• USA v. Jacobson, 12-CR-432

    Publication Date: 2014-03-21
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The United States is represented by: Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York. By: Catherine M. Mirabile and Lara Treinis Gatz, Assistant United States Attorneys.
    for defendant: Defendant is represented by: Bruce A. Barket, Barket Marion Epstein & Kearon LLP, Garden City, New York.

    Case Number: 12-CR-432

    Cite as: USA v. Jacobson, 12-CR-432, NYLJ 1202647519780, at *1 (EDNY, Decided March 13, 2014) Read Summary o

  • Monsour v. The NY State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, 1:13-CV-0336

    Publication Date: 2014-03-21
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Thomas McAvoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:13-CV-0336

    Cite as: Monsour v. NYS People of Developmental Disabilities, 1:13-CV-0336, NYLJ 1202647519276, at *1 (NDNY, Decided March 12, 2014) a href="http://www.newyorklawjourn

  • Oliner v. Kontrabecki

    Publication Date: 2014-03-20
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Charles R. Breyer, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, M. Margaret McKeown, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Benvenutti, Jones Day, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Robert R. Moore and Michael J. Betz, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 12-15107

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 3028 ARON M. OLINER, as Chapter 11 Trustee of the Kontrabecki Group

  • Crawford v. Cuomo, 9:13-CV-406

    Publication Date: 2014-03-19
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Norman Mordue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Office of Adam D. Perlmutter, PC, Adam D. Perlmutter, Esq., of counsel, New York, NY. and Office of Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, Zachary A. Margulis-Ohnuma, Esq., of counsel, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants: Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Richard Lombardo, Esq., Assistant New York State Attorney, Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 9:13-CV-406

    Cite as: Crawford v. Cuomo, 9:13-CV-406, NYLJ 1202646720585, at *1 (NDNY, Decided March 5, 2014) Read Summar

  • Baumann v. Chase Investment Services Corp.

    Publication Date: 2014-03-14
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. King, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn A. Danas (argued), Marc Primo, and Ryan H. Wu, Initiative Legal Group APC, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie A. Gonell (argued) and John A. Hayashi, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Irvine, California; Samuel S. Shaulson, New York, New York; and Alison B. Willard, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 12-55644

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2736 JOSEPH BAUMANN, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appell

  • Rivera v. County of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2014-03-12
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Richard A. Paez, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Cook, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiff-appellant. With him on the briefs was Robert Mann, Los Angeles, California.
    for defendant: Scott E. Caron, Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, P.C., Glendale, California, argued the cause and filed the brief for the County of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. With him on the brief was Michael D. Allen, Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, P.C., Glendale, California.

    Case Number: No. 11-57037

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2632 SANTIAGO IBARRA RIVERA, individually and as class representative, Plaintiff-Appellant

  • Trevis Glasgow, Plaintiff v. Richard Beary, Defendant, 12-CV-3055

    Publication Date: 2014-03-12
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Jack Weinstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Garnett H. Sullivan, Law Offices of Garnett H. Sullivan, South Hempstead, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Anthony M. DiSenso, Brenda Elaine Cooke, James F. Horton, New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-CV-3055

    Cite as: Glasgow v. Beary, 12-CV-3055, NYLJ 1202646246871, at *1 (EDNY, Decided March 5, 2014) Read Summary

  • Chevron Corporation, Plaintiff v. Steven Donziger, et al., Defendants, 11 Civ. 0691

    Publication Date: 2014-03-07
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Reed M. Brodsky, William E. Thompson, Anne Champion, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. Amicus Curiae: G. Robert Blakey, William J. and Dorothy K. O.'Neill, Professor Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Steven Donziger and Steven R. Donziger & Associates LLP: Richard H. Friedman Friedman Rubin, Zoe Littlepage Rainey C. Booth Littlepage Booth Steven Donziger Attorney for Defendants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Julio C. Gomez, Julio C. Gomez, Attorney at Law LLC.

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0691

    Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691, NYLJ 1202645526489, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 4, 2014) 11 Civ. 0691 District Judge Lewis A. Ka

  • Martinez v. The County of Suffolk, 11-cv-5113

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Arthur Spatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Plaintiff by: Andrew C. Laufer, of Counsel, Law Office of Andrew C. Laufer, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for the Defendants by: Jason Bassett, Assistant County Attorney, Office of the Suffolk County Attorney.

    Case Number: 11-cv-5113

    Cite as: Martinez v. The County of Suffolk, 11-cv-5113, NYLJ 1202645338280, at *1 (EDNY, Decided February 27, 2014) a href="http:

  • February 27, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Meaning and Enforceability of 'Best Efforts' Provisions

    In 1979, the great Second Circuit judge Henry Friendly wrote that the meaning of contractual "best efforts" provisions was "far from clear" under New York law.

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