District Court, S.D. New York July 20, 2010, Master File 21 MC 92(SAS) (In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation)

AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRAA. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On October 5, 2009, this Court granted final approval of a $586 million Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, providing closure to almost ten years of litigation involving 309 consolidated actions, fifty-five investment banks, thousands of individual defendants, and more than seven million potential class members