• August 31, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Week of Aug. 31, 2020

    Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht in August began his term as president of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and chair of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) board of directors.

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  • August 26, 2020 | Law.com

    Trump Watch: Investigators Say Trump's Tax Lawyers Are Shielding His Records

    A new lawsuit against President Donald Trump's business reveals how private entities are keeping financial records out of investigators' hands.

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  • Trump v. Vance

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Vincent Marrero
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19 Civ. 8694

    Trump Fails to Adequately Allege That Subpoena Was Overbroad or Issued in Bad Faith

  • Federal Trade Comm. v. Vyera Pharms. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-25
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission: Markus H. Meier, Bradley S. Albert, Armine Black Daniel W. Butrymowicz, D. Patrick Huyett, Neal J. Perlman, J. Maren Schmidt, James H. Weingarten, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff State of New York: Letitia James, Christopher D'Angelo, Elinor R. Hoffman, Saami Zain, Amy McFarlane, Jeremy Kasha, Bryan Bloom, Office of the New York Attorney General Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY. For Plaintiff State of California: Michael D. Battaglia, Office of the Attorney General of California, San Francisco, CA. For Plaintiff State of Ohio: David Yost, Beth Finnerty, Elizebeth M. Maag, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, OH. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro, Tracy W. Wertz, Joseph Betsko, Stephen Scannell, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA. For Plaintiff State of Illinois: Richard S. Schultz, Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, IL. For Plaintiff State of North Carolina: Joshua H. Stein, K.D. Sturgis, Jessica V. Sutton, North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Consumer Protection Division, Raleigh, NC. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia: Mark R. Herring, Sarah Oxenham Allen, Tyler T. Henry, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendants Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Phoenixus AG: Stacey Anne Mahoney, Sarah E. Hsu Wilbur, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY., Scott A. Stempel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. Steven A. Reed, Francis A. DeSimone, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Noah J. Kaufman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, MA. For Defendant Martin Shkreli: Christopher H. Casey, Esq., A.J. Rudowitz, Esq., Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Edward T. Kang, Kandis L. Kovalsky, Kang, Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant Kevin Mulleady: Kevin J. Arquit, Albert Shemmy Mishaan, Kenneth R. David, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20cv706

    UTPCPL Claim Fails to Adequately Allege Shkreli's Anticompetitive Conduct Was Fraudulent

  • Green Valley v. City of Schertz

    Publication Date: 2020-08-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-51092

    This appeal arose out of two orders of the Texas Public Utility Commission decertifying territory from the certificate of convenience and necessity issued to Green Valley Special Utility District for sewer (wastewater) service.

  • In re VK

    Publication Date: 2020-08-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-20-00491-CV

    Relator and mother filed a joint notice of nonsuit of their divorce proceeding, and the trial court signed an order nonsuiting the case.

  • Barton v. Warren Cty.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-14
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Glenn Suddaby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs: Ronald J. Kim, Esq., of counsel, Office of Ronald J. Kim, Saratoga Springs, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: Gregg T. Johnson, Esq., Loraine C. Jelinek, Esq., of counsel, Johnson & Laws, LLC, Clifton Park, NY.

    Case Number: 1:19-CV-1061

    Negative Comments to a Pregnant Colleague Do Not Amount to a Hostile Work Environment

  • U.S. v. Asare

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Analisa Torres
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15 Civ. 3556

    Cosmetic Surgeon Violated the ADA by Denying Surgery to Plaintiffs Due to Their HIV Status

  • Atlantica Holdings Inc. v. Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna JSC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Jesse Furman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-CV-8851

    Panamanian Corporations Fail to Prove Securities Fraud Against Sovereign Wealth Fund

  • August 11, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    Anti-Assignment Provisions in Leases

    In their Transactional Real Estate column, Allen Wieder and Salvatore Gogliormella review cases suggesting that courts in New York, California, Texas, and Illinois intend to continue to carefully consider and narrowly construe anti-assignment provisions in leases and other corporate transactional documents.

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