District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK James J. Sabella, Grant & Eisenhoffer P.A., New York, New York, for Lead Plaintiff

District Judge Jed S. Rakoff U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Ira M. Press, David E. Kovel, Edward Michael Varga, Kirby McInerney LLP, Gerald Harla

With a long-running securities fraud class action against Pfizer over the drugs Celebrex and Bextra finally lurching toward trial, both Pfizer's lawyers at Simpson Thacher and DLA and their opposing counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer have lost bids for adverse inference rulings based on alleged misconduct.

Appearances Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel for Consolidated Securities Class Action: By: Donald R. Hall, Jr., Esq., Frederic Scott Fox, Esq., Robert N. Kaplan, Esq., Kaplan Fox & Kils