• August 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Steptoe & Johnson has added Robert Greenfeld as of counsel, focusing on intellectual property litigation and counseling in pa

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  • August 27, 2014 | International

    Clyde & Co Boosts Singapore With Hire of Malaysia Airlines Crashes Partner

    Clyde & Co has bolstered its Singapore office with the hire of Kennedys aviation liability partner David Johnston. Johnston, who is advising Allianz Insurance, Malaysia Airlines&#

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  • Laumann v. National Hockey League, 12-cv-1817

    Publication Date: 2014-08-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY. Alex Schmidt, Esq., Mary Jane Fait, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, NY. For Defendants Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Carl Clyde Forbes, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Robert Davis Forbes, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, NY. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectacor, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P. and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Northwest: Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Joann M. Wakana, Esq., Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY. For Yankees Entertainment and Sports Networks, LLC and New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan D. Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Ben M. Harrington, Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver and Sullivan LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202666533805, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 4, 2014) 12-cv-1817 (SAS) District Judge Shira A. Sche

  • August 12, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Am Law Quartet Eyes New Horizons, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Four Am Law 200 firms announced plans for new office openings within the past week, and they’re all adding to their head count in a quest for new horizons. Eight months after ap

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  • July 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Skadden's Roberts Bound for NBPA, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom litigation partner MICHELE ROBERTS is poised to depart the firm she a href="http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2011/03/0322sk

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  • July 24, 2014 | International

    Clifford Chance's Associate Firm Adds Jakarta Partner

    Clifford Chance associate firm Linda Widyati and Partners has added a partner in Jakarta. Arisia Pusponegoro joins the Indonesian firm from Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo, where she was a Ja

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  • July 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Italian Lottery Deal Involves Wachtell, Clifford Chance, Allen Overy, Sidley Italian lottery operator GTECH S.p.A. has announced Wednesday that it would

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  • MBIA Inc., Plaintiff v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Lexington Insurance Company and Wurttembergische Versicherung AG, Defendants, 14-cv-1769

    Publication Date: 2014-07-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen, Esq., Kenneth H. Frenchman, Esq., Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Edward J. Kirk, Esq., Bryce K. Guingrich, Esq., Clyde & Co US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-cv-1769

    Cite as: MBIA Inc. v. Certain Underwriters, 14-cv-1769, NYLJ 1202664081174, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 16, 2014) 14-cv-1769p c

  • July 17, 2014 | Litigation Daily

    Lloyd's Can't Duck Claims Over MBIA Restructuring Fight

    After toiling through four years of litigation over MBIA Inc.'s controversial 2009 restructuring—and finally putting the case

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  • Cook v. Glover

    Publication Date: 2014-07-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michelle Townes, and Jason S. Naunas, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Kevin Tharpe, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S13G1127

    The Court of Appeals improperly interpreted 42 U.S.C. § 1396p with respect to whether a Medicaid applicant's purchase of an annuity was subject to an asset transfer pe