• Endochoice Holdings, Inc. et al. v. Kenneth T. Raczewski et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-16
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Lee, Michael Smith, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, Srimath Subasinghe, (King & Spalding LLP), Austin, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bain, (Law Offices of David A. Bain, LLC), Atlanta, William Fredericks, William Fredericks, (Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP), New York, Shannon Hopkins, Sebastiano Tornatore, Andrew Rocco, (Levi & Korsinsky, LLP), Stamford, Robert Killorin, (Law Offices of Robert W. Killorin), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Carey, John Bielema, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other Party.

    Case Number: A19A0151

    Court affirms class certification in a securities fraud class action case

  • Kelly v. Honeywell Int'l Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: William Wertheimer, Bingham Farms, MI.
    for defendant: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: on the brief, Thomas Meiklejohn, Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly, PC, Hartford, CT. For Defendant-Appellant: Donald L. Havermann, Sean M. McMahan, Abbey M. Glenn, on the brief, Brian T. Ortelere, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA.

    Case Number: 17-675

    EBA Vested Lifetime Medical Coverage for Retirees Who Retired Before June 6, 1997

  • Hoyt v. Lane Construction

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-10289

    Appellants' decedent hit a patch of ice while driving, slid off the road, and landed upside down in an adjacent body of water, where he drowned.

  • Gingras v. Think Finance Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Dispute Resolution | Native American Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Peter Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Kathleen M. Donovan-Maher, Steven J. Buttacavoli, Anne F. O'Berry, Steven L. Groopman, Berman DeValerio, Boston, MA, on the brief, Matthew B. Byrne, Gravel & Shea PC, Burlington, VT.
    for defendant: As amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeffrey R. White, Julie Braman Kane, American Association for Justice, Washington, DC. As amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Scott L. Nelson, Allison M. Zieve, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Public Citizen, Inc., Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellants Joel Rosette, Ted Whitford, and Tim McInerney: Morgan L. Goodspeed, Neal Kumar Katyal, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC; Richard J. Zack, Matthew B. Homberger, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Colleen Sinzdak, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellants Think Finance, Inc., TC Decision Sciences, LLC, Tailwind Marketing, LLC, TC Loan Service, LLC, Technology Crossover Ventures, Kenneth E. Rees, and Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC: Kymberly Kochis, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, New York, NY; Ritchie E. Berger, Dinse Knapp McAndrew, Burlington, VT; Stephen D. Hibbard, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Todd R. Geremia, Jones Day, New York, NY; Stephen D. Ellis, Ellis Boxer & Blake PLLC, Springfield, VT; Richard L. Scheff, David F. Herman, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Thomas Hefferon, Sabrina Rose-Smith, Matthew Sheldon, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, Lewis S. Wiener, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 16-2019-cv

    Tribal Sovereign Immunity Does Not Bar Suit Under Theory Analogous to 'Young'

  • Villa Sonoma at Perimeter Summit Condominium Association, Inc. v. Commercial Industrial Building Owners Alliance, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Robl, (Robl Law Group LLC), Tucker, William Merlin, Ashley Harris, Michael Poli, (Merlin Law Group PA), Tampa, Phoenix, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Jenniges, Ronald Negin, Anne-Marie Shipe, (Busby & Negin), Atlanta, Michael Kennick, (Kennick & Associates), Fullerton, Richard Zelonka, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman), Atlanta, Gregory Mast, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Hobart Hind, (Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP), Tampa, Thomas Wingfield, C. Johnson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Stephanie Glickauf, (Goodman McGuffey, LLP), Atlanta, James Kitces, (Robins Kaplan LLP), Boston, Jeffrey Lewis, Megan Mitchell, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Gregory Mast, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Wayne Taylor, Michelle Sherman, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Robert Fisher, Brandon Gossett, (Clyde & Co. US LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Cotter, Frederick Ferrand, Amy Rubenstein, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1760

    Court reinstates fraud and misrepresentation claims against an insurance entity

  • Natofsky v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: District Judge John Keenan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Samuel O. Maduegbuna, on the brief, William W. Cowles, Maduegbuna Cooper LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees: Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton, of Counsel, on the brief, Melanie T. West, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 17-2757

    Disability Not 'But For' Cause of Adverse Employment Actions, Demotion for Deficiency

  • Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Bucsek

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Pierre Leval
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Joshua Katz, on the brief, Jack A. Gordon, Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, New York, NY, Christopher C. Coss, Coss & Momjian, LLP, Bala Cynwyd, PA.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee: Rudolph J. Burshnic II, on the brief, Kenneth J. Turnbull, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-881

    MetLife Need Not Arbitrate Claims Over Events Years After NASD Membership Terminated

  • JCG Farms of Alabama, LLC v. Morgan

    Publication Date: 2019-03-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Marcovitch, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Vincent Toreno, Nathaniel Hofman, (Ken David & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Chance, Lance Lourie, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, Angela Fox, Anna Cross, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, William Lundy, Charles Morris, (Parker & Lundy), Cedartown, for appellee. Robert Luskin, (Goodman, Mcguffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Brennan, W. Pettus, (Fain, Major, & Brennan, PC.), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A18A1879

    Court Affirms Grant of Partial Summary Judgment of Employee of Subsidiary Who Was Injured at Different Subsidiary and Sought Finding That He Was Not Employee of Subsidiary at Which He Was Injured by Nature of Shared Parent Such That He Could Seek Relief Outside Workers' Compensation Act

  • In Re JPMorgan Chase

    Publication Date: 2019-03-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-20825

    JP Morgan Chase & Co. petitioned for a writ of mandamus after the district court conditionally certified a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action and directed that approximately 42,000 current and former employees receive notice of the litigation.

  • Division 1181 A.T.U. -- N.Y. Employees Pension Fund v. City of New York Dep't of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-20
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Counter‐Defendants-Counter‐Claimants-Appellants: Richard S. Siegel, on the brief, Jeffrey S. Swyers. Slevin & Hart, P.C., Washington, D.C.,
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter‐Claimant-Appellee: Jeremy P. Blumenfeld, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Melissa D. Hill, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY

    Case Number: 17-3147-cv

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