• Temsa Ulasim Araclari Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. v. CH Bus Sales LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge John P. Cronan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22 civ. 492

    Confirmation of $17M Arbitral Award in Favor of Turkish Maker of Motorcoaches Is Explained

  • U.S. v. Ragonese

    Publication Date: 2022-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Christine I. Magdo, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel H. Wolf, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Colleen P. Cassidy, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3371-cr

    Prior State Conviction Is Held Categorically Related to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

  • Rath v. Jo-Ann Stores LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: District Judge William Skretny
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-CV-791

    'Harm' From Being Paid Biweekly Inadequately Alleged for Article III Standing Purposes

  • Prashaw v. Titan Mining Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Mae D'Agostino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Eric C. Nordby, Esq., Michael Scott Porter, Esq., of counsel, Porter, Nordby Law Firm, Syracuse, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff Titan Mining Corporation: Christina Verone Juliano, Esq., of counsel, Goldberg, Segalla Law Firm — Syracuse Office, Syracuse, New York. Attorneys for Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs Titan Mining Corporation and Empire State Mines, LLC: Michael J. Farrell, Esq., James B. Shepard, Esq., of counsel, Farrell, White & Legg PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia. Attorneys for Defendant G.L. Tiley & Associates LTD: John J. Doody, Esq., of counsel, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP — New York Office, New York, New York. Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant CSA Group: Michelle N. Tanney, Esq., of counsel, Baker Hostetler Law Firm — New York Office, New York, New York. Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant Dumas Contracting USA Inc.: James C. Grosso, Esq., of counsel, James C. Grosso, Fairport, New York.

    Case Number: 8:20-CV-778

    Third-Party Suit Arising From Mine Accident Is Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction

  • Belya v. Kapral

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard B. Katskee, on the brief, Bradley Girard, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin, Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Daniel H. Blomberg, Lori H. Windham, Daniel D. Benson, on the brief, Diana Verm Thomson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, and Donald J. Feerick, Jr., Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC, South Nyack, NY. For Amici Curiae Professor Michael W. McConnell and Professor Douglas Laycock: Thomas G. Hungar, Andrew G.I. Kilberg, John Matthew Butler, Jason Manion, Macey L. Olave, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Assemblies of God (USA), Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Gordon D. Todd, Daniel J. Hay, John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Ryan Paulsen, Ryan N. Gardner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Matthew T. Nelson, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI. James A. Campbell, Solicitor General of Nebraska; Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; David T. Bydalek, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas; Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi; Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri; Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana; John M. O'Connor, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; and Sean D. Reyes, Attorney General of Utah, for Amici Curiae States of Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: 21-1498

    Church Autonomy, Collateral Order Doctrines Discussed in Defamation Appeal's Dismissal

  • Williams v. MTA Bus Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Ike Williams: David John Hommel, on the reply brief, Andrew Rozynski, Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee MTA Bus Company: Gabriella Palencia, Executive Agency Counsel, for David Farber, General Counsel, MTA Bus Company, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-2985

    Applicant's Qualifications for Job Sought Not Shown; No Bias in Denial of ASL Interpreter

  • Morrone v. Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carrone LLP

    Publication Date: 2022-08-19
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge William Kuntz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-CV-1205

    Legal Malpractice Claim Dismissed Due to Collateral Estoppel; Breach Claims Survive

  • U.S. v Godfrey

    Publication Date: 2022-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Sidney Stein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-Cr-511

    Court Vacates Defendant's Conviction; Shooting Does Not Meet Elements of Assault

  • Sandstone Springs LLC v. Virag Distrib. LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
    Judge: District Judge William Skretny
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-CV-541S

    NY LLC Has Specific Personal Jurisdiction Over Florida LLC

  • Gamma Traders I LLC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-17
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Gamma Traders-I LLC, et al.: Deborah Clark-Weintraub, Max R. Schwartz, Thomas L. Laughlin, IV, Jeffrey P. Jacobson, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY; Daniel Woofter, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD; Vincent Briganti, Margaret MacLean, Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY, on the briefs, Eric F. Citron, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc., and Bank of America Corporation: Adam S. Hakki, on the brief, Richard F. Schwed, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee John Pacilio: David H. McGill, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Edward Bases: Evan Cohen, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, Stamford, CT.

    Case Number: 21-853

    Plaintiffs Fail to Allege They Were Injured by Defendants' Trading Activities