Mealey's (December 14, 2016, 1:06 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — A tender of settlement by underwriter defendants in a securities class action lawsuit against an energy company and others does not make the suit moot because the lead plaintiff in the action refused to accept it and because the amount did not take the shareholder’s legal fees and expenses into consideration, a federal judge in Texas ruled Dec. 9 (Joseph Pankowski v. BlueNRGY Group Ltd., f/k/a CBD Energy Ltd., et al., No. 15-1668, S.D. Texas; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170495)....