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March 2, 2015 | The Associated Press

Jury Awards Damages in Mining Firm Plunder

A Manhattan federal jury on Friday found that billionaire Ira Rennert plundered a now-bankrupt mining company to pay for personal luxuries, including a Hamptons mansion that's one of the

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February 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jury Awards Damages in Mining Firm Plunder

A Manhattan federal jury on Friday found that billionaire Ira Rennert plundered a now-bankrupt mining company to pay for personal luxuries, including a Hamptons mansion that's one of the world's largest private homes.

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February 27, 2015 | National Law Journal

Movers

New arrivals and lateral moves in this week's column.

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Lydig Construction, Inc. v. Martinez Steel Corporation

Publication Date: 2015-02-26
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Date Filed: 2015-02-26
Court: C.A. 4th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt, Richard J. Wittbrodt and Sara H. Kornblatt for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Cohen & Lord, Karen D. Maher, James F. Boyle and Nairi S. Gruzenski for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. D066854

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1955 LYDIG CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARTINEZ

Street-Works Development LLC and Crestwood Loft Partners LLC, Plaintiffs v. v. John H. Richman, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff, Kenneth Narva, Richard Heapes, and Jeffrey Levien, Third-Party Defendants, 13 CV 774

Publication Date: 2015-02-25
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Vincent Briccetti
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Case Number: 13 CV 774

Cite as: Street-Works Development LLC v. Richman, 13 CV 774, NYLJ 1202718610582, at *1 (SDNY, Decided February 3, 2015) 13 CV 774 District Judge V

February 25, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Correction

The name of Loeb & Loeb partner P. Gregory Schwed was misspelled in a news brief in Monday's Law Journal, "Madoff Vic

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February 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Correction

The name of Loeb & Loeb partner P. Gregory Schwed was misspelled in a news brief in Monday's Law Journal, "Madoff Victims Lose Bid for Inflation Adjustment."…

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In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 14-97-bk(L)

Publication Date: 2015-02-24
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Straub, Wesley, and Livingston, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimants-Appellants MBE Preferred Limited Partnership et al: Walter H. Curchack, Daniel B. Besikof, Michael Barnett, on the brief, P. Gregory Schwed, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant Estate of Doris M. Pearlman (IRA): Laura K. Clinton, Scott P. Lindsay, on the brief, Richard A. Kirby, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC. For Claimant-Appellant Michael Most: Paula J. Warmuth, Stim & Warmuth, P.C., Farmingville, NY. For Claimants-Appellants 2427 Parent Corporation et al: Matthew Gluck, Matthew A. Kupillas, Jennifer Young, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, Parvin Aminolroaya, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Melvyn I. Weiss and Barbara J. Weiss et al: Parvin Aminolroaya, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Harold J. Hein et al: Carole Neville, Dentons US LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Lillian Berman Goldfarb et al: Philip Bentley, Elise S. Frejka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant HHI Investment Trust #2: Marcy Ressler Harris, Jennifer M. Opheim, Mark D. Richardson, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant The Kostin Co: Bernard J. Garbutt III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Marsha Peshkin et al: Helen Davis Chaitman, Peter W. Smith, Julie Gorchkova, Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Plaintiff-Appellee Securities Investor Protection Corporation: Kevin H. Bell, Senior Associate General Counsel for Dispute Resolution, Christopher H. Larosa, Senior Associate General Counsel-Litigation, Lauren T. Attard, Assistant General Counsel, on the brief, Josephine Wang, General Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff-Appellee Irving H. Picard, as Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Estate of Bernard L. Madoff: David J. Sheehan, Jorian L. Rose, Amy Elizabeth Vanderwal, on the brief, Seanna R. Brown, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 14-97-bk(L)

Cite as: In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 14-97-bk(L), NYLJ 1202718616031, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 20, 2015) 14-97-bk(L) Bef

February 23, 2015 | The Associated Press

Madoff Victims Lose Bid for Inflation Adjustment

Thousands of victims of Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud are not entitled to interest or inflation when they get a share of recovered funds, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the S

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February 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Madoff Victims Lose Bid for Inflation Adjustment

Thousands of victims of Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud are not entitled to interest or inflation when they get a share of recovered funds, the Second Circuit said Friday, rejecting the argument it was only fair for victims of a fraud that lasted decades to get an adjustment for time lost.

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