UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

IN RE DEUTSCHE BANK SPOOFING

LITIGATION

 Case No. 1:20-cv-03638

 Hon. Joan B. Gottschall

JOINT STATUS REPORT

Plaintiffs Rock Capital Markets, LLC; Charles Herbert Proctor, III; Robert Charles Class A, 

L.P.; David Vecchione; Todd Rowan; and Atlantic Trading USA, LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and

Defendants Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (collectively, “Defendants” and

together with Plaintiffs, “Parties”), by and through counsel, pursuant to the Court’s Order of 

November 17, 2022 (ECF No. 73), hereby submit this Joint Status Report: 

1. On November 14, 2022, the Parties submitted a Joint Status Report informing the

Court that the Parties were “at an impasse and request[ed] further guidance from the Court regarding 

jurisdictional discovery.” ECF No. 71 ¶ 15.

2. On November 17, 2022, the Court entered an order providing that “the parties must

meet and confer in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(1) and Local Rule 37.2” 

and that “[i]f the parties reach an agreement obviating the need for motion practice, they must so 

inform the court by and including November 22, 2022.” ECF No. 73 at 2.

3. On November 21, 2022, the Parties met and conferred telephonically. Defendants

have agreed to produce information responsive to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories Regarding 

Jurisdictional Discovery and, for the absence of doubt, will not limit the responsive information to 

only the two (2) traders identified in the CFTC Order.

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4. Defendants expect to produce the responsive information within several weeks and 

will update Plaintiffs about an expected production date as soon as possible. Once the responsive 

information is received, Plaintiffs will submit the information to enable the CME to provide deanonymized information in response to Plaintiffs’ subpoena.

5. The Parties propose submitting an updated joint status report to the Court on January 

5, 2023 and providing an update on jurisdictional discovery at that time.

Dated: November 22, 2022 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Vincent Briganti

Vincent Briganti (pro hac vice)

Raymond P. Girnys (pro hac vice)

Peter A. Barile III

LOWEY DANNENBERG P.C.

44 South Broadway, Suite 1100

White Plains, NY 10601

Telephone: (914) 997-0500

vbriganti@lowey.com

rgirnys@lowey.com

pbarile@lowey.com

Nicole A. Maruzzi (pro hac vice)

LOWEY DANNENBERG P.C.

265 Franklin St. #1702

Boston, MA 02110

Telephone: (617) 702-3413

nmaruzzi@lowey.com

/s/ Anthony F. Fata

Anthony F. Fata

Anthony E. Maneiro

KIRBY McINERNEY LLP

211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 550

Chicago, IL 60606

Tel.: (312) 767-5180

Afata@kmllp.com

Amaneiro@kmllp.com

Karen M. Lerner (pro hac vice)

David E. Kovel (pro hac vice)

KIRBY McINERNEY LLP

250 Park Avenue, Suite 820

New York, NY 10177

Tel.: (212) 371-6600

Klerner@kmllp.com

Dkovel@kmllp.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

George A. Zelcs

Randall P. Ewing, Jr.

Chad E. Bell

KOREIN TILLERY LLC

205 North Michigan Plaza, Suite 1950

Chicago, IL 60601

Telephone: (312) 641-9750

Facsimile: (312) 641-9751

gzelcs@koreintillery.com

rewing@koreintillery.com 

cbell@koreintillery.com

Jennifer W. Sprengel

CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & 

SPRENGEL LLP

135 S. LaSalle, Suite 3210

Chicago, IL 60603

Telephone: (312) 782-4880

Facsimile: (312) 782-4485

jsprengel@caffertyclobes.com

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Christopher M. Burke

SCOTT+SCOTT

ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLP

600 W. Broadway, Suite 3300

San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: (619) 233-4565

cburke@scott-scott.com

Thomas K. Boardman (pro hac vice forthcoming)

SCOTT+SCOTT

ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLP

The Helmsley Building 

230 Park Avenue, 17th Floor 

New York, NY 10169

Tel.: (212) 233-6444

tboardman@scott-scott.com

Steven A. Kanner

Douglas A. Millen

Brian M. Hogan

FREED KANNER LONDON &

MILLEN LLC

2201 Waukegan Road, Suite 130

Bannockburn, IL 60015

Tel: (224) 632-4500

Fax: (224) 632-4521

skanner@fklmlaw.com

dmillen@fklmlaw.com

bhogan@fklmlaw.com

Joshua H. Grabar (pro hac vice)

GRABAR LAW OFFICE

1650 Market Street, Suite 3600

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel.: (267) 507-6085

jgrabar@grabarlaw.com

Marc H. Edelson (pro hac vice)

EDELSON LECHTZIN LLP

3 Terry Drive, Suite 205

Newtown, PA 18940

Tel.: (215) 867-2399

medelson@edelson-law.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

/s/ Colette M. Willer

Colette M. Willer (IL Bar No. 6304298)

Reed Smith LLP

10 S. Wacker Drive, 40th Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

(Tel) 312-207-1000

(Fax) 312-207-6400

cwiller@reedsmith.com

/s/ Abram J. Ellis

Jeffrey H. Knox (pro hac vice)

Abram J. Ellis (pro hac vice)

Karen Porter (pro hac vice)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

900 G Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

(Tel) 202-636-5858

(Fax) 202-636-5502

Jeffrey.Knox@stblaw.com

AEllis@stblaw.com

Karen.Porter@stblaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants Deutsche Bank AG and

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

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