Nos. 11 Civ. 4917 (PGG), 11 Civ. 5073 (PGG), 11 Civ. 5556 (PGG). 2012-09-18 Gregory L. SHIELDS, Derivatively on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. K. Rupert MURDOCH, James R. Murdoch, Lachlan K. Murdoch, Chase Carey, David F. Devoe, Joel Klein, Arthur M. Siskind, Sir Roderick I. Eddington, Andrew S.B. Knight, Thomas J. Perkins, Peter L. Barnes, José María Aznar, Natalie Bancroft, Kenneth E. Cowley, Viet Dinh, John L. Thornton, Defendants, and News Corporation, Nominal
(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a party against whom a complaint has been filed and served fails to allege in a cross-complaint any related cause of action which (at the time of serving his answer to the complaint) he has against the plaintiff, such party may not thereafter in any other action assert against the plaintiff the related cause of action not pleaded. (b) This section does not apply if either of the following are established: (1) The court in which the action is pending