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  • Laurent v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Publication Date: 2019-12-31
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Eli Gottesdiener, Gottesdiener Law Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Julia Penny Clark, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Richard W. Mark, Amer S. Ahmed, and Alejandro A. Herrera, on the brief, Daniel J. Thomasch, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York. For Amicus Curiae U.S. Secretary of Labor: Kate O'Scannlain, Solicitor of Labor, G. William Scott, Assistant Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, and Thomas Tso, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief, Brendan Ballard, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the American Benefits Council, the Business Roundtable, and the ERISA Industry Committee: Brian T. Burgess, William M. Jay, Jaime A. Santos, James O. Fleckner, and Alison V. Douglass, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts, and Steven P. Lehotsky, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 18-487-cv

    Pension Plan Violating ERISA May Be Reformed Under §502(a)(3) and Benefits Recalculated

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: December 24, 2019

    Publication Date: 2019-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: December 24, 2019

  • P.M.B. v. Ridgefield Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gerry A. McMahon, The Law Offices of Gerry McMahon, LLC, Danbury, Connecticut.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Linda L. Yoder, on the brief, Peter J. Murphy, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, Connecticut.
    Case Number: 19-1131-cv

    Connecticut Statute's 45-Day Filing Limit Applies to Federal Appeals Under the IDEA

  • December 13, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    New Attack on Physician Compensation Models Under the Stark Law

    In their Federal Civil Enforcement column, William Harrington, Annie Railton and Roger Cohen analyze a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has thrown in doubt the common practice of hospitals paying doctors based on the amount of work those doctors do.

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  • December 12, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

    Howry, Breen & Herman Triumphs in $200,000 Fee Dispute

    A partnership dispute between investors of a road racing and off-road motorplex complex birthed at least four lawsuits, two of them against Texas law firms. The fourth of those cases is now over with Austin-based Howry, Breen & Herman winning an appeal over a $200,000 attorney fee dispute.

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  • Chacon v. Gribble

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-18-00737-CV

    J.L.C. was born in 2016 and within months, the Attorney General filed a petition to establish the parent-child relationship, alleging appellee mother's then-husband and the presumed father was not the biological father and that appellant, with whom appellee had an extra-marital relationship, was the biological father.

  • Matter of Motors Liquidation Co. v. General Motors LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Contractual Disputes | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Gregory W. Fox, William P. Weintraub (on the Brief), Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellees: Richard C. Godfrey, Andrew B. Bloomer (on the Brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Erin E. Murphy, C. Harker Rhodes IV (on the Brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, District of Columbia. Arthur J. Steinberg, David M. Fine, Scott I. Davidson (on the Brief), King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 18-1940

    New GM Did Not Contractually Assume Claims for Punitive Damages Based on Old GM's Conduct

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: November 27, 2019

    Publication Date: 2019-12-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: November 27, 2019

  • December 2, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

    Women, Influence & Power in Law 2019: Miriam Kim

    Our 2019 special report honors women who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law.

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  • U.S. ex rel. Kraus v. Wells Fargo & Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Robert Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: James J. Sabella, Sharad A. Samy, Kyle J. McGee, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York, and Tejinder Singh, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, Maryland, on the brief, Jay W. Eisenhofer, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Stephen G. Rinehart, on the brief, Amy Pritchard Williams, Troutman Sanders LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina. For the United States, Amici Curiae: Joseph H. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Charles W. Scarborough, Joshua M. Salzman. For Amici Curiae Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Richard M. Ashton, Joshua P. Chadwick, Yvonne F. Mizusawa, Katherine A. Pomeroy. For Amici Curiae Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Meghann E. Donahue, Michele Kalstein. For Amici Curiae Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Keith Goodwin, Gregory J. Ewald.
    Case Number: 18-1746

    Federal Reserve Banks Are 'Agents' of U.S. Under 31 USC §3729(b)(2)(A)(i)