• Payment Card Antitrust Litigation, 12-4671-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-07-05
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Leval, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Objectors-Appellants and Plaintiffs-Appellants Merchant Appellants: Eric F. Citron, on the brief, Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell P.C., Washington, DC; Stephen R. Neuwirth, Sanford I. Weisburst, Steig D. Olson, and Cleland B. Welton II, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey I. Shinder, Gary J. Malone, and A. Owen Glist, Constantine Cannon LLP, New York, NY; Michael J. Canter, Robert N. Webner, and Kenneth J. Rubin, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus OH; Gregory A. Clarick, Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants American Express Company, et al.: Philip C. Korologos, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants Discover Bank, et al.: William H. Pratt, on the brief, Jennifer M. Selendy, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants First Data Corporation, et al.: Anahit Samarjian, on the brief, Jason A. Yurasek, Perkins Coie LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Objectors-Appellants Merchant Trade Groups: Andrew G. Celli, Jr. and Debra L. Greenberger, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York, NY. For Appellant Retailers and Merchants Objectors: Jerrold S. Parker and Jay L.T. Breakstone, Parker Waichman, LLP, Port Washington, NY; Thomas P. Thrash and Marcus N. Bozeman, Thrash Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR; Phillip Duncan and Richard Quintus, Duncan Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR. For Objectors-Appellants U.S. PIRG and Consumer Reports: Elizabeth Wolstein, Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York, NY. For Appellants Blue Cross and Blue Shield Entities and Wellpoint Entities: Anthony F. Shelley, Adam P. Feinberg, Laura G. Ferguson, Michael N. Khalil, and Katherine E. Pappas, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, DC. For Appellant The Iron Barley Restaurant LLC: Steve A. Miller, Denver, CO. For Appellants Unlimited Vacations and Cruises, Inc., et al.: John J. Pentz, Sudbury, MA. For Appellant Optical Etc. LLC.: N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL. For Objectors-Appellants 1001 Property Solutions, LLC, et al.: Christopher A. Bandas, Corpus Christi, TX. For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeffrey M. Harris and Candice C. Wong, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC; K. Craig, Wildfang, Thomas J. Undlin, Ryan W. Marth, and Bernard Persky, Robins Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; H. Laddie Montague, Merrill G. Davidoff, and Michael J. Kane, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Bonny E. Sweeney, Joseph D. Daley, and Alexandra S. Bernay, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Joseph Goldberg, Freedman Boyd Goldberg Urias & Ward, P.A., Albuquerque, MN.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: David F. Graham, Robert N. Hochman, Benjamin R. Nagin, Eamon P. Joyce, and Mark D. Taticchi, on the brief, Carter G. Philips, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Robert C. Mason, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Vizas, Arnold & Porter LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark R. Merley and Matthew A. Eisenstein, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; Richard J. Holwell, Michael S. Shuster, and Demian Ordway, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Matthew Freimuth and Wesley R. Powell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Kenneth A. Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; Mark P. Ladner and Michael B. Miller, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY; Andrew J. Frackman and Abby F. Rudzin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; James P. Tallon, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Richard L. Creighton and Drew M. Hicks, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL, Cincinnati, OH; John P. Passarelli and James M. Sulentic, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE; Peter E. Greene, Boris Bershteyn, and Peter S. Julian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan S. Massey and Leonard A. Gail, Massey & Gail, Washington, DC; Ali M. Stoeppelweth, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; John M. Majoras and Joseph W. Clark, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Teresa T. Bonder, Valarie C. Williams, and Kara F. Kennedy, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA; Jonathan B. Orleans and Adam S. Mocciolo, Pullman & Comley, LLC, Bridgeport, CT; Robert P. LoBue and William F. Cavanaugh, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-4671-cv(L)

    Cite as: Payment Card Fee Litigation, 12-4671-cv, NYLJ 1202761507995, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 30, 2016) CASE NAMEIn Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Me

  • Stock v. Schnader Harrison Segal &; Lewis, 651250/13

    Publication Date: 2016-07-05
    Practice Area: Law Firm Management | Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Frederick B. Warder III and Jesse A. Townsend of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Jordan M. Kam of counsel, The Roth Law Firm, PLLC, New York. Ralph M. Stone of counsel, Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, New York, Amar D. Sarwal, Washington, DC, of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, and Wendy E. Ackerman, Washington, DC, of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Association of Corporate Counsel. Amicus Curiae. Francis J. Menton, Jr. of counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, David Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, Paul Spagnoletti of counsel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, James M. Bergin of counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, David G. Keyko of counsel, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, Irwin H. Warren of counsel, for Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, David Polk & Wardwell LLP, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, et al., Amici Curiae.

    Case Number: 651250/13

    Cite as: Stock v. Schnader, 651250/13, NYLJ 1202761507938, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided June 30, 2016) CASE NAMEKeith Stock, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Schnader

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