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IN RE MERIDIAN FUNDS GROUP SECURITIES & EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT LITIGATION

Nos. 09-MD-2082 (TPG), 09-CV-7099 (TPG)

IN RE MERIDIAN FUNDS GROUP SECURITIES & EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA) LITIGATION. THE R.W. GRAND LODGE OF FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff, v. MERIDIAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., MERIDIAN DIVERSIFIED FUND, LTD., MERIDIAN DIVERSIFIED FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC, WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE, and ERNST & YOUNG LLP, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 13, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The R.W. Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff, represented by Sidney Stephen Liebesman , Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP & Steven Eric Pachman , Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP.

Meridian Capital Partners, Inc., Defendant, represented by Marshall Howard Fishman , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Aaron Charles Lang , Dewey & LeBoeuf, L.L.P. & Gabrielle Lisa Gould , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

Meridian Diversified Fund, Ltd., Defendant, represented by Geoffrey Potter , Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP.

Meridian Diversified Fund Management LLC, Defendant, represented by Marshall Howard Fishman , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Aaron Charles Lang , Dewey & LeBoeuf, L.L.P. & Gabrielle Lisa Gould , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

William H. Lawrence, Defendant, represented by Marshall Howard Fishman , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Aaron Charles Lang , Dewey & LeBoeuf, L.L.P. & Gabrielle Lisa Gould , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

Ernst & Young LLP, Defendant, represented by Grant Joseph Esposito , Morrison & Foerster LLP , Robert Byron Hubbell , Morrison & Foerster & Ryan Whitcomb Borho , Morrison & Foerster LLP .

OPINION

This case arises from Bernard Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme. Plaintiff, The R.W. Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, purchased shares in a "fund of hedge funds" offered by Meridian Capital Partners, Inc. The fund made investments that were ultimately...

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