• July 3, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Delaware Court Considers Countrywide Derivative Suit

    When do derivative shareholder claims survive a corporate merger?That was the important question that the Delaware Supreme Court considered Wednesday during oral arguments in a case

    1 minute read

  • Blaisdell v. Frappiea

    Publication Date: 2013-09-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-09-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiff-appellant. Mica Doctoroff, UCLA School of Law Ninth Circuit Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, also argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant. With them on the briefs was Katharine S. Mercer, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: Nicholas D. Acedo, Struck Wieneke & Love, P.L.C., Chandler, Arizona, argued the cause and filed a supplemental brief for the defendant-appellee. With him on the brief was Daniel P. Struck, Struck Wieneke & Love, P.L.C, Chandler, Arizona. Jaleh Najafi, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C, Phoenix, Arizona, filed the original brief for the defendant­appellant. With him on the brief were Eileen Dennis GilBride, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona, and Daniel P. Struck, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona.

    Case Number: No. 10-16845

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 10066 RIC

  • June 26, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Generic Reglan Suit

    A Florida woman who claims that she was injured by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.&am s generic version of a brand-name drug manufactured by Wyeth LLC and Schwarz Pharma Inc. can&am

    1 minute read

  • Cohen v. Viray, 08-3860-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-10-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, and Chin,* C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: GARY D. SESSER (William F. Sondericker, Laura Anne Reeds, and Christopher J. Young, on the brief), Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York, New York, for Intervenor-Appellant D. David Cohen. THOMAS G. AMON, Law Offices of Thomas G. Amon, New York, New York, and Brian J. Robbins, and Gregory E. Del Gaizo, on the brief, Robbins Umeda LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee Alvin Viray, Derivatively on Behalf of DHB Industries, Inc.
    for defendant: ERIC RIEDER (David P. Kasakove and Chris M. LaRocco, of counsel, on the brief), Bryan Cave LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee DHB Industries, Inc., now known as Point Blank Solutions, Inc.. MARK HOLLAND (Mary K. Dulka, on the brief), Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Barry Berkman, Cary Chasin, Gary Nadelman, and Jerome Krantz. JEROME GOTKIN, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee David H. Brooks. STEVEN G. KOBRE (Francisco J. Navarro, on the brief), Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee Dawn M. Schlegel. RACHEL PENSKI, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees David Brooks International, Inc., Elizabeth Brooks International, Inc., and Andrew Brooks International, Inc.

    Case Number: 08-3860-cv

    Cite as: Cohen v. Viray, 08-3860-cv, NYLJ 1202472745889, at *1 (2d Cir, Decided September 30, 2010)Before: Hall, Livingston, and Chin,* C.JJ.p class="decid

  • Cohen v. Viray, 08-3860-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-10-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, and Chin,* C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: GARY D. SESSER (William F. Sondericker, Laura Anne Reeds, and Christopher J. Young, on the brief), Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York, New York, for Intervenor-Appellant D. David Cohen. THOMAS G. AMON, Law Offices of Thomas G. Amon, New York, New York, and Brian J. Robbins, and Gregory E. Del Gaizo, on the brief, Robbins Umeda LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee Alvin Viray, Derivatively on Behalf of DHB Industries, Inc.
    for defendant: ERIC RIEDER (David P. Kasakove and Chris M. LaRocco, of counsel, on the brief), Bryan Cave LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee DHB Industries, Inc., now known as Point Blank Solutions, Inc.. MARK HOLLAND (Mary K. Dulka, on the brief), Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees Barry Berkman, Cary Chasin, Gary Nadelman, and Jerome Krantz. JEROME GOTKIN, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee David H. Brooks. STEVEN G. KOBRE (Francisco J. Navarro, on the brief), Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee Dawn M. Schlegel. RACHEL PENSKI, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees David Brooks International, Inc., Elizabeth Brooks International, Inc., and Andrew Brooks International, Inc.

    Case Number: 08-3860-cv

    Cite as: Cohen v. Viray, 08-3860-cv, NYLJ 1202472745889, at *1 (2d Cir, Decided September 30, 2010)Before: Hall, Livingston, and Chin,* C.JJ.p class="decid

  • May 31, 2012 | The Recorder

    Justices Poised to Back Privilege for Witness Statements

    SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court sounded ready Thursday to restore qualified work-product privilege to witness statements taken by attorneys and their investigators. T

    1 minute read

  • DGM Investments Inc. v. New York Futures Exchange Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    Judge Sweet DGM INVESTMENTS, INC. v. NEW YORK FUTURES EXCHANGE, INC. — The defendants New York Futures Exchange, Inc., Board of Trade of the City of New York, Inc., New York Clea

  • In re AVI, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-06-26
    Court: 9th Cir., B.A.P.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-1266

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 7972In re: AVI, INC., Debtor. WOODS & ERICKSON, LLP, Appellant,v. WILLIAM A. LEONARD, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellee. Bk. No. 04-14779

  • September 10, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Federal Circuit Reverses Lower Court, Hands Sanofi-Aventis Win in Fight over Generic Versions of Cancer Drug

    Sanofi-Aventis SA has taken its share of licks in its long-running battle with drug makers selling generic versions of Eloxatin, a drug used to treat colon cancer. Last year, in a Hatch-Waxman Act rul

    1 minute read

  • February 3, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    O'Melveny Beats Back Successor Liability Claim Against BofA in Countrywide MBS Litigation

    Thursday brought some very bad news indeed for plaintiffs hoping to hold Bank of America liable for alleged fraud by its Countrywide Financial unit. In the face of the most comprehensive ef

    1 minute read