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Heleen Mees, Applicant‐Appellant v. Willem H. Buiter, Respondent‐Appellee*, 14‐1866

Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, Lynch, and Lohier, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Applicant‐Appellant Heleen Mees: Joshua J. Libling, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, New York, and Brooke A. Alexander, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, New York, on the brief, Olav A. Haazen, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY.
for defendant: For Respondent‐Appellee Willem H. Buiter: Joseph Weiner, Katsky Korins LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, Adrienne B. Koch, Katsky Korins LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 14‐1866

Cite as: Mees v. Buiter, 14‐1866, NYLJ 1202732560960, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 17, 2015) 14‐1866

July 20, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Opens Door to NY Discovery for Netherlands Suit

A woman suing for defamation in the Netherlands has been given a chance at discovery in New York in her quest to prove that a banking executive had her wrongly arrested for stalking h

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July 20, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Opens Door to NY Discovery for Netherlands Suit

A former NYU professor suing for defamation in the Netherlands has been given a chance at discovery in New York in her quest to prove that Citigroup's chief economist had her wrongly arrested for stalking him.

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July 20, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Justices Side With Plaintiffs Over Med-Mal Expert Qualifications

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that trial judges should be given flexibility in determining whether an expert is qualified to testify in a medical malpractice case. The June 13 d

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July 20, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Justices Side With Plaintiffs Over Med-Mal Expert Qualifications

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that trial judges should be given flexibility in determining whether an expert is qualified to testify in a medical malpractice case.

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July 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Class Certification—Again

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case Bouaphakeo v. Tyson Foods. There, the court will—for the third time this decade—address the certif

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July 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Class Certification—Again

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte review the case brought by employees at a Tyson Foods meat-processing facility and the Supreme Court's upcoming review of the use of statistical averages in liability and damages calculations as well as the inclusion of potentially uninjured individuals within a class.

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In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 40000/88

Publication Date: 2015-07-13
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Friedman, Moskowitz, Clark, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff-Respondents: All Nycal Cases.
for defendant: Defendants-Appellants: A.O Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, Crane Co., et al. For Crane Co., appellant: Michael J. Ross of the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, K & L Gates LLP, Pittsburg, PA. For Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., appellant: E. Leo Milonas of counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, New York. and Kerry A. Brennan of counsel, Brennan Law Firm PLLC, New York.
Case Number: 40000/88

Cite as: In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 40000/88, NYLJ 1202731835505, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided July 9, 2015) 4000

July 9, 2015 | Daily Report Online

3 Republican Lawyer-Politicos Start Boutique Firm

Correction appended Three politically connected Republican lawyers—Doug Chalmers, BJay Pak and Tippi Burch—have opened a new political law and litig

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People v. Banks

Publication Date: 2015-07-09
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Date Filed: 2015-07-09
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Marc A. Kohm, Peggy Z. Huang, Keith H. Borjon and Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Sharon M. Jones, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Leon Banks
Case Number: No: S213819

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7559 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEON BANKS et al., Def