV-8457 and 17-CV-8473 under case number 17-CV- 8457, and to close 17-CV-8473. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 12/5/2017)
Filed In Associated Cases: 1:17-cv-08457-JMF, 1:17-cv-08473-JMF(mro) (Entered: 12/06/2017) 12/13/2017 12 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Blake Thomas Denton on behalf of Jeffrey S. Bornstein, General Electric Company, Jeffrey R. Immelt, John L. Flannery. (Denton, Blake) (Entered: 12/13/2017) 12/13/2017 13 CONSENT LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time /Entry of Scheduling Order addressed to Judge Jesse M. Furman from Miles N. Ruthberg dated December 13, 2017. Document filed by Jeffrey S. Bornstein, General Electric Company, Jeffrey R. Immelt, John L. Flannery. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Scheduling Order)(Ruthberg, Miles) (Entered: 12/13/2017) 12/14/2017 14 STIPULATION AND ORDER: The parties, through their undersigned attorneys and subject to the Court's approval, stipulate and agree to the following: 1. The s are not required to respond to Plaintiffs' complaints; 2. Within 60 days of the entry of an order appointing lead plaintiff and lead counsel, lead plaintiff shall file and serve a consolidated amended complaint; 3. The s shall move, answer or otherwise respond to the consolidated amended complaint within 60 days after the filing of the consolidated amended complaint; 4. If the s move to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint; lead plaintiff shall file its opposition within 45 days after the filing of any motion to dismiss; and 5. The s shall file and serve their reply to any opposition made by lead plaintiff within 30 days after the filing of lead plaintiff's opposition. SO ORDERED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Docket No. 13. Motions terminated: 13 CONSENT LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time /Entry of Scheduling Order addressed to Judge Jesse M. Furman from Miles N. Ruthberg dated December 13, 2017, filed by Jeffrey S. Bornstein, Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric Company, John L. Flannery. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 12/14/2017) (ras) (Entered: 12/14/2017) 12/21/2017 15 ORDER: The Court agrees that the cases are related. Accordingly, unless any party objects within a week of this Order, the cases shall be consolidated. All deadlines currently in force in 17-CV-8457, including those pertaining to appointment of a lead plaintiff and lead counsel (see 17-CV-8457 Docket No. 7) shall likewise apply to 17- CV-9888. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 12/20/2017) (ras) (Entered: 12/21/2017) 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 http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/pacerdesc.html