• February 2, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Signs Car Wash Workers Pay Settlement

    A class-action settlement has been concluded between Delta-Sonic Car Wash Systems and some employees at the 29 car-wash facilities Delta-Sonic operates in New York, Pennsylvan

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  • Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2017-02-02
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-02-02
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie Parent (argued), Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, Oregon; Justin Augustine, Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, California; Collette Adkins Giese, Center for Biological Diversity, Circle Pines, Minnesota; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Anna Katselas (argued), Kevin McArdle, Bridget Kennedy McNeil, and Ellen J. Durkee, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-16977

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 998 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA, non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs-Appella

  • January 31, 2017 | The Recorder

    Bio-Rad Trial Witnesses Claim Outburst, Obstruction by Ex-GC

    Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. chief financial officer Christine Tsingos added a new claim to the company’s case against fired general counsel Sanford Wadler in court Tuesday: Wadler allegedl

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  • January 27, 2017 | Legaltech News

    Big Law and the Business of Blockchains (a Tale of Three Bs)

    The terms blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrency may ring a bell, but many couldn’t even

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  • Microsoft v. United States, 14-2985

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, C.J., Acobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi, Hall, Livingston, Chin, Lohier, Jr., Carney, Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
    for defendant: For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant, Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA | The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Digital Rights Ireland Limited, National Council for Civil Liberties, and The Open Rights Group, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGirr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202777615376, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 24, 2017)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Am

  • January 25, 2017 | The Recorder

    Bio-Rad's FCPA Review Gets Picked Over at Trial

    SAN FRANCISCO—As a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLC, Patrick Norton was hired—twice—to investigate potential corruption in the foreign offices of Bio-Rad Labora

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  • January 25, 2017 | The Recorder

    Bio-Rad's FCPA Lawyer Details Run-In With Ousted GC

    SAN FRANCISCO—Patrick Norton testified Tuesday about what one could only hope was the most awkward meeting of his legal career. Late one afternoon in September 2011, Norton,

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  • January 23, 2017 | The Recorder

    Outside Counsel Complained About Bio-Rad GC, CEO Says

    SAN FRANCISCO—Attorneys at two outside firms hired by Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. raised concerns about the job performance of general counsel Sanford Wadler before he was fired in June

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  • January 18, 2017 | The Recorder

    Ousted GC Details 'Paper-Only' Compliance Program at Bio-Rad in Whistleblower Trial

    On Day 2 of his whistleblower trial, the ousted general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. took aim at the company where he worked for more than two decades, describing a “paper effort&

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  • January 17, 2017 | The Recorder

    Ex-GC Takes Bio-Rad to Trial, Claims He Was Fired for Reporting FCPA Breaches

    SAN FRANCISCO—For more than two decades, Sanford "Sandy" Wadler was the top lawyer at Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Over the next few weeks, he'll be the company's cou

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