• Cannizzaro v. The City of New York

    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nicholas W. Moyne
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 656773/2021

    Case Involving Alleged Discrimination of Community Based Organizations Not Dismissed

  • The People &c., Respondent, v. Devon T. Butler, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clea Weiss, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin E. Holwitt, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 95

    People v. Devon T. Butler

  • Cunningham v. USI Ins. Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consulting
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Nelson S. Román
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 Civ. 1819

    ERISA Suit Over 401(k) Retirement Plan Dismissed; Excessive Fees Inadequately Pleaded

  • Fletcher v. Vill of Lake Placid

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Brenda K. Sannes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs:, R. Anthony Rupp, III, Chad A. Davenport, Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: For the Village Defendants: April J. Laws, Johnson & Laws, LLC, Clifton Park, New York. For the Northwood Defendants: Scott D. Kagan, Hurwitz Fine P.C., Buffalo, New York. For Defendant James Brooks: Elizabeth J. Grogan, O'Connor, O'Connor, Bresee & First, Albany, New York. For the Burke Defendants: Daniel K. Cartwright, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP, Jamesville, New York. For the Bette & Cring Defendants: Andrea P. Demers, Mark J. Lemire, Burke, Scolamiero & Hurd, LLP, Albany, New York. For the O'Neil Defendants: Daniel P. Fletcher, Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC, Syracuse, New York.

    Case Number: 8:22-cv-00314

    Procedural, Substantive Due Process Claims Not Sufficient to Infer Personal Involvement

  • Goldberg v. Pace University

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Covid-19 | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Brett Goldberg: Lee A. Goldberg, on the brief, Morris E. Cohen, Goldberg Cohen LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Pace University: Suzanne M. Messer, on the brief, Johnathan B. Fellows, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 21-1377

    University's 'Emergency Closings' Provision Applied to COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Dagan Investments LLC v. First High-School Educ. Grp. Co. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge John G. Koeltl
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-CV-3831

    Securities Fraud Claims Time-Barred; Misstatements, Omissions Not Alleged

  • Ateres Bais Yaakov Academy of Rockland v. Town of Clarkstown

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Contractual Disputes | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Yehudah L. Buchweitz, Kevin M. Simmons, David Yolkut, on the briefs, Joshua Halpern, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC, Dallas, TX & New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: John M. Flannery, on the brief, Eliza M. Scheibel, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1741-cv

    RLUIPA Suiut Remanded; Finality Attached to Zoning Ruling, Article III Traceability Met

  • People of the State of New York v. Red Rose Rescue

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth M. Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Heather McKay, Esq., Julia K. Toce, Esq., Sandra E. Pullman, Esq., Zoe Ridolfi-Starr, Esq., Office of the New York Attorney General, New York, Rochester, and Watertown, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants Red Rose Rescue, Christopher Moscinski, Matthew Connolly, William Goodman, Laura Gies, and John Hinshaw: Christopher A. Ferrara, Esq., Thomas More Society, Whitestone, NY. Counsel for Defendant Christopher Moscinski: Dennis J. Ring, Esq., Law Office of Dennis J. Ring, Whitestone, NY. Counsel for Defendant Laura Gies: Catherine Short, Esq., Life Legal Defense Foundation, Ojai, CA. Counsel for Defendant Laura Gies: John P. Margand, Esq., Law Offices of John P. Margand, P.C., Yonkers, NY. Counsel for Interested Party the United States of America: Amanda M. Lee, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 23-CV-4832

    Preliminary Injunction Only Partly Granted; Its Scope Limited to SDNY, EDNY

  • U.S. v. Mendonca

    Publication Date: 2023-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, Marietou Diouf, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Genny Ngai, Assistant United States Attorney, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Sarah Baumgartel, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-826-cr

    Challenges to Conviction Were Not Properly Preserved Below; Judgment Is Affirmed

  • Vans Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Philip A. Goldstein, McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY; Tanya L. Greene, McGuire Woods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Megan K. Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William D. Patterson, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago IL, on the brief, David H. Bernstein. For Amicus Curiae Daniel Arsham in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Vivek Jayaram, Jayaram Law Group, Chicago, IL. For Amici Curiae Emmanuel Perrotin, Jean-Paul Engelen in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Ronald D. Coleman, Dhillon Law Group Inc., Newark, NJ. For Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Mark A. Lemley, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., and Accessories Council in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Zachary D. Cohen, Rachel W. Adams, on the brief, John P. O'Herron, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond, VA. For Amicus Curiae Nike, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Tamar Y. Duvdevani, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, on the brief, Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA. For Amicus Curiae International Trademark Association in Support of neither party: Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY; David Donahue, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Vijay K. Toke, Rimon P.C., San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae Authors Alliance, Mason Rothschild, Alfred Steiner in Support of neither party: Mark P. McKenna, Christopher J. Sprigman, Rebecca Tushnet, on the brief, Rhett O. Millsaps II, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1006

    Confusion on Source of Wavy Baby Shoe Likely; Vans Likely to Prevail on Infringement Claim