• Sheng v. M&TBank, 14-4467-CV

    Publication Date: 2017-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Winter, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: George D. Vallas, The Ottinger Firm, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Justin C. Eller, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, MD.

    Case Number: 14-4467-CV

    Cite as: Sheng v. M& , 14-4467-CV, NYLJ 1202778368074, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 2, 2017) CASE NAME Jia Sheng, Plaintiff-Appellant v. M&

  • Restivo v. Estate of Joseph Volpe, 14-4662-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-01-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Attorney Rates and Arrangements
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Parker, Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Alexandra Lampert, on the brief, Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Peter J. Tomao, on the brief, Richard M. Langone, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 14-4662-cv

    Cite as: Restivo v. Volpe, 14-4662-cv, NYLJ 1202777381087, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 19, 2017)CASE NAMEJohn Restivo, Dennis Halstead, Plaintiffs-Appell

  • Restivo v. Hessemann, 14-4662-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-01-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Parker, Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Alexandra Lampert, on the brief, Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Peter J. Tomao, on the brief, Richard M. Langone, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 14-4662-cv

    Cite as: Restivo v. Hessemann, 14-4662-cv, NYLJ 1202777381207, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 19, 2017) CASE NAME John Restivo, Dennis Halstead, Plaintiffs-Appell

  • Lowinger v. Morgan Stanley & Company 14-3800-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Lohier, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Mitchell M.Z. Twersky & Philip T. Taylor on the brief, Jeffrey S. Abraham, Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Lead Underwriters: Charles S. Duggan & Andrew Ditchfield on the brief, James P. Rouhandeh, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Facebook, Inc.: Andrew B. Clubok, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Securities and Exchange Commission: Michael A. Conley, John W. Avery, Nicholas J. Bronni, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 14-3800-cv

    Cite as: Lowinger v an Stanley, 14-3800-cv, NYLJ 1202771576688, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 3, 2016) CASE NAME Robert Lowinger, Plaintiff-Appellant v

  • Nowakowski v. People of the State of New York, 14-1964

    Publication Date: 2016-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Wesley, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pro se: Robert Nowakowski, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee: Leonard Joblove, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief, Victor Barall, Assistant District Attorney, for Kenneth P. Thomson, District Attorney for Kings County, Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 14-1964

    Cite as: Nowakowski v. NYS, 14-1964, NYLJ 1202766382664, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 26, 2016) CASE NAME Robert Nowakowski, Petitioner-Appellant v. The Peop

  • Corporación Mexicana De Mantenimiento Integral v. Pemex‐Exploración Y Producción, 13-4022

    Publication Date: 2016-08-05
    Practice Area: International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Raggi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: with Zachary D. Tripp & William R. Levi on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C.; also on the brief: Jeffrey S. Bucholtz & Brian Callanan, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC; Richard T. Marooney & Charles C. Correll, Jr., King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Catherine E. Stetson, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.; on the brief: Dennis H. Tracey, III, Ira M. Feinberg, Hagan C. Scotten & Erin M. Meyer, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY; Richard C. Lorenzo, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Miami, FL. With David S. Jones, Caleb Hayes‐Deats & Emily E. Daughtry on the brief, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Amicus Curiae United States of America; also on the brief: Joyce Branda, Douglas N. Letter & Sharon Swingle, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Mary E. McLeod, Department of State, Washington, D.C. Erik S. Jaffe, Erik S. Jaffe, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Government of the United Mexican States in support of Respondent‐Appellant. Peter B. Rutledge, Athens, GA, for Amicus Curiae The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Petitioner‐Appellee; on the brief: Kathryn Comerford Todd & Tyler R. Green, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 13-4022

    Cite as: Corporación Mexicana De Mantenimiento Integral v. Pemex‐Exploración Y Producción, 13-4022, NYLJ 1202764433691, at *1 (2d Cir., Decide

  • SRM Global Master Fund Ltd. Partnership v. Bear Stearns Co. L.L.C., 14-507-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Richard B. Drubel, Matthew J. Henken, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Hanover, NH, on the brief, Philip C. Korologos, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Bear Stearns Companies L.L.C.: Brad S. Karp, Jessica S. Carey, Jonathan Hurwitz, on the brief, Elizabeth M. Sacksteder, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Alan D. Schwartz: Susan Saltzstein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Samuel L. Molinaro, Jr.: Pamela Rogers Chepiga, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee James Cayne: David S. Frankel, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Warren Spector: David B. Anders, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Deloitte & Touche L.L.P: Thomas G. Rafferty, Rachel G. Skaistis, on the brief, Antony L. Ryan, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-507-cv

    Cite as: SRM l Master Fund Ltd. Partnership v. Bear Stearns Co. L.L.C., 14-507-cv, NYLJ 1202763216702, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 14, 2016) CASENAME SRM

  • In Re 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, 14-2027

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
    Practice Area: Foreign Direct Investment | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Martin S. Bell, Carolina A. Fornos, Brian A. Jacobs, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Michael D. Lockard, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Claimants-Appellants: Krista D. Adler, Adam Blumenkrantz, Melissa R. Ginsberg, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-2027

    Cite as: In Re 650 Fifth Ave., 14-2027, NYLJ 1202763223419, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 20, 2016) CASE NAME United States of Amer

  • Kirschenbaum, et al., Plaintiff v. 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, Defendant, 14-1963

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
    Practice Area: Foreign Direct Investment | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees Steven M. Greenbaum, et al., Carols Acosta, et al., Anna Beer, et al., Jason Kirschenbaum, et al., The Estate of Michael Heiser, et al., Deborah D. Peterson, personal representative of the estate of James C. Knipple (Dec.) et al., Fiona Havlish, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Donald G. Havlish, Jr., et al., and Jenny Rubin, et al.: Curtis C. Mechling, Benjamin Weathers-Lowin, Monica Hanna, Patrick N. Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY; Richard M. Kremen, Dale K. Cathell, Timothy H. Birnbaum, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman, Newman Broudy LLP, New York, NY; Timothy B. Fleming, Wiggins Childs Pantazis, Fisher Goldfarb PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin Voce-Gardner, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, James L. Bernard, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellees Edwena R. Hegna, et al.: Ralph Paul Dupont, The Dupont Law Firm LLP, Stamford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Alavi Foundation and 650 Fifth Avenue Company: Krista D. Adler, Adam Blumenkrantz, Melissa R. Ginsberg, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-1963(L)

    Cite as: Kirschenbaum v. 650 Fifth Ave., 14-1963(L), NYLJ 1202763223360, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 20, 2016)h2 class="articleSect

  • Capitol Records v. Vimeo, 14-1048

    Publication Date: 2016-06-20
    Practice Area: Copyrights | Internet Law
    Industry:
    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