• Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, 15-2844-bk

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Creditors-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Celestine Elliott, Lawrence Elliott, and Berenice Summerville, and Appellants-Cross-Appellees Sesay and Bledsoe Plaintiffs: Gary Peller, Washington, D.C. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Plaintiffs: Andrew M. Volk, on the brief, Steven W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington, and Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California, and Rachel J. Geman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, and Edward S. Weisfelner, David J. Molton, Howard S. Steel, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, and Sandra L. Esserman, Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, P.C., Dallas Texas. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Pre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs: Gregory W. Fox, on the brief, William P. Weintraub, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Appellant-Cross-Appellee Doris Powledge Phillips: Joshua P. Davis, Josh Davis Law Firm, Houston, Texas. For Appellants Groman Plaintiffs: Alexander H. Schmidt, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, New York, and Jonathan L. Flaxer, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant General Motors LLC: Scott Davidson, on the brief, Arthur J. Steinberg, King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York, and Merritt E. McAlister, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, and Edward L. Ripley, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas, and Richard C. Godfrey, Andrew B. Bloomer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois. For Trustee-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Wilmington Trust Company: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu, Lisa H. Rubin, Gabriel K. Gillett, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York. For Creditors-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Participating Unitholders: Pratik A. Shah, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., and Daniel H. Golden, Deborah J. Newman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 15-2844-bk(L)

    Cite as: Motors Liquidation, 15-2844-bk, NYLJ 1202762885155, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 13, 2016) CASE NAME In The Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, De

  • Microsoft Corporation. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Lynch and Carney, C.JJ., and Bolden, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant: Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA; The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, James F. Tierney, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett‐Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett‐Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGarr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202762745398, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 14, 2016)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Amer

  • USA v. Faux, 15-1282-cr

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs and Hall, C.JJ., and Restani, JJ.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the United States of America: with Mark H. Silverman, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, David J. Sheldon, Assistant United States Attorney, for Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Bradley D. Simon, Simon & Partners, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1282-cr

    Cite as: USA v. Faux, 15-1282-cr, NYLJ 1202762499672, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 8, 2016) CASENAME United States of America, Appellant v. Danielle Faux, Defe

  • Smart v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya F. Miller, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Christine S. Barker, Jennifer P. Guyer, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0393

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for malice murder and related offenses in connection with the beating death of his wife in the presence of her youn

  • Heeran v. Long Island Power Authority, 702558/13

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
    Practice Area: Government | Civil Appeals | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: By: Balkin, J.P., Austin, Miller, Hinds-Radix, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For respondents: Keith M. Sullivan of counsel, Sullivan & Galleshaw, LLP, and Anthony P. Gentile of counsel, Godosky & Gentile, P.C. ([Brian J. Isaac], of counsel, Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & De Cicco, LLP, New York, NY).
    for defendant: Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, P.C., Melville, NY. David Lazer and Zachary Murdock of counsel, for appellant Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and Hammill, O'Brien, Croutier, Dempsey, Pender & Koehler, P.C., Syosset, NY. William J. Croutier, Jr., Erin N. Mackin, and Anton Piotroski of counsel, for appellant National Grid Electric Services, LLC, incorrectly sued herein as Keyspan Electric Services, LLC, one brief filed.

    Case Number: 702558/13

    Cite as: Heeran v. LIPA, 702558/13, NYLJ 1202762512617, at *1 (App. Div., 2nd, Decided July 13, 2016)CASE NAMEWilliam Heeran, etc., et al., Respondents v. Long

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  • Zarate-Martinez v. Echemendia

    Publication Date: 2016-07-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly B. Bates Bates Baum, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Huff, Taylor M. Tribble, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S15G1446

    The Supreme Court vacated the trial court's dismissal of a medical malpractice complaint based on its finding that the plaintiff failed to comply with the expert affidavit requirement and remanded t

  • People v. McCaw

    Publication Date: 2016-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-12
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Johnsen, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Marc A. Kohm, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Maureen L. Fox, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B266497

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7495 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL G. McCAW, Defe

  • Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
    Practice Area: Internet Law | Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Lucy H. Koh, District Judge, Presiding Before: Susan P. Graber, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Shumsky (argued), Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C.; I. Neel Chatterjee, Monte Cooper, Brian P. Goldman, and Robert L. Uriarte, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Amy Sommer Anderson (argued), Aroplex Law, San Francisco, California; Steven Vachani (argued pro se), Berkeley, California, for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 13-17102 No. 13-17154

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7428 FACEBOOK, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.

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