• Wells Fargo Bank v. Aegon USA Investment Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Associate Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Cascade Investment, LLC, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal National Mortgage Association, Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt L.P., Voya Investment Mgmt LLC, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Kore Advisors, L.P., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Pacific Investment Mgmt Company LLC, Teachers Ins. and Annuity Assoc. of America, TCW Group, Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Western Asset Mgmt. Co. (the "Institutional Investors"), Appellants: Kenneth E. Warner of counsel, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, and David M. Sheeren of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX. For American General Life Insurance Company, American Home Assurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (the "AIG Parties"), Appellants: Kevin S. Reed of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For DW Partners LP and Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. (the "DW/Ellington Parties"), Appellants: David I. Greenberger of counsel, Bailey Duquette P.C., New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Tilden Park Investment Master Fund LP, Tilden Park Management I LLC, and Tilden Park Capital Management LP (the "Tilden Park Parties"), Appellants: Jonathan L. Hochman and Anna Vinogradov of counsel, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York, and Philip Bentley and Andrew Pollack of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For Ambac Assurance Corporation, Appellant: Henry J. Ricardo of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For Poetic Holdings VI LLC, Poetic Holdings VII LLC, and Prophet Mortgage Opportunities LP (the "Prophet and Poetic Parties"), Appellants: Felix J. Gilman and Donald W. Hawthorne of counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the Poetic and Prophet Trusts and as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts, Appellant: Martin Gilmore and Sean Connery of counsel, Perkins Coie LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts (the "HBK Parties"), Appellant: Danielle L. Rose, Zachary D. Rosenbaum and Darryl G. Stein of counsel, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York. For Nover Ventures LLC, Respondent: Robert W. Scheef, Gayle R. Klein, David I. Schiefelbein and Steven R. Fisher of counsel, McKool Smith, P.C., New York. For D.E. Shaw Refraction Portfolios, L.L.C. ("D.E. Shaw"), Respondent: Charles R. Jacob III of counsel, Goulston & Storrs PC, New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, Edward P. Allinson, of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel and Kristin A. Mattiske-Nicholls, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Strategos Capital Management, LLC, Respondent: Mauricio A. España of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York. For Olifant Fund, Ltd., FFI Fund Ltd. and FYI Ltd. (the "Olifant Funds"), Respondents: Diana M. Conner and Peter W. Tomlinson of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For GMO Opportunistic Fund and GMO Global Real Return (the "GMO Parties"), Respondents: Joshua S. Sturm and Marie Killmond of counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York. For Amicus Curiae: Maya D. Cater of counsel, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 657387/17

    Court Determines the Distribution of Global Settlement Payment by JPMorgan to Investors

  • Appellate Division, First Department: August 20, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: August 20, 2021

  • August 18, 2021 | National Law Journal

    Trump Recruited Big Law Lawyers to Government—And Many Are Staying

    "For government agencies, recruiting talent from private practice is a way to inject new ideas and experience into industry regulation and enforcement," said Lauren Drake of Macrae.

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  • Honickman v. BLOM Bank SAL

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Aaron A. Schlanger, Dina Gielchinsky, on the brief, Michael J. Radine, Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Michael H. McGinley, Ryan M. Moore, Selby P. Brown, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, Linda C. Goldstein, Dechert LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-575

    Claims Do Not Support Inference Bank Knew of Customers' Ties to Hamas Before Attacks

  • August 6, 2021 | Litigation Daily

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Latham's rare trial win fending off a "holder's" claim for client NextGen Healthcare Inc. leads this week's runners-up.

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  • July 28, 2021 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit's Kathleen O'Malley to Retire Next Year, Handing Biden 2nd Pick

    O'Malley is the only judge in the court's 38-year history to have served previously as a district court judge. Some IP litigators are hopeful that President Biden will take that into account when choosing a successor.

    4 minute read

  • July 28, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

    With Fed Circuit Seat Set to Open Next Year, Some Say Del.'s Judge Stark Primed for Elevation

    O'Malley is the only judge in the court's 38-year history to have served previously as a district court judge. Some IP litigators are hopeful that President Biden will take that into account when choosing a successor.

    4 minute read

  • July 28, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    As Fed Circuit Seat Set to Open Next Year, Some Say Del.'s Judge Stark Primed for Elevation

    O'Malley is the only judge in the court's 38-year history to have served previously as a district court judge. Some IP litigators are hopeful that President Biden will take that into account when choosing a successor.

    4 minute read

  • June 23, 2021 | Law.com

    What Do SCOTUS Rulings on College Athletes, Goldman Sachs Say About Class Actions? Plus: Judge's Order Would Cut Fees in Roundup MDL

    Lawyers on both sides had positive reactions to a decision to remand a securities action against the investment bank for further review.

    7 minute read

  • June 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News—June 16, 2021—McNees Wallace, Kleinbard

    McNees Wallace & Nurick attorney Esch McCombie earned the title of "Man of the Year" of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Central Pennsylvania chapter, and Kleinbard announced the addition of Ana Calves and James Yoakum as associates.

    4 minute read