• Capitol Records v. Vimeo, 14-1048

    Publication Date: 2016-06-20
    Practice Area: Copyrights | Internet Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Leval, Hall, Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Russell J. Frackman, Marc E. Mayer, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Christine Lepera, Jeffrey M. Movit, New York, NY, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Washington, DC on the brief, Carter G. Phillips, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Robert L. Raskopf, Todd Anten, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Michael A. Cheah, Vimeo, LLC, New York, NY & Rachel Herrick Kassabian, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association: Matt Schruers, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC. For Amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Organization for Transformative Works, The Center for Democracy and Technology, Public Knowledge, and New Media Rights: Corynne McSherry, Vera Ranieri, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Sherwin Siy, Public Knowledge, Washington, DC; Art Neill, Teri Karobonik, New Media Rights, San Diego, CA; Elizabeth Rosenblatt, Rebecca Tushnet, Organization for Transformative Works, New York, NY, Emma Llansó, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC. For Amici curiae Google Inc., Facebook, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., and Microsoft, Inc.: Michael Elkin, Thomas P. Lane, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Robert Turner, Yahoo!, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; A. John P. Mancini, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. For Amici curiae Pinterest, Inc., Tumblr, Inc., and Twitter, Inc.: Brian M. Willen, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., New York, NY; Sara E. Rowe, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA. For Amici curiae Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., American Association of Independent Music Inc., National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Association of American Publishers, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists: Thomas G. Hentoff, Jessica S. Richard, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus curaie The Copyright Alliance: Andrew H. Bart, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY; Luke C. Platzer, J. Douglas Wilson, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 14-1048

    Cite as: Capitol v. Vimeo, 14-1048, NYLJ 1202760295569, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 16, 2016)CASE NAMECapitol Records, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Compa

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for Colonial Bank, Plaintiff-Appellant v. First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc., First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., FTN Financial Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBS Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Chase Mortgage Finance Corp., JP Morgan Chase & Co., JP Morgan Securities LLC, Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc., Citimortgage, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Ally Securities LLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Defendants, 14-3648-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Lynch, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Colleen J. Boles, Assistant General Counsel, Kathryn R. Norcross, Senior Counsel, Jaclyn C. Taner, Counsel, on the brief, James Scott Watson, Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc., First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, FTN Financial Securities Corp., and UBS Securities, LLC: Bruce E. Clark, David B. Tulchin, Amanda Flug Davidoff, Jeffrey B. Wall, on the brief, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC: Richard W. Clary, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Inc.: Thomas C. Rice, Andrew T. Frankel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation: Marc T.G. Dworsky, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendant-Appellee HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.: Michael O. Ware, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Federal Housing Finance Agency and National Credit Union Administration Board in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Philippe Z. Selendy, Adam M. Abensohn, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, New York, David C. Frederick, Wan J. Kim, Gregory G. Rapawy, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, District of Columbia, on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, The American Bankers Association, and The Clearing House LLC in Support of Appellees and Affirmance: Michael J. Dell, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, New York, Ira D. Hammerman, Kevin Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, District of Columbia, Thomas Pinder, American Bankers Association, Washington, District of Columbia. For Amicus Curiae The Business Roundtable in Support of Defendants-Appellees: William M. Jay, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, Joshua M. Daniels, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.

    Case Number: 14-3648-cv

    Cite as: FDIC v. First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc., 14-3648-cv, NYLJ 1202759641428, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 19, 2016) 14-3648-cv Before: Pa

  • Mayer v. State, 14-14-01011-CR (Tex.App. Dist.14 04/07/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-05-27
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    Date Filed: 2016-04-07
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District
    Judge: Marc W. Brown, Justice.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-14-01011-CR

    On Appeal from the 230th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1416618. Panel consists of Justices Jamison, Donovan, and Br

  • Medina v. Raven, 01-14-00881-CV (Tex.App. Dist.14 04/07/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-05-26
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    Date Filed: 2016-04-07
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, First District
    Judge: Sherry Radack Chief Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-14-00881-CV

    On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 4 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 1025647. Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Massengale and Brown

  • In re: LIBOR‐Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, 13‐3565

    Publication Date: 2016-05-25
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Antitrust
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Raggi, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Ellen Gelboim and Linda Zacher in Case No. 13-3565 with Eric F. Citron on the brief, Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., f/k/a Banc of America Securities LLC (additional counsel for the many parties and amici are listed in Appendix A) with Arthur J. Burke & Paul S. Mishkin on the brief, Robert F. Wise, Jr., Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 13-3565-cv (L)

    Cite as: Gelboim v. BOA, 13-3565-cv, NYLJ 1202758483032, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 23, 2016) CASE NAME Ellen Gelboim et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Bank of

  • In Re: Arab Bank, Alien Tort Statute Litigation, 13-3605

    Publication Date: 2016-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Mass Tort Claims
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch. J., Jacobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi, Wesley, Hall, Livingston, Lynch, Chin, Lohier, Jr., Carney, Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael E. Elsner and John M. Eubanks, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Stephen M. Shapiro, Timothy S. Bishop, and Chad M. Clamage, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Kevin Walsh, Douglas W. Mateyaschuk, and Steven J. Young, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Neal Kumar Katyal and Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Case Number: 13-3605

    Cite as: In Re: Arab Bank, 13-3605, NYLJ 1202757240430, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 9, 2016) CASE NAME In Re: Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litigation, 13

  • Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC. v. Higher Power Energy, LLC., 14-14-00788-CV (Tex.App. Dist.14 01/07/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-07
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-07
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District
    Judge: WILLIAM J. BOYCE JUSTICE.,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-14-00788-CV

    On Appeal from the 125th District Court Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 2012-67104 Panel consists of Justices Boyce, Busby and Bro

  • Arab Bank Litigation, 13‐3605

    Publication Date: 2015-12-10
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: John M. Eubanks, on the brief, Michael E. Elsner, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Mark Werbner and Joel Israel, Sayles Werbner, PC, Dallas, Texas, (on the brief).
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Douglas W. Mateyaschuk, II, Steven J. Young, on the brief, Kevin Walsh, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee: Stephen M. Shapiro, Timothy S. Bishop, Chad M. Clamage, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois, (on the brief), For Amici Curiae-Human Rights Organizations: Richard L. Herz, EarthRights International, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae-Professors of Legal History Barbara Aronstein Black, William R. Casto, Martin S. Flaherty, Nasser Hussain, Stanley N. Katz, John V. Orth, and Anne‐Marie Slaughter: Tyler R. Giannini, Harvard Law School, International Human Rights Clinic, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For Amicus Curiae-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Neal Kumar Katyal and Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae-Union of Arab Banks: Douglas Hallward‐Driemeier, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae-Institute of International Bankers: Jeffrey B. Wall, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington D.C.

    Case Number: 13‐3605

    Cite as: Arab Bank Litigation, 13‐3605, NYLJ 1202744392374, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided December 8, 2015)CASE NAMEIn re: Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litigat

  • Dixon v. CSX Intermodal Terminals Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-08
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer and Trent Shuping Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Phillips, Angela Spivey McGuireWoods LLP, Atlanta, Daniel Jones, and Evan Tager Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1586

    The defendant employer, which was in the business of loading and unloading railcars at a rail terminal, was not a common carrier by railroad within the meaning of the Feder

  • DENETRA MARIE HARRIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

    Publication Date: 2015-08-27
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    Date Filed: 2015-07-31
    Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SIXTH DISTRICT, TEXARKANA
    Judge: Ralph K. Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-14-00162-CR

    COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SIXTH DISTRICT, TEXARKANADENETRA MARIE HARRIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appelleep