Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP (BTKMC) has been named Interim Lead Counsel in an action against JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. relating to JP Morgan's securities lending program.  BTKMC has filed a class action on behalf of ERISA plans (named plaintiff is the Board of Trustees of the AFTRA Retirement Fund) and Government plans (named plaintiff is the Board of Trustees of the Imperial County Employees' Retirement System) that participated in Defendant's securities lending program and incurred losses relating to investments in medium-term notes of Sigma Finance, Inc.  Plaintiff seeks to recover such losses on behalf of all members of the Class.
 
For more information on the status of the litigation, and to access certain information and materials regarding the substantive allegations, including a copy of the Complaint, please visit the JP Morgan Securities Lending Litigation website at:  www.JPMorganSecuritiesLendingLitigation.com.