• June 6, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Ostrager Takes Up Gavel As NY Looks to Deepen Commercial Bench

    Plaintiffs in New York State Supreme Court with business flaps involving less than $500,000 may soon find themselves before a new judge—one used to disputes where half a million do

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  • June 6, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Ostrager Takes Up Gavel As NY Looks to Deepen Commercial Bench

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Barry Ostrager, freshly retired from the firm at 67, reported to his new chambers at 60 Centre Street in Manhattan this week as New York's newest acting Supreme Court justice.

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  • June 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Supreme Court Review in Labor and Employment

    This is the first of two columns discussing U.S. Supreme Court decisions from the 2014-2015 term in the area of labor and employment law of significance for employers. This month we review r

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  • June 1, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    June Deals & Suits

    AbbVie Inc. Pharmacyclics Inc. North Chicago, Illinois-based biopharmaceutical company AbbVie Inc. said March 4 it will buy Sunnyvale, Cali

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

    Publication Date: 2015-05-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    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
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    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

  • May 20, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Chancery Addresses Stock Repurchases From Activist Stockholders

    It is not uncommon these days to see an activist stockholder—whether an individual or entity (such as a hedge fund)—acquire a meaningful, but far from controlling, stock

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  • May 20, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Chancery Addresses Stock Repurchases From Activist Stockholders

    It is not uncommon these days to see an activist stockholder—whether an individual or entity (such as a hedge fund)—acquire a meaningful, but far from controlling, stock position in a corporation, and then seek to use that equity stake to exert pressure on the corporation to advocate for change.

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  • May 18, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    June Deals & Suits

    AbbVie Inc. Pharmacyclics Inc. North Chicago, Illinois-based biopharmaceutical company AbbVie Inc. said March 4 it will buy Sunnyvale, California-based…

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  • May 15, 2015 | Law.com

    The Supreme Court Faces Intellectual Property Battles Head-On

    The court is set to consider some high-profile IP issues, possibly including the question of copyrighting computer software in 'Google v. Oracle'

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