• Appellate Division, First Department: January 4, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-01-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: January 4, 2022

  • Appellate Division, First Department: October 28, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: October 28, 2021

  • Wells Fargo Bank v. Aegon USA Investment Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Associate Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Cascade Investment, LLC, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal National Mortgage Association, Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt L.P., Voya Investment Mgmt LLC, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Kore Advisors, L.P., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Pacific Investment Mgmt Company LLC, Teachers Ins. and Annuity Assoc. of America, TCW Group, Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Western Asset Mgmt. Co. (the "Institutional Investors"), Appellants: Kenneth E. Warner of counsel, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, and David M. Sheeren of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX. For American General Life Insurance Company, American Home Assurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (the "AIG Parties"), Appellants: Kevin S. Reed of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For DW Partners LP and Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. (the "DW/Ellington Parties"), Appellants: David I. Greenberger of counsel, Bailey Duquette P.C., New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Tilden Park Investment Master Fund LP, Tilden Park Management I LLC, and Tilden Park Capital Management LP (the "Tilden Park Parties"), Appellants: Jonathan L. Hochman and Anna Vinogradov of counsel, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York, and Philip Bentley and Andrew Pollack of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For Ambac Assurance Corporation, Appellant: Henry J. Ricardo of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For Poetic Holdings VI LLC, Poetic Holdings VII LLC, and Prophet Mortgage Opportunities LP (the "Prophet and Poetic Parties"), Appellants: Felix J. Gilman and Donald W. Hawthorne of counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the Poetic and Prophet Trusts and as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts, Appellant: Martin Gilmore and Sean Connery of counsel, Perkins Coie LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts (the "HBK Parties"), Appellant: Danielle L. Rose, Zachary D. Rosenbaum and Darryl G. Stein of counsel, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York. For Nover Ventures LLC, Respondent: Robert W. Scheef, Gayle R. Klein, David I. Schiefelbein and Steven R. Fisher of counsel, McKool Smith, P.C., New York. For D.E. Shaw Refraction Portfolios, L.L.C. ("D.E. Shaw"), Respondent: Charles R. Jacob III of counsel, Goulston & Storrs PC, New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, Edward P. Allinson, of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel and Kristin A. Mattiske-Nicholls, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Strategos Capital Management, LLC, Respondent: Mauricio A. España of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York. For Olifant Fund, Ltd., FFI Fund Ltd. and FYI Ltd. (the "Olifant Funds"), Respondents: Diana M. Conner and Peter W. Tomlinson of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For GMO Opportunistic Fund and GMO Global Real Return (the "GMO Parties"), Respondents: Joshua S. Sturm and Marie Killmond of counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York. For Amicus Curiae: Maya D. Cater of counsel, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 657387/17

    Court Determines the Distribution of Global Settlement Payment by JPMorgan to Investors

  • Appellate Division, First Department: August 20, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: August 20, 2021

  • Appellate Division, First Department: May 4, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-05-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: May 4, 2021

  • Appellate Division, First Department: April 1, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: April 1, 2021

  • Appellate Division, First Department: March 16, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: March 16, 2021

  • Matter of Comm. for Envtly. Sound Dev. v. Amsterdam Ave. Redev. Assocs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-03-08
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Anil Singh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Richard D. Emery, Katherine Rosenfeld and Samuel Shapiro of counsel, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, New York and Charles Weinstock, Brooklyn.
    for defendant: For Amsterdam Avenue Redevelopment Associates LLC, Appellant: Caitlin J. Halligan, Michael P. Duke and Ryan W. Allison of counsel, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York. For Amsterdam Avenue Redevelopment Associates LLC, for Appellant: Scott E. Mollen and Ross L. Hirsch of counsel, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York. For Amsterdam Avenue Redevelopment Associates LLC, Appellant: Paul D. Selver and James P. Power of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York. For New York City Board of Standards and Appeals and New York City Department of Buildings, Appellants: Barbara Graves-Poller, Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton and Eric Lee of counsel, James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York. For Amicus Curiae: Michael S. Zetlin and Max Rayetsky of counsel, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, New York.

    Case Number: 157273/19

    Court Should Have Deferred to BSA's Interpretation of Zoning Provision in Condo's Approval

  • Appellate Division, First Department:March 2, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:March 2, 2021

  • Appellate Division, First Department: January 7, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: January 7, 2021