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  • Federal Housing Finance Agency v. Nomura Holding America, 15-1872-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation | Litigators
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Philippe Z. Selendy, Adam M. Abensohn, William B. Adams, Andrew R. Dunlap, Yelena Konanova, on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nomura Holding America, Inc., Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., David Findlay, John McCarthy, John P. Graham, Nathan Gorin, and N. Dante LaRocca: Amanda F. Davidoff, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce E. Clark, Steven L. Holley, Adam R. Brebner, Owen R. Wolfe, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, David B. Tulchin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant RBS Securities, Inc.: Thomas C. Rice, Andrew T. Frankel, Alan C. Turner, Craig S. Waldman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Paul F. Rugani, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA; Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Kelsi Brown Corkran, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and The Clearing House Association LLC, in support of defendants-appellants: Michael J. Dell, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 15-1872-cv(L)

    Second Circuit Affirms Judgment in Fed Suit Over Housing Crisis-Era Secu

  • Bennett v. Etheridge

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thelston Mosley II (Drew Mosley LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dexter Maynard Wimbish (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0762

    The habeas court erred in dismissing appellant's motion for new trial following an order discharging the payment of restitution and any arrearage for back child support by the purported biological father of appellant's minor child because, contrary to the habeas court's conclusion, appellant had standing to challenge the court's judgment.

  • October 1, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: October 2017

    Henry Robinson, a partner at Kelly Hart & Hallman, authored a guide on leaves of absence.

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  • September 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    When His Witness Has Lied ... And the Prosecutor 'Knows' It

    Ethics and Criminal Practice columnist Joel Cohen writes: The consequences in the criminal courtroom regarding a proponent's offer of what is, or turns out to be, false testimony are different depending on which side proffers the testimony. After all, a prosecutor's duty is not simply to win, but to assure that justice prevails. So what if a prosecution witness lies?

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  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta; Nora Benavidez (Law Office of Nora Benavidez), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Kegley (Assistant District Attorney), Douglasville; Brian Fortner (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville; Sean Garrett (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1252

    The trial court erred in refusing to give defendant's requested jury charge on the lesser included offense of vehicular homicide in the second degree in his trial for vehicular homicide in the first degree so the Court reversed his conviction and remanded for a new trial.

  • September 28, 2017 |

    State v. Bills

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis. State v. BillsCourt of Appeals of KansasSeptember 22, 2017, Opinion FiledNo. 116,431STATE OF KANSAS,…

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  • September 27, 2017 | The Recorder

    People v. Faber

    Sup.Ct.App.Div.; BR 053153 The Appellate Division of the Los Angeles County Superior Court affirmed a judgment. The court held that the trial court did…

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  • Carole Hamburg, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, -against- New York University School of Medicine, et al., Defendants-Respondents-Appellants

    Publication Date: 2017-09-27
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Friedman, J.P. Sweeny, Jr., Moskowitz, Gische, Kapnick, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
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    Carole Hamburg, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, -against- N k University School of Medicine, et al., Defendants-Respondents-Appellants. Cross appeals from the order of the Supreme Court,

  • September 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    The Second Circuit in the Supreme Court

    In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp write: Five of the U.S. Supreme Court's 71 merits decisions (resulting in 69 written opinions) last term arose out of the Second Circuit. One was affirmed and four were reversed or vacated, resulting in an 80 percent reversal rate.

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  • September 26, 2017 |

    Insurers Must Strictly Comply with Statutory Cancellation Rules, Nevada Supreme Court Holds

    The Supreme Court of Nevada has ruled that an insurer had to strictly comply with the Nevada law setting forth the rules for cancelling an insurance…

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