• Baker v. Microsoft Corporation

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Date Filed: 2015-03-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Gould (argued), Mark A. Griffin, and Amy C. Williams-Derry, Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, Washington; Paul L. Stritmatter, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio, Hoquiam, Washington; Brad J. Moore, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio, Seattle, Washington; Robert L. Esensten, Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten, LLP, Tarzana, California; Darren T. Kaplan, Darren Kaplan Law Firm, P.C., New York, New York; Gregory E. Keller, Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; and Jeffrey M. Ostrow, Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Keechl, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Stephen M. Rummage (argued), Frederick B. Burnside, and John Goldmark, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 12-35946

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2705 SETH BAKER; MATTHEW DANZIG; JAMES JARRETT; NATHAN MARLOW; MARK RISK, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situa

  • March 17, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Polsinelli Sets Up Shop in Raleigh, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Polsinelli, the fast-growing Am Law 100 firm focused on a href="http://www.am

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  • March 17, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Polsinelli Sets Up Shop in Raleigh, Plus More Lateral Moves

    After raiding Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough for five health care partners, fast-growing Polinselli will open an office in Raleigh; Gibson Dunn and Winston & Strawn add new practice leaders; the NSA's top lawyer returns to Mayer Brown; three former federal prosecutors flock to Robins Kaplan and Wilmer; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • March 12, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    22 Make Daily Report's First Lifetime Achiever List

    The Daily Report will recognize four judges and 18 lawyers with Lifetime Achievement Awards as part of the newspaper's 125th anniversary celebration. The honorees have made signif

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  • March 12, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    22 Make Daily Report's First Lifetime Achiever List

    The Daily Report will recognize four judges and 18 lawyers with Lifetime Achievement Awards as part of the newspaper's 125th anniversary celebration.

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  • March 10, 2015 | Legal Times

    Unusual Alliances Back Ex-Va. Governor in Corruption Appeal

    Former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell’s appeal has spurred some unusual alliances. John Ashcroft, attorney general under President George W. Bush, and Gregory Craig, who spen

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  • March 10, 2015 | Legal Times

    Unusual Alliances Back Ex-Va. Governor in Corruption Appeal

    Former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's appeal has spurred some unusual alliances. John Ashcroft, attorney general under President George W. Bush, and Gregory Craig, who spent several years as counsel to President Barack Obama, found common ground in arguing that McDonnell was wrongfully convicted.

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  • IN RE THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, etc., et al., Petitioners

    Publication Date: 2015-03-09
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Friedman, J.P., Acosta, Saxe, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13527

    13527. IN RE THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, etc., et al., Petitioners.— The Bank of New York Mellon, etc., Petitioner-Appellant-Respondent, Blackrock Financial Management Inc., et al., In

  • In re The Bank of New York Mellon, etc., et al., Petitioners, 651786/11

    Publication Date: 2015-03-09
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Acosta, Saxe, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For The Bank of New York Mellon, appellant-respondent: Matthew D. Ingber, Christopher J. Houpt, Hannah Y.S. Chanoine, Michael Kimberly and Michael Rafield of counsel, Mayer Brown LLP, New York., and James M. McGuire, Hector Gonzalez and Mauricio A. España, of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For intervenors-appellants — Respondents: Kathy D. Patrick of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX., and Kenneth E. Warner of counsel, Warner Partners, P.C., New York. For The Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago, City of Grand Rapids General Retirement System, City of Grand Rapids Police and Fire Retirement System and The Westmoreland County Employee Retirement System, respondents-appellants: Beth A. Kaswan, William C. Fredericks and Max R. Schwartz of Counsel, Scott+Scott, LLP, New York. For United States Debt Recovery VIII, LP and United States Debt Recovery X, LP, respondents-appellants: Donna H. Lieberman and Scott A. Ziluck of Counsel, Halperin Battaglia Raicht, LLP, New York. For American Fidelity Assurance Company, respondent-appellant: William B. Federman of counsel, Federman & Sherwood, New York. For amici curiae: Michael E. Johnson and Alexander S. Lorenzo of Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP, New York.

    Case Number: 651786/11

    Cite as: In re Bank of New York Mellon, 651786/11, NYLJ 1202719839969, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided March 5, 2015) h2 class="articleSectionHeader

  • March 6, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Judging Is Part of May's DNA

    Leigh Martin May's career plans didn't always include a federal judgeship. But if her destiny wasn't guaranteed, a post on the federal bench was, at least, in May's DN

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