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  • April 16, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    The ATA: Some Sense Brought Back Into the Mix

    The Second Circuit's decision in 'Linde v. Arab Bank' has reintroduced some much needed discipline into the application of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

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  • April 16, 2018 |

    Another Madoff Victim Loses Bid for Insurance Coverage

    A federal district court in Connecticut has ruled that a victim of the Madoff Ponzi scheme could not recover from her insurer the $3.375 million she paid…

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  • April 16, 2018 |

    Kostin v. Pacific Indemnity Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert AnalysisKostin v. Pac. Indem. Co.United States District Court for the District of ConnecticutApril 10, 2018, Decided;…

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  • April 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

    Here's What the US Supreme Court Has Said About Crime-Fraud Exception

    Since 1989, federal district and appellate courts have taken a variety of sometimes conflicting approaches to open questions concerning the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege.

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  • UTSA v. UTSA

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-50893

    Woodlark was the asset and property manager for The Reserve, an off-campus student housing project in San Antonio.

  • April 5, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    NYPD Settles Case Over Post-9/11 Surveillance of NJ Muslim Communities

    As part of the agreement to end Hassan v. City of New York, the department will extend the protections for communities under the Handschu guidelines across the border into New Jersey.

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  • Pergament v. Fairfield Univ.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-05
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Carla Craig
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Seth M. Choset, Esq., Marc Weingard, Esq., Weinberg Gross & Pergament LLP.
    for defendant: Counsel for Fairfield University: Michael A. Carbone, Esq., Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, PC, Bridgeport, CT.; Counsel for Hofstra University: Ted Berkowitz, Esq., Veronique Anne Urban, Esq., Farrell Fritz PC, Uniondale, NY.; Counsel for Brooklyn Law School: Peter Moulinos, Esq., Moulinos & Associates LLC, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 16-8123

    Debtor's Children Were Initial Transferees, Universities Entitled to Good Faith Defense

  • Barber v. Rome Housing Auth.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-05
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Mae D'Agostino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Ashley M. Kaplan, Esq., Samuel C. Young, Esq., of Counsel, Legal Services of Central, New York, Inc. — Utica, Utica, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Jeffrey M. Lipman, Esq., of Counsel, Lipman Law Firm, P.C., West Des Moines, Iowa.; Attorney for Plaintiffs: Samuel C. Young, Esq., of Counsel, Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. — Syracuse, Syracuse, New York.; Attorneys for Defendants: John W. Liguori, Esq., Mark T. Houston, Esq., of Counsel, Towne, Ryan & Partners P.C., Albany, New York.
    Case Number: 6:16-cv-1529

    Negligence in Bed Bug Infestation Treatment Not 'Deliberate Indifference'

  • April 3, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

    Creative Plaintiffs Drive Rapid Evolution of Patent Venue Law

    After the Supreme Court drastically altered patent venue law last year, plaintiffs are scrambling for ways to keep suing corporate defendants in perceived plaintiff-friendly forums, such as the Eastern District of Texas.

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  • U.S. v. Mills

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Fischer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0397

    Court quashed husbands motion to compel and for a rule 17(c) subpoena seeking discovery in his prosecution for filing false tax returns after wife pled guilty to embezzling $12.9 million from her employer because husband failed to point to specific admissible evidence relevant to the false tax return charges for his rule 17(c) subpoena and his motion to compel sought items relating to the source of the income or the victims failure to uncover the fraud scheme which were not relevant to the false tax filing charges. Motion to quash g