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  • August 27, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Big Law Resists the Assault on Democracy

    Call them unsung heroes. When lawyers at large law firms get things right, they deserve more attention than they receive. Recently, some of them have won important victories in the pr

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  • August 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Class Action Against Amazon Over Sale of Diet Pill Is Revived

    A federal appeals court has reinstated a class action lawsuit against Amazon Inc. regarding its sale of a diet pill that contained a banned stimulant, finding the company failed to prove the

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  • August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Ruling Upholds Law Firm's In-House Counsel Attorney-Client Privilege

    In a hotly contested issue of first impression, the Appellate Division, First Department, has joined a multitude of jurisdictions and has ruled that attorneys who seek the advice of their ow

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  • August 10, 2016 |

    Cypress Point Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Adria Towers, L.L.C.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Cypress Point Condo. Ass'n, inc. v.Adria Towers, L.L.C.2016 WL 4131662Only the Westlaw citation…

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  • August 10, 2016 |

    N.J. Supreme: Insurer Must Cover Claims That Subcontractor’s Negligence Damaged Insured Property

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that rain water damage allegedly caused by a subcontractor’s faulty workmanship constituted “property…

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  • August 9, 2016 |

    Louisiana Generating, L.L.C. v. Illinois Union Ins. Co.

     Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Louisiana Generating, L.L.C.v.Illinois Union Ins. Co.2016 WL 4150902Only the Westlaw citation…

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  • Super Ventures v. Chaudhry, 02-14-00157-CV (TexApp Dist 06/23/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-08-02
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    Date Filed: 2016-06-23
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District
    Judge: ANNE GARDNER JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-14-00157-CV

    FROM THE 355TH DISTRICT COURT OF HOOD COUNTYTRIAL COURT NO. C2012437PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; GARDNER and MEIER, JJ.OPINION/majorit

  • Mahoney v. Endo Health Solutions, Inc., 15cv9841

    Publication Date: 2016-08-01
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiff: Ryon M. McCabe, Robert C. Glass, McCabe Rabin, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL. David M. Buckner: Brett E. von Borke, Buckner & Miles, Miami, FL.
    for defendant: For the Defendants: Ingo W. Sprie, Jr., Benjamin C. Wolverton, Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY. Jonathan L. Stern: David D. Fauvre, Katharine C. Hinkle, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 15cv9841

    Cite as: Mahoney v. Endo Health Solutions, Inc., 15cv9841, NYLJ 1202763864574, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 20, 2016) CASENAME Shannon Mahoney, individually and o

  • Lee v. ING Groep, N.V.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Roslyn O. Silver, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Connelly (argued) and Leo R. Beus, Beus Gilbert PLLC, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
    for defendant: Gregory A. Bromen (argued) and William D. Hittler, Nilan Johnson Lewis PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ann-Martha Andrews and Lawrence A. Kasten, Lewis & Roca LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendant-Appellees ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, ING Investment Management, LLC, and Kimberley Shattuck, and Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant ING North America Insurance Corporation.
    Case Number: No. 14-15848 No. 14-15936

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7882 CURTIS F. LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ING GROEP, N.V., a Dut

  • Kirschenbaum, et al., Plaintiff v. 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, Defendant, 14-1963

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
    Practice Area: Foreign Direct Investment | International Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees Steven M. Greenbaum, et al., Carols Acosta, et al., Anna Beer, et al., Jason Kirschenbaum, et al., The Estate of Michael Heiser, et al., Deborah D. Peterson, personal representative of the estate of James C. Knipple (Dec.) et al., Fiona Havlish, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Donald G. Havlish, Jr., et al., and Jenny Rubin, et al.: Curtis C. Mechling, Benjamin Weathers-Lowin, Monica Hanna, Patrick N. Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY; Richard M. Kremen, Dale K. Cathell, Timothy H. Birnbaum, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman, Newman Broudy LLP, New York, NY; Timothy B. Fleming, Wiggins Childs Pantazis, Fisher Goldfarb PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin Voce-Gardner, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, James L. Bernard, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellees Edwena R. Hegna, et al.: Ralph Paul Dupont, The Dupont Law Firm LLP, Stamford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Alavi Foundation and 650 Fifth Avenue Company: Krista D. Adler, Adam Blumenkrantz, Melissa R. Ginsberg, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 14-1963(L)

    Cite as: Kirschenbaum v. 650 Fifth Ave., 14-1963(L), NYLJ 1202763223360, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 20, 2016)h2 class="articleSect