• Nasser v. Port Imperial Ferry Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Admiralty | Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Eric Komitee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-CV-0845

    Ferry's Operator Granted Only Partial Judgment in Case of Ankle Break in Stairwell Fall

  • State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein III, Delaware Department Of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher and Matthew K. Edling, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, R. Stokes Nolte, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Joshua D. Dick, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA Matthew T. Heartney, John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, and William F. Northrip, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Kevin J. Mangan, Kristen H. Cramer, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. McBride, McGuire Woods LLP, Washington, DC; Christian J. Singewald, White And Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morrjs LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP, San Francisco, CA Michael L. Fox, DUANE MORRJS LLP, San Francisco, CA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen Taylor Sooy, Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Daniel A. Mason, Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrIson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Yahonnes Cleary, Caitlin E. Grusauskas, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrIson LLP, New York, NY; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, D

    Case Number: D69684

    Federal court lacked jurisdiction over purely state law claims alleging nuisance and consumer fraud arising from fossil fuel companies' purported disinformation campaigns to suppress the link between fossil fuel products and climate damage.

  • In Re Multiplan Corp. Stockholders' Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Daniel E. Meyer, Margaret Sanborn- Lowing, Joseph W. Caputo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Rachel S. Sparks Bradley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Stephen P. Blake, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Joshua S. Amsel, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Matthew S. Connors, Nicole E. Prunetti, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69679

    The court found that plaintiff's claim was direct, not derivative, the claims were not exclusively contractual, and that the claims were not holder claims predicated on stockholder inaction.

  • Appellate Term, First Department: December 7, 2021

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, First Department, Orders on Motion(s)
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Term, First Department: December 7, 2021

  • Flynn v. McGraw Hill LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Lorna Schofield
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 Civ. 614

    Authors Held Entitled to Royalties From Net Receipts on Textbooks Only; Breach Claim Fails

  • January 17, 2022 | The American Lawyer

    US Law Firms Dominate 2021 Asia Pacific League Tables

    US-led firms fared well for deals in the region and Indian and South Korean firms helped push UK and Chinese firms down the rankings.

    4 minute read

  • January 17, 2022 | International Edition

    US Law Firms Dominate 2021 Asia Pacific League Tables

    US-led firms fared well for deals in the region and Indian and South Korean firms helped push UK and Chinese firms down the rankings.

    4 minute read

  • January 17, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

    FAMILY LAW

    A special supplement containing articles on: pet custody arrangements; questions that remain unanswered by the 'new' alimony statute; whether 50-50 parenting time should be presumed under the law; advocating for out-of-district placement for children with disabilities; and the role of a guardian ad litem in contested custody cases.

    2 minute read

  • January 17, 2022 | Law.com

    As Their Influence Wanes, Banking Clients No Longer 'Jewels in the Crown' For Law Firms

    Banks are offering less transactional work and increasingly being dictated to on which law firms to use, meaning banking panels no longer offer the same riches for law firms.

    9 minute read

  • Care One Mgmt., LLC v. United Healthcare Workers E.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice McKee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Alito and George P. Barbatsuly (K&L Gates); Donald Burke and Roy T. Englert, Jr. (Robbins Russell Englert Orseck Untereiner & Sauber)
    for defendant: A. Matthew Boxer (Lowenstein Sandler); Leon Dayan, Jacob Karabell, Caitlin D. Kekacs, and Joshua A. Segal (Bredhoff & Kaiser); David M. Slutsky (Levy Ratner); R. Scott Thompson (Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch)

    Case Number: 19-3693

    Coercive Conduct by Unions Targeted Towards Achieving Legitimate Labor Objectives Could Not Support Hobbs Act Liability