In re Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. Securities Litigation — Entry #98: ORDER granting 96 Request for Withdrawal of Counsel

Case: In re Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. Securities Litigation cand · 5:25-cv-04177

filed May 15, 2025

What this document is

Docket entry #98 · filed January 28, 2026

ORDER granting 96 Request for Withdrawal of Counsel. Attorneys Javier Bleichmar, Lesley E. Weaver, Ross Shikowitz, and Adam C. McCall withdrawn. Signed by Judge Eumi K. Lee (lrt, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/28/2026) (Entered: 01/28/2026)

Who is involved

Anthony Westfall
Brian Paplaski
Daniel G. Kirby
Dimitry Farberov
Elliot Resnick
Frederick G. Vogt
Gary LoPiccolo
Hassan Pourhossein
Igor P. Bilinsky
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Jean-Marc Bellemin
JianJun Wei
Karthik Trichur Sundaram
Lindy Merrill
Mark van den Broek
Mehdi Hasan
Peter Jay Guthy
Samhita Gera
The Iova Investor Group
Thor Brevik
Tony Djie

Why we have it

We follow this case because it names a company we track, although that company is not a party:

Riot: its former name “Riot Blockchain, Inc.” appears in a filing in this case.
…compel a different result. See Takata v. Riot Blockchain, Inc., 2018 WL 5801379, at *5 (D.N.J. 8 Nov…
Applied Digital: its former name “FLIGHT SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES INC” appears in a filing in this case.
…Co-Lead Counsel. $1.2 million.  Flight Safety Technologies, Inc., (D. Conn.). Rosen Lead Counsel. $1…
Core Scientific: its name “Core Scientific, Inc.” appears in a filing in this case.
…Page 22 of 23 Pang v. Levitt (Core Scientific, Inc.), No. 22-CV-1191-LY (W.D. Tex.). Rosen…

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Case 5:25-cv-04177-EKL     Document 98   Filed 01/28/26   Page 1 of 2


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 6                          UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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     In re IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS,
10   INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION              CLASS ACTION
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     This Document Relates To:               [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING REQUEST
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     [PROPOSED] ORDER
     CASE NO. 5:25-CV-04177-EKL-NMC


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 1           Upon consideration of the Notice of Request for Withdrawal of Counsel, and for good cause
 2   shown, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Javier Bleichmar, Lesley E. Weaver, Ross Shikowitz, and Adam
 3   C. McCall of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP are hereby withdrawn as counsel of record. The clerk is
 4   directed to remove the above-named attorneys and law firm from the docket as well as the ECF Service
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     IT IS SO ORDERED.
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                      January 28
     Dated: _________________________, 2026
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                                                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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     [PROPOSED] ORDER
     CASE NO. 5:25-CV-04177-EKL-NMC