• June 2, 2015 | Legal Times

    D.C. Judge Reappointed Amid Concerns About 'Temperament'

    District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Thomas Motley is expected to “vigorously address” concerns about his judicial temperament as he begins his second 15-year term

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  • June 1, 2015 | Legal Times

    D.C. Judge Reappointed Amid Concerns About 'Temperament'

    District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Thomas Motley is expected to "vigorously address" concerns about his judicial temperament as he begins his second 15-year term on the bench, according to the local commission that reviews judicial performance.

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  • Elonis v. United States

    Publication Date: 2015-06-01
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-01
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: No. 13–983

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 5415 ANTHONY DOUGLAS ELONIS. PETITIONER v. UNITED S

  • Association of Proprietary Colleges v. Duncan, 14-cv-8838 (LAK)

    Publication Date: 2015-06-01
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Michael D. Hays, Jonathon Glass, Alyssa T. Saunders, William J. Schwartz, Michael A. Blasie, Cooley LLP.
    for defendant: John D. Clopper, Assistant United States Attorney, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney. Attorneys for Defendants: Marcia Berman, Michelle Bennett, Greg Dworkowitz, United States Department of Justice.

    Case Number: 14-cv-8838 (LAK)

    Cite as: Assoc of Proprietary Colleges v. Duncan, 14-cv-8838 (LAK), NYLJ 1202727799971, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 27, 2015) CASE NAME Assoc

  • June 1, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Civil Actions

    U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UnitedHealthcare Insurance v. Libyan Student Plan (No. 15-CV-00760, May 21)

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  • May 29, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Civil Actions

    Cases recently filed in the Washington-area district courts.

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  • Laumann v. National Hockey League, et al., Defendants, 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2015-05-28
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Motley Rice, LLC, New York, N.Y. Marc I. Gross, Esq., Adam G. Kurtz, Esq., Pomerantz, LLP, New York, N.Y. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, N.Y. Michael J. Boni, Esq., Joshua D. Snyder, Esq., Boni & Zack, LLC, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
    for defendant: For Defendants Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Beth A. Wilkinson, Esq., Samantha P. Bateman, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Colin Kass, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, N.Y. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectator, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, N.Y. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Northwest: Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Stephanie A. Jones, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendant New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Deborah Brown, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant Yankees Entertainment Sports Network, LLC: John E. Schmidtlein, Esq., Kenneth Charles Smurzynski, Esq., James Harris Weingarten, Esq., William Jefferson Vigen, Esq., Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202727529273, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 14, 2015) CASE NAME Thomas Laumann, Robert Silver, Garre

  • Laumann v. National Hockey League, 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2015-05-28
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Motley Rice, LLC, New York, N.Y. Marc I. Gross, Esq., Adam G. Kurtz, Esq., Pomerantz, LLP, New York, N.Y. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, N.Y. Michael J. Boni, Esq., Joshua D. Snyder, Esq., Boni & Zack, LLC, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
    for defendant: For Defendants Office Of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Beth A. Wilkinson, Esq., Samantha p. Bateman, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Colin Kass. Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, N.Y. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectator, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, N.Y. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Northwest: Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Stephanie A. Jones, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendant New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Deborah Brown, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant Yankees Entertainment Sports Network, LLC: John E. Schmidtlein, Esq., Kenneth Charles Smurzynski, Esq., James Harris Weingarten, Esq., William Jefferson Vigen, Esq., Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202727529087, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 14, 2015) CASE NAME Thomas Laumann, Robert Silver, Garre

  • SHELL OIL COMPANY AND SHELL INTERNATIONAL, E&P, INC., PETITIONERS, v. ROBERT WRITT, RESPONDENT

    Publication Date: 2015-05-28
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    Date Filed: 2015-05-15
    Court: SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
    Judge: Phil Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-0552

    SUPREME COURT OF TEXASSHELL OIL COMPANY AND SHELL INTERNATIONAL, E&P, INC., PETITIONERS, v. ROBERT WRITT, RESPOND

  • May 26, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Quinn Emanuel Heads to Shanghai, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Having already opened up new offices in Washington, D.C., a href="http://www.

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