• August 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    General Solicitation and Advertising in Rule 506 Offerings

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 10, 2013, adopted amendments to Rule 506 of Regulation D and to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act) that eliminate the

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  • August 13, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Six Firms Assist on Latest Health Care REIT Merger

    UPDATES: 8/14/14, 11:15 a.m. EDT. The names of the lawyers from Borden Ladner Gervais have been added to the sixth paragraph of this story. 8/18/14, 12:48 p.m.

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

    Publication Date: 2014-08-13
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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 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Fiduciary Exception to Privilege in Books and Records Case

    The attorney-client privilege is the oldest privilege recognized by Anglo-American jurisprudence, and its origins can be traced to ancient Rome. It is critical to encouraging frank and full

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  • August 11, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

    Network Challenges Arbitral Ruling on Baseball Telecast Fees

    A regional sports channel is calling foul on an arbitration award issued by a three-member committee of Major League Baseball team owners that requires the network to pay an additional $20 m

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  • August 10, 2014 | Litigation Daily

    Judge Won't Toss Antitrust Class Actions Against MLB, NHL

    Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and cable broadcasters are stuck fighting claims that they schemed to shield regional sports networks from competition for live game broadc

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  • April D'amico v. Correctional Medical Care, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-08-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION, FOURTH DEPARTMENT
    Judge: P.J., Smith, Carni, Lindley, And Whalen, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-01447

    Christopher J. Enos, Rochester, For Plaintiff-Appellant.Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Rochester (Louis Jim Of Counsel), For Defendants-Respondents Correctional Medical Care, Inc.,

  • August 7, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

    A New Challenge to Appeal Waivers?

    Plea agreements are a familiar but still occasionally controversial part of criminal practice. In 2013, approximately 95 percent of white-collar cases nationwide were resolved by guilty plea

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  • August 7, 2014 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: Aug. 7, 2014

    India Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised India’s Tata Steel Ltd. on a $1.5 billion bond sale on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with the money going towa

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  • August 4, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    SEC Awards Whistleblower $400,000

    The Securities and Exchange Commission paid more that $400,000 to a whistleblower who reported company fraud to the agency after unsuccessfully trying to push the company to remedy the issue

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