• In Re Petrobras Securities, 16-1914-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-07-10
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, C.JJ., and Garaufis, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeremy A. Lieberman, Mark I. Gross, Emma Gilmore, John A. Keho & Brenda F. Szydlo on the brief, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras, Theodore Marshall Helms, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., and Petrobras America Inc.: Lewis J. Liman, Jared Gerber & Mitchell A. Lowenthal on the brief, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellants BB Securities Ltd., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Banca IMI, S.p.A., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Standard Chartered Bank, and Banco Bradesco BBI S.A.: Jay B. Kasner, Boris Bershteyn, Scott D. Musoff & Jeremy A. Berman on the brief, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York NY.

    Case Number: 16-1914-cv

  • In Re: Lehman Brothers Holdings, Debtor.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-09
    Practice Area: Litigation | Bankruptcy | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Sack, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Claimant-Appellants Jennifer Adler, Ian Anderson, Jennifer Becker, Craig Benson, Paola Biraschi, Karen Brewer, William Broadbent, David Brooks, Guillemette Callies, Patrick Cremin, Michael Collier, Joseph D'Amadeo, John Dmuchowski, Nestor De Jesus, Steven Engel, Louise Goldberg, Michael Gran, Anshuman Goyal, Adrian Graves, Sandra Hahn-Colbert, Gregg Hawes, Nicholas Howard, Julian Iragorri, Harriet Chan King, Karen Krieger, Tal Lev Ari, Yeruchim Levilev, Sarah Lewis, Patricia Luken, Lawrence McCarthy, Michael McCully, Paul Shotton, Steven Schwab, Colin S.A. Welch, Pierluigi Volini, Ian Neville, Sandy Fleischman Richman, Jeffrey Wecker, Norman Siegel, Thomas O'Sullivan, Peter Ward, Timothy Wilkinson, Milan Veleba, Andrea Sullivan, Hugh McGee, Judith Winchester, Ross Shapiro, Stephen Snelling, Brian Seward, Margaret Smith, Alvaro Santodomingo, Helmut Olivier, Estate of Michael Mullen, Jack Rivkin, Barry Porter, Gregg Somma, Christiane Schuster, Michael Petrucelli, Martin Patterson, Fabio Liotti, and Mary Langevin: Andrew R. Goldenberg, on the briefs, Richard J. Schager, Jr., Stamell & Schager, LLP, New York, NY. For the Claimants-Appellants Madelyn Antoncic, Michele Bareggi, Riccardo Banchetti, Timothy A. Burke, Nachiketa Das, Philippe Dufournier, Brian Gross, Peter Hornick, Andrea Jao, Michael Lawsky, Alexandre Catalao Maia, Nikki Marshall, Richard Noble, Anke Parr, Vincent Primiano, Giancarlo Saronne, Johathan Sebiri, Charles Spero, Harshad Shah, Gordon Sweely, Rocco F. Andriola, Amit K. Sarkar, Darian J. Cohen, Lars P. Jacobson, Christian E. Stevens, and Andrew Wideman: Lisa M. Solomon, Law Offices of Lisa M. Solomon, New York, NY. For the Claimants-Appellants Marvin C. Schwartz, Stephanie Stiefel, Richard J. Glasebrook, II, Judith Ann Kenney, Richard Nackerson, Henry Ramallo, Christian Reynolds, David I. Weiner, Richard Levine, and Seth Finkel: Eugene Neal Kaplan, Kaplan Landau, LLP, New York, NY, on the briefs, Deborah E. Lans, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Debtor-Appellee Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: Ralph I. Miller, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-1296-bk

    Vested Stock Compensation Considered Securities in Lehman Bankruptc

  • Tru-Art Sign Co., Inc. v. Local 137 Sheet Metal Workers International Assoc., 15-3415-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-04-05
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker and Cabranes, C.JJ., and Berman, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Netanel Newberger, on the brief, Joseph M. Labuda, Milman Labuda Law Group PLLC, Lake Success, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Nathaniel K. Charny, Charny & Associates, Rhinebeck, NY.

    Case Number: 15-3415-cv

    Motion for Prejudgment Interest, Grounded On Aug. 27, 2013, Judgment Is Un

  • Stevens v. Rite Aid, 15-277

    Publication Date: 2017-03-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Lynch, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant-Cross-Appellee Rite Aid Corporation: John C. Sullivan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX, Michelle Seldin Silverman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Princeton, NJ, on the brief, Allyson N. Ho, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX.
    for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant Christopher Stevens: Daniel B. Berman, Robert C. Whitaker, Robert J. Thorpe, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, NY, on the brief, Janet D. Callahan, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 15-277(L),

    Cite as: Stevens v Aid, 15-277, NYLJ 1202781798377, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 21, 2017)CASE NAMEChristopher Stevens, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v

  • Montesa v. Schwartz, 14-3721-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-09-14
    Practice Area: Litigation | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Hall and Lohier, C.JJ., and Reiss, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Laura D. Barbieri, Arthur Zachary Schwartz, Advocates for Justice Legal Foundation, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Daniel Schwartz, Yehuda Weissmandl, Moses Friedman, Moshe Hopstein, Eliyahu Solomon, Aron Wieder, Morris Kohn, Richard Stone, Joel Klein, and Eliezer Wizman: David J. Butler, Bryan M. Killian, Randall M. Levine, David B. Salmons, Stephanie Schuster, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellant Nathan Rothschild: Mark D. Harris, Adam W. Deitch, Jessica Zietz, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Albert D'Agostino: Meredith D. Belkin, Marian C. Rice, L'Abbate, Balk, Colavita & Contini, LLP, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 14-3721-cv

    Cite as: Montesa v. Schwartz, 14-3721-cv, NYLJ 1202767245857, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 12, 2016)CASE NAMERebecca Montesa, individually and as a parent

  • 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

  • Dean Nicosia, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Amazon.com, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, 15-423-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-08-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Chin, and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joseph Seth Tusa, Tusa P.C., Southold, New York, Peter D. St. Phillip, Jr., Scott V. Papp, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., White Plains, New York, Timothy G. Blood, Paula M. Roach, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP, San Diego, California, and Gregory S. Duncan, Esq., Charlottesville, Virginia.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Gregory T. Parks, Ezra D. Church, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Regina Schaffer-Goldman, Mary Claire Dekar, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-423-cv

    Cite as: Nicosia v. Amazon.com, Inc., 15-423-cv, NYLJ 1202766022211, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 25, 2016) 15-423-cvp clas

  • 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

  • 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

  • Graziadio v. Culinary Institute of America, 15-888-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-03-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Calabresi, Lynch, Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Nathaniel K. Charny, Charny & Associates, Rhinebeck, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Michael A. Frankel on the brief, Jospeh J. Lynett Jackson Lewis P.C., White Plains, NY.

    Case Number: 15-888-cv

    Cite as: Graziadio v. Culinary Institute, 15-888-cv, NYLJ 1202752750135, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 17, 2016)CASE NAMECathleen Graziadio, Plaintiff-Appellan