• August 30, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    NCAA, NFL, Others Seek Fast Track for NJ Sports-Betting Law Suit

    Five national athletic organizations are asking for a fast-track decision in their federal court suit to block New Jersey's sports-wagering law from taking effect. The plaintiffs —

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  • Carver v. Nassau Finance Authority, 13-0801

    Publication Date: 2013-09-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler and Carney, C.JJ., and Korman, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Alan M. Klinger, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, Harry Greenberg, Seth H. Greenberg on the brief, Greenberg Burzichelli Greenberg P.C., Lake Success, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, Ronald A. Wild, Christopher P. Wright, George J. Marlin and Thomas W. Stokes, in their official capacities as directors/members of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority: Christopher J. Gunther, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellants Edward Mangaro, in his official capacity as County Executive of Nassau County, George Maragos, in his official capacity as Nassau County Comptroller and County of Nassau: Ana C. Shields, on the brief, Marc S. Wenger, Jackson Lewis LLP, Melville, NY. For Nassau County Sheriff's Correction Officers Benevolent Association as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Howard Wein, Koehler & Isaacs LLP, New York, NY. For Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: LESLIE C. PERRIN, of counsel, Steven A. Crain and Daren J. Rylewicz, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 13-0801 (Lead); 13-0840 (Con)

    Cite as: Carver v. Nassau Finance Authority, 13-0801, NYLJ 1202620734387, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 20, 2013) 13-0801 (Lead); 13-0840 (Con) Befo

  • August 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    CHRYSLER CHAPTER 11 On June 10, after a 42-day trip through U.S. bankruptcy court, Chrysler LLC sold itself to Fiat S

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  • March 17, 2008 | Legal Times

    How Obama charmed his way into Clinton's lawyer base

    On a warm fall evening in 2004, not long after he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois, Barack Obama attended an intimate Washington dinner party. Seated next to him was Covington &am

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  • November 29, 2005 |

    Budget Season

    Elisa Garcia realizes that no amount of two-for-one coupons or meat lovers' specials will ever turn her law department at Domino's Pizza Inc. into a money-making operation. Instead, the best t

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  • October 10, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Shwartz Nominated for Third Circuit in Unusual Leap for Magistrate Judge

    U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz has been named for the federal appeals bench, a rare elevation for a magistrate judge in New Jersey. At the same time, Magistrate Judge Michael Shipp and

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  • October 8, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Global Warming Suits

    It's old news that public nuisance theories increasingly are pleaded in an attempt to impose liability on product sellers when more traditional products liability theories would not work

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  • March 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Judge blocks inmate's flood of cases to district court

    The federal court filing spree launched by Jonathan Lee Riches, a pro se inmate who has barraged courts around the country with some 1,500 handwritten suits, is coming to a halt-at least in t

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  • March 20, 2006 | Legal Times

    BlackBerry deal serves up $200M payout for firm

    BlackBerry deal serves up $200M payout for firm When NTP Inc. inked its $612.5 million settlement with Research in Motion Ltd. this month, lawyers at Washington's Wiley Rein & Fiel

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  • May 6, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In the just-completed Volunteers of Legal Service 2004 survey of New York City law firms who have taken the Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Pro Bono Pledge, lawyers at 39 law firms performe

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