• Diesel Ebooks v. Simon & Schuster, 16-726-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Antitrust | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Collin R. White, on the brief, Derek T. Ho, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Simon & Schuster, Inc.: James W. Quinn and Yehudah L. Buchweitz, on the brief, Gregory Silbert, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, DBA Macmillan and Defendant-Appellee Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH: Joel M. Mitnick, John J. Lavelle, and Bianca Cadena, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Hachette Book Group, Inc.: Linda H. Martin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, New York, and Samuel J. Rubin, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C.: Charles Scott Lent, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Penguin Group (USA) LLC: Saul P. Morgenstern, Margaret A. Rogers, and Alice C.C. Huling, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 16-726-cv

    Book Publishers Defeat Antitrust Appeals at C

  • Carlin v. Davidson Fink, 15-3105-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-04-03
    Practice Area: Creditors
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Parker, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Tiffany N. Hardy, on the brief, Daniel A. Edelman, Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Matthew J. Bizzaro, L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP, Garden City, NY, on the brief, Andrew M. Burns, Davidson Fink LLP, Rochester, NY.

    Case Number: 15-3105-cv

    Second Circuit Clarifies Trigger for Revealing Debt A

  • Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, 15-2844-bk

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Creditors-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Celestine Elliott, Lawrence Elliott, and Berenice Summerville, and Appellants-Cross-Appellees Sesay and Bledsoe Plaintiffs: Gary Peller, Washington, D.C. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Plaintiffs: Andrew M. Volk, on the brief, Steven W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington, and Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California, and Rachel J. Geman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, and Edward S. Weisfelner, David J. Molton, Howard S. Steel, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, and Sandra L. Esserman, Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, P.C., Dallas Texas. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Pre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs: Gregory W. Fox, on the brief, William P. Weintraub, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Appellant-Cross-Appellee Doris Powledge Phillips: Joshua P. Davis, Josh Davis Law Firm, Houston, Texas. For Appellants Groman Plaintiffs: Alexander H. Schmidt, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, New York, and Jonathan L. Flaxer, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant General Motors LLC: Scott Davidson, on the brief, Arthur J. Steinberg, King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York, and Merritt E. McAlister, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, and Edward L. Ripley, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas, and Richard C. Godfrey, Andrew B. Bloomer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois. For Trustee-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Wilmington Trust Company: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu, Lisa H. Rubin, Gabriel K. Gillett, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York. For Creditors-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Participating Unitholders: Pratik A. Shah, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., and Daniel H. Golden, Deborah J. Newman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 15-2844-bk(L)

    Cite as: Motors Liquidation, 15-2844-bk, NYLJ 1202762885155, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 13, 2016) CASE NAME In The Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, De

  • 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

  • United States ex rel., O'Donnell v. Countrywide Home Loans, 15-496

    Publication Date: 2016-05-25
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Raggi, Wesley, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Joseph N. Cordaro, Carina H. Schoenberger, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Pierre G. Armand, Assistant United States Attorney, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Bank, FSB, and Bank of America, N.A.: Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., Enu A. Mainigi, Craig D. Singer, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC., Richard M. Strassberg, William J. Harrington, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellant Rebecca Mairone: Robert M. Loeb, Kelsi Brown Corkran, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, Marc L. Mukasey, Michael C. Hefter, Ryan M. Philp, Seth M. Cohen, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Clearing House Association, L.L.C., American Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Seth P. Waxman, Daniel Aguilar, Sina Kian, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Noah A. Levine, Alan E. Schoenfeld, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Better Markets, Inc.: Dennis M. Kelleher, Better Markets, Inc., Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 15-496

    Cite as: O'Donnell v. Countrywide, 15-496, NYLJ 1202758483150, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 23, 2016)CASE NAMEUnited States Ex Rel. Edward O'Donnell, Plaintiff-

  • November 23, 2015 |

    Montrose Chem. Corp. v. Admiral Ins. Co.

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  • Matthew J. Hart, on behalf of plaintiff and the class defined herein, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FCI Lender Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, 14‐191‐cv

    Publication Date: 2015-08-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Raggi, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Matthew J. Hart: Cathleen M. Combs, Tiffany N. Hardy, on the brief, Daniel A. Edelman, Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Chicago, Illinois.
    for defendant: For FCI Lender Services, Inc.: Spencer L. Durland, on the brief, Preston L. Zarlock, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, N.Y.

    Case Number: 14‐191‐cv

    Cite as: Hart v. FCI Lender Services, Inc., 14‐191‐cv, NYLJ 1202735594667, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 12, 2015) 14‐191‐cv Before

  • August 10, 2015 |

    Montrose Chem. Corp. v. Admiral Ins. Co.

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  • Rothstein v. Balboa Ins. Co., 14-2250-cv

    Publication Date: 2015-07-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Hall, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Thomas W. Elrod, on the brief, Mark A. Strauss Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Robyn C. Quattrone and Katherine L. Halliday, BuckleySandler LLP, Washington, D.C., John C. Englander, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Brian T. Burgess, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Ross E. Morrison BuckleySandler LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae American Security Insurance Company: Frank G. Burt, Denise A. Fee, W. Glenn Merten, and Brian P. Perryman, Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 14-2250-cv

    Cite as: Rothstein v. Balboa Ins. Co., 14-2250-cv, NYLJ 1202733251935, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 22, 2015) CASENAME Landon Rothstein, individually and on be

  • December 22, 2014 |

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