Kirschner v KPMG LLP

Kirschner v KPMG LLP 2010 NY Slip Op 00364 Decided on January 19, 2010 Court of Appeals Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on January 19, 2010
No. 60

[*1]Marc S. Kirschner, as Trustee of the Refco Litigation Trust, Appellant,

v

KPMG LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, Ingram Micro Inc., CIM Ventures Inc., William T. Pigott, Mayer Brown International LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Liberty Corner Capital Strategies, LLC, Banc of America Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Respondents, Beckenham Trading Company, Inc., Andrew Krieger, Ernst & Young LLP, Tone N. Grant, Robert C. Trosten, Refco Group Holdings, Inc., Phillip R. Bennett, Santo C. Maggio, EMF Financial Products, Delta Flyer Fund, LLC, and Eric M. Flanagan, Defendants.




Kathleen M. Sullivan, for appellant.
Kevin A. Burke, for respondent KPMG LLP.
Linda T. Coberly, for respondent Grant Thornton LLP.
Craig D. Singer, for respondent Mayer Brown LLP.
Robert F. Wise, for respondents Ingram Micro Inc and CIM
Ventures Inc.
Kevin H. Marino, for respondents Pigott and Liberty Corner
Capital Strategies, LLC.
Anthony M. Candido, for respondent Myer Brown
International LLP.
James J. Capra, for respondent PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Philip D. Anker, for respondents Banc of America Securities,
LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Deutsche Bank
Securities, Inc.


Certification of questions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, pursuant to section 500.27 of this Court's Rules of Practice, accepted and the issues presented are to be considered after briefing and argument. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, [*2]Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones concur.
Decided January 19, 2010