Relative Means of the Parties/Forum’s Familiarity with Governing Law Neither of the parties argued that the other side has greater means to litigate out-of-town. This factor is neutral. Likewise, both forums would be equally capable of applying the Securities Exchange Act in deciding the dispute. Trial Efficiency and the Interests of Justice, Based on the Totality of the Circumstances This point strongly favors transfer, and perhaps is decisive. There can be no dispute that “to allow two separate district courts ... to address almost identical causes of action involving identical issues in class actions whose members overlap[ ] would be an inefficient use of judicial resources.” City of Columbus v. Hotels.com, L.P., 2:06-cv-677, 2007 WL 2029036, at *7 (S.D.Ohio 2007) (citation omitted) (<HOLDING>). There are five separate lawsuits now pending
holding that when language is exactly the same in two statutory provisions the meaning of that language is also identical holding that transfer would be appropriate when two identical cases were pending in the separate districts of the same state holding that the standard was met when two actions were related to the same assets and were based upon almost identical breaches of fiduciary duty holding that trial judge is legally correct in dismissing declaratory action when two actions are substantially the same issues were identical and the identical action was still pending recognizing that the two statutes are nearly identical