• The Dweck Law Firm L.L.P. v. Mann

    Publication Date: 2004-08-25
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    U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Judge Scheindlin The Dweck Law Firm, L.L.P. ("the Dweck firm" or "the firm") filed this diversity action against Cynt

  • Regan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
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    Judge Telesca REGAN v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. — Plaintiff John Manning Regan, (“Regan”), a former Rochester City Court Judge, brings this proposed class action

  • October 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Mail and Wire Fraud Developments: A Death Knell for 'Puffery' Defense?

    The pressure on executives of publicly traded companies to put the best face possible on their companies' prospects is intense. Indeed, on a quarterly basis, high-level corporate officials face inv

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  • Rega v. United States

    Publication Date: 2001-08-28
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-27
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Winter, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-2287

    Argued: May 11, 2001Appeal from an order in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Louis L. Stanton, Judge) vacating petitioner's convictions and sentence, pursuant

  • In Re: Pfizer Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, 09 Civ. 7822

    Publication Date: 2010-07-20
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Jed S. Rakoff
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ira M. Press, David E. Kovel, Edward Michael Varga, Kirby McInerney LLP, Gerald Harlan Silk, Jeroen Van Kwawegen, Mark Lebovitch, Noam Noah Nandel, Beata Gocyk-Farber, David Lloyd Wales, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Curtis Victor Trinko, Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, New York, NY, Brett Stecker, Robert Weiser, the Weiser Law Firm, P.C., Wayne, PA, David Avi Rosenfeld, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY, for Plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Dennis J. Block, Gregory Arthur Markel, Jason Michael Halper, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, James P. Rouhandeh, Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Ross Bradley Galin, Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., New York, NY, for Defendants.

    Case Number: 09 Civ. 7822

    District Judge Jed S. RakoffDecided: July 13, 2010Ira M. Press, David E. Kovel, Edward Michael Varga, Kirby McInerney LLP, Ger

  • Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-15
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    Date Filed: 2002-01-14
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Jon O. Newman, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 01-7983

    Argued: October 10, 2001Appeal from the August 13, 2001, order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Allen G. Schwartz, District Judge), denying a motion for a

  • In re: Pfizer Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, 09 Civ. 7822

    Publication Date: 2010-07-21
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-13
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    Case Number: 09 Civ. 7822

    District Judge Jed S. Rakoff U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Ira M. Press, David E. Kovel, Edward Michael Varga, Kirby McInerney LLP, Gerald Harla

  • Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-07-16
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Daniel W. Krasner, Gregory M. Nespole, Matthew M. Guiney, Beth A. Landes, Maja Lukic, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Thomas J. McKenna, Gainey & McKenna, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark C. Rifkin, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Interim Co-Lead Counsel.
    for defendant: For the Benefit Committee Defendants-Appellees: Janet Gochman, Hiral D. Mehta, on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For all of the Director Defendants-Appellees: Other than Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Andrew J. Levander, Kathleen N. Massey, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Thomas K. Johnson II, J. Ian Downes, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Adam J. Wasserman. For Defendant-Appellee: Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Patricia M. Hynes, Todd S. Fishman, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor., M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser, Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, Elizabeth Hopkins, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief, Benjamin R. Botts, Attorney, United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 11-4232-cv

    Cite as: Rinehart v. Akers, 11-4232-cv, NYLJ 1202611058774, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 15, 2013) 11-4232-cv Before: Sack, Wesley, C.JJ., Nathan

  • In re: Fiber Optek Interconnect Corp., Debtor, 09 Civ. 3594

    Publication Date: 2011-04-19
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Holwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pltf's atty—Brian Todd Belowich
    for defendant: Def's atty—Michael Salvatore Pascazi

    Case Number: 05-30015 (CGM)

    Cite as: In re: Fiber Optek Interconnect Corp., 09 Civ. 3594, NYLJ 1202490158037, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Holwe

  • Brooklyn 13th Street Holding Corp., Plaintiff v. Nextel o New York, Inc., Defendant, 11-CV-1048 (CBA) (RLM)

    Publication Date: 2012-01-09
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Carol Bagley Amon
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    Case Number: 11-CV-1048 (CBA) (RLM)

    Cite as: Brooklyn 13th Street Holding Corp. v. Nextel o New York, Inc., 11-CV-1048 (CBA) (RLM), NYLJ 1202537454241, at *1 (EDNY, Decided December 30, 2011)Distr