• Peterson v. Bank Markazi

    Publication Date: 2025-02-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Patrick L. Rocco, Susan M. Davies, Fleischman Bonner & Rocco LLP, White Plains, New York, Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman, Newman & Broudy LLC, New York, New York, on the brief, James P. Bonner, Fleischman Bonner & Rocco LLP, White Plains, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Bank Markazi: Lauren M. Weinstein, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C., Elizabeth K. Clarke, MoloLamken LLP, Chicago, Illinois, on the brief, Robert K. Kry, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C. For Defendant-Appellant Clearstream Banking, S.A.: Craig T. Cagney, Corey M. Meyer, on the brief, Benjamin Kaminetzky, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 15-690-cv

    Court Lack Jurisdiction Over Turn-Over Claim Against Iran's Central Bank Immune Under FSIA

  • Geda v. Dir. United States Citizenship & Immigration Serv.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-03
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Banias (Banias Law, LLC)
    for defendant: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney, William C. Peachey, Director, District Court Section, Aaron Goldsmith, Senior Litigation Counsel, Jordan K. Hummel, Trial Attorney (U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, District Court Section); Hope Lu (Office of the United States Attorney)

    Case Number: 23-2195

    USCIS Has Broad Discretion to Manage the Processing of Adjustment of Status Applications

  • Rheman v. Rheman

    Publication Date: 2025-02-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Contreras
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-23-00579-CV

    The parties married in 2003. Appellee filed for divorce and a TRO in May 2019 and the trial court granted the TRO the same day.

  • In re Garcia

    Publication Date: 2025-01-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Longoria
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-24-00490-CR

    By petition of writ of mandamus, relator Garcia contended that the trial court erred by denying his application for writ of habeas corpus seeking release, or a personal bond, or a bond he could financially afford.

  • MAP Res., Inc. v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2025-01-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Soto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-24-00088-CV

    Appellees claimed they own mineral interests through inheritance from their mother, who died in 2009.

  • The Pruitt Family Living Trust v. Totus Gift Care Mgmt., LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-01-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Nowell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-24-00612-CV

    Appellants sued appellee alleging breach of fiduciary duties and misrepresentations in the selling of securities.

  • New Yorkers for Religious Liberty Inc. v. Keil

    Publication Date: 2025-01-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Barry Black, Nelson Madden Black LLP, New York, NY; Sujata Sidhu Gibson, Gibson Law Firm PLLC, Ithaca, NY, on the brief, John J. Bursch, Bursch Law PLLC, Caledonia, MI.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Richard Dearing, Devin Slack, on the brief, Susan Paulson, for Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1801

    Second Circuit Dismisses Request for Relief in the Form of Recission of Vaccine Mandate

  • Capitol Records LLC v. Vimeo Inc.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellants: Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky, Hogan Lovells, US LLP, Washington, D.C.; Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Catherine E. Stetson, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellees: Todd Anten, Owen F. Roberts, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Michael A. Cheah, Vimeo, Inc. & Rachel Kassabian, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, California. For amici curiae, National Music Publishers' Association, Recording Industry Association of America, and Copyright Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Hyland Hunt, Ruthanne M. Deutsch, Alexandra Mansbach, Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae, Computer & Communications Industry Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees: Matthew C. Schruers, Alexandra Sternburg, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae, Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Defendants-Appellees: Mitchell L. Stoltz, Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA. For amici curiae, Intellectual Property Scholars in Support of Defendants-Appellees: Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.

    Case Number: 21-2949(L)

    Video Streaming Site Protected by Digital Millennium Copyright Act Safe Harbor Provision

  • In The Matter of R.R.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kennedy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-23-01008-CV

    In 2022, when appellant was fourteen years old, the state filed an original adjudication petition alleging appellant had engaged in delinquent conduct, namely unlawful carrying of a weapon.

  • Am. Citigroup Real Estate Inc. v. Texas Elec. Residential Contractors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-01-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-23-00822-CV

    The parties entered into a subcontract agreement in 2021.