• February 7, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Constraints on a Federal Magistrate Judge in Civil Litigation

    Because it is common for federal civil cases to be assigned to both a district judge and a magistrate judge, this article examines the roles a federal magistrate judge can—and cannot̵

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  • Physicians Healthsource, Inc. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals., 15-288-CV

    Publication Date: 2017-02-07
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Telecommunications
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Leval, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Aytan Y. Bellin, Bellin & Associates LLC, White Plains, NY, on the brief, Glenn L. Hara, Anderson & Wanda, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Bryan J. Orticelli, Day Pitney LLP, Stamford, CT, Matthew H. Geelan, Donahue, Durham & Noonan, P.C., Guilford, CT, on the brief, Thomas D. Goldberg, Day Pitney LLP, Stamford, CT.

    Case Number: 15-288-CV

    Cite as: Healthsource v. Boehringer, 15-288-CV, NYLJ 1202778482308, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 3, 2017)CASE NAMEPhysicians Healthsource, Inc., Plaintiff-App

  • January 31, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Post-'Spokeo' Standing for Consumer Class Actions a Struggle

    Federal courts have varied widely in their interpretation of standing for plaintiffs in consumer protection class actions since last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Spo

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  • Perfect 10, Inc. v. Giganews, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-23
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: E–commerce
    Date Filed: 2017-01-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Andre Birotte, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Schultz (argued), Law Offices of David N. Schultz, Los Angeles, California; Eric J. Benink, Krause Kalfayan Benink & Slavens LLP, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee and Third Party-Appellee.
    for defendant: Andrew Phillip Bridges (argued), Jedediah Wakefield, Joseph S. Belichick, and Todd R. Gregorian, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-55500 No. 15-55523 No. 15-56026

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 622 PERFECT 10, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIGANEWS, INC.; LI

  • Marblegate Asset v. Education Management, 15-2124-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-01-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Banking and Finance Laws | Commercial Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Cabranes, Straub, and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellees: Christopher W. Carty, Lucy C. Malcolm, Stewart R. Gilson, Pratik A. Shah, Hyland Hunt, on the brief, Sean E. O'Donnell, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants and Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant: Alexander B. Lees, on the brief, Emil A. Kleinhaus, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-2124-cv(L)

    Cite as: Marblegate Mgmt., LLC v. Educ. Mgmt. Fin. Corp., 15-2124-cv, NYLJ 1202776998700, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 17, 2017)CASE NAMEMarblegate

  • Kirschner v. Fitzsimons, 12-cv-2652

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Trustee is Represented by: David M. Zensky, Mitchell P. Hurley, and Deborah J. Newman of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY. Robert J. Lack, Hal Neier, and Amy C. Brown of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY. Michael Waldman and Mark Hiller of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC and Jeffrey T. Golenbock and Douglas L. Furth of Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Shareholder Defendants are Represented by: D. Ross Martin and Joshua Y. Sturm, as Liaison Counsel to the Executive Committee, of Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-cv-2652 (RJS)

    Cite as: Kirschner v. Fitzsimons, 12-cv-2652, NYLJ 1202776452276, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 6, 2017)CASE NAMEMarc S. Kirschner, as Litigation Trustee for the T

  • December 5, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Does a CFA Claimant Need to Plead "But For" Causation?

    New Jersey courts appear to be trending toward requiring Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) claimants to plead "but for" causation to survive dismissal. On Aug. 23, Judge Anne E. Thompson of

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  • Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation

    Publication Date: 2016-11-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Personal Injury
    Industry: Defense
    Date Filed: 2016-11-22
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brayton Purcell, LLP, Gary L. Brayton and Richard M. Grant for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Dentons US LLP, Lisa Lurline Oberg, Felicia Y. Feng and Andrea J. Casalett; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Thomas M. Peterson and Deborah E. Quick for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. A143590

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12408 GARY KASE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. METALCLAD INSU

  • AGCS Marine Ins. Co. v. World Fuel Services, Inc., 14 Civ. 5902

    Publication Date: 2016-11-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14 Civ. 5902

    Cite as: AGCS Marine Ins. Co. v. World Fuel Services, Inc., 14 Civ. 5902, NYLJ 1202773034873, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 11, 2016) CASENAME AGCS Marine Insu

  • Gerbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Poole Grisham Poole PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert Mooradian District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0868

    Because State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove that defendant knew that the sexually explicit images he possessed depicted a minor, which the Court concluded was a requirement under O