• March 2, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Steep Drop in EEOC Lawsuits

    Judging by the numbers, it might look as if the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has gone soft.

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  • The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Peter DiTommaso, Defendant-Appellant, 2712/06; 11930

    Publication Date: 2015-02-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Tom, J.P., Friedman, Andrias, Saxe, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: Paul Shechtman, Megan Quattlebaum and Maggie Lynaugh of counsel, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For respondent: Stuart P. Levy, Peter D. Coddington and Diane A. Shearer of counsel, Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx.

    Case Number: 2712/06; 11930

    Cite as: The People v. DiTommaso, 2712/06, NYLJ 1202719018150, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided February 24, 2015) 2712/06; 11930 Before: Tom, J.P.,

  • February 26, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Legal Names Attorney of the Year Finalists

    As part of The Legal’s upcoming Professional Excellence Awards supplement, the three finalists for Attorney of the Year have been named. The Attorney of the Year Award, in its s

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  • February 26, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    New Eleventh Circuit Judges Get Official Welcome

    Undeterred by wintry weather, federal appeals court judges gathering in Atlanta this week officially welcomed their two newest colleagues with kind words, food and drink. A common the

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  • February 26, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    New Eleventh Circuit Judges Get Official Welcome

    Undeterred by wintry weather, federal appeals court judges gathered in Atlanta this week officially welcomed their two newest colleagues with kind words, food and drink.

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  • February 26, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Legal Names Attorney of the Year Finalists

    As part of The Legal's upcoming Professional Excellence Awards supplement, the three finalists for Attorney of the Year have been named.

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  • February 24, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Ropes & Gray Ramps Up in Data Security, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Wall Street and Am Law 100 firms are increasingly looking to cooperate in battling cybercrimes, with The New York Times a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/business/dealbook/wall-st-a

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  • February 24, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Ropes & Gray Ramps Up in Data Security, Plus More Lateral Moves

    A data privacy expert joins Ropes & Gray on the West Coast; a former Bingham McCutchen practice leader lands at Mayer Brown; Epstein Becker & Green's 15-lawyer raid lands it an office in Princeton; Cleary Gottlieb hires a former Sullivan & Cromwell tax partner and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 14-97-bk(L)

    Publication Date: 2015-02-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Wesley, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimants-Appellants MBE Preferred Limited Partnership et al: Walter H. Curchack, Daniel B. Besikof, Michael Barnett, on the brief, P. Gregory Schwed, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant Estate of Doris M. Pearlman (IRA): Laura K. Clinton, Scott P. Lindsay, on the brief, Richard A. Kirby, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC. For Claimant-Appellant Michael Most: Paula J. Warmuth, Stim & Warmuth, P.C., Farmingville, NY. For Claimants-Appellants 2427 Parent Corporation et al: Matthew Gluck, Matthew A. Kupillas, Jennifer Young, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, Parvin Aminolroaya, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Melvyn I. Weiss and Barbara J. Weiss et al: Parvin Aminolroaya, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Harold J. Hein et al: Carole Neville, Dentons US LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Lillian Berman Goldfarb et al: Philip Bentley, Elise S. Frejka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant HHI Investment Trust #2: Marcy Ressler Harris, Jennifer M. Opheim, Mark D. Richardson, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant The Kostin Co: Bernard J. Garbutt III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Marsha Peshkin et al: Helen Davis Chaitman, Peter W. Smith, Julie Gorchkova, Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Plaintiff-Appellee Securities Investor Protection Corporation: Kevin H. Bell, Senior Associate General Counsel for Dispute Resolution, Christopher H. Larosa, Senior Associate General Counsel-Litigation, Lauren T. Attard, Assistant General Counsel, on the brief, Josephine Wang, General Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff-Appellee Irving H. Picard, as Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Estate of Bernard L. Madoff: David J. Sheehan, Jorian L. Rose, Amy Elizabeth Vanderwal, on the brief, Seanna R. Brown, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-97-bk(L)

    Cite as: In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 14-97-bk(L), NYLJ 1202718616031, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 20, 2015) 14-97-bk(L) Bef

  • TRILEGIANT CORPORATION, plf-res, v. ORBITZ, LLC def-ap

    Publication Date: 2015-02-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Acosta, J.P., Renwick, Feinman, Clark, Kapnick, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14164-14165

    14164-14165. TRILEGIANT CORPORATION, plf-res, v. ORBITZ, LLC def-ap — Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York (John S. Letchinger of the bar of the State of Illinois, admitted pro hac vice,