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  • Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Margaret C. MacLean, on the brief, Peter D. St. Phillip, Jr., Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Michael S. Lazaroff, on the brief, Louis M. Solomon, Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Pepsi-Cola Bottlers' Association: Marcia V. Andrew, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. For Amici Curiae Independent Bottlers Association: Webster C. Cash III, on the brief, Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP.
    Case Number: 11-5458

    Bottling Contract Terminable at Will; Pepsi Not Obliged to Prevent Third Party's Sales

  • Edwards v. 4JLJ

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-40553

    Defendant 4JLJ provides oil well pump and frack services. A group of its employees sued defendant under the Fair Labor Standards Act, alleging that defendant violated the FLSA's overtime wage mandates.

  • U.S. v. Grote

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Native American Law | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Pierre Leval
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Hagan Scotten, Sagar K. Ravi, on the brief, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorney, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Timothy Muir.1: Thomas J. Bath, Jr., Bath & Edmonds, P.A., Overland Park, KS. For Defendant-Appellant Scott Tucker: Beverly Van Ness, Law Firm of Beverly Van Ness, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-181

    Tribes Acted Only as Cover in Lending Scheme Where Appellants Knew Interest Was Usurious

  • Cate et al. v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-10
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Edwards, (Edwards Law Firm), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Bradford, (Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C.), La Fayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1704

    Court affirms libel verdict over defendant's challenge to whether libel claims were subject to arbitration

  • Attestor Value Master Fund v. Arag-A-Limited

    Publication Date: 2019-11-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Kenneth I. Schacter, on the brief, Peter Sabin Willet, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA and New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Michael A. Paskin, Daniel Slifkin, and Damaris Hernandez, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 16-1124

    To Be Binding, Purported Contracts Expressly Required Defendant's Countersignature

  • Ware County Board of Education et al. v. Taft

    Publication Date: 2019-08-06
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan Levy, (Levy Sibley Foreman & Speir, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Hackel, (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee. Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0617

    Court Affirms Award of Workers' Compensation That Included Portion Based on Wages Earned and Deferred During Period Preceding Injury, Rejecting Employer's Contention That Benefits Should Be Calculated Based Only on Actual Cash Received

  • In re: Energy Future Holdings Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: GianClaudio Finizio and Neil B. Glassman, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeremy C. Hollembeak, Michael S. Kim, Benjamin J. Sauter and Andrew D. Wang, Kobre & Kim, New York, NY for Delaware Trust Co. Ashley R. Altschuler and R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper, Wilmington, DE
    for defendant: Thomas J. Curtin, Ellen M. Halstead, Howard R. Hawkins, Jr., Michele Maman and Mark C. Ellenberg, Cadwalader Wicker-sham & Taft, New York, NY and Washington, DC; Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Lukoff & Bracegirdle, Wilmington, DE for Mor-gan Stanley Capital Group Inc. George A. Davis, Latham & Watkins, New York, NY; Michael D. DeBaecke, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Peter M. Friedman, Jonathan Rosenberg and Daniel S. Shamah, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC and New York, NY; Thomas R. Hooper and Mark D. Kotwick, Seward & Kissel, New York, NY; Joseph H. Huston, Jr., Stevens & Lee, Wilmington, DE for Wilmington Trust N.A. Mark E. Felger and Simon Fraser, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE; Hu-mayun Khalid, Thomas J. Moloney and Sean A. O'Neal, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY for J. Aron & Co. Bradley R. Aronstam and Nicholas D. Mozal, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington, DE , Adam B. Banks, Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY for Titan Investment Holdings LP.
    Case Number: D68617

    Following approval of a bankruptcy plan and corporate restructuring, payments and distributions to creditors were no longer considered collateral or proceeds under the waterfall provision of an intercreditor agreement.

  • Mitchell v. The State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Higley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-18-00609-CR

    Appellant lost control of his vehicle, struck a private residence and then fled the scene.

  • MCH Professional v. Zubia

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-17-00115-CV

    Appellees alleged that their decedent died while under general anesthesia for routine placement of a port-a-cath due to the negligence of appellants.

  • U.S. v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2018-11-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY: Sarah K. Eddy, Brian Blais, and Margaret Garnett, on the brief, Brooke E. Cucinella, Assistant United States Attorneys
    for defendant: For Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY: Sarah K. Eddy, Brian Blais, and Margaret Garnett, on the brief, Brooke E. Cucinella, Assistant United States Attorneys
    Case Number: 17-593

    Conviction Vacated, Remanded; Excluded Post-Arrest Statements Might Have Influenced Jury