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  • December 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Key Securities Issues Need a Look From SCOTUS, Lawyers Say

    Both Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank or Nvidia v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB were widely cited among securities attorneys as cases to watch, as a ruling in either could ripple through the lower courts for years, dramatically altering the litigation landscape. But then the justices dropped the cases.

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  • December 27, 2024 | Litigation Daily

    Let’s Hear It One Last Time!: One More Bow for 2024’s Litigators of the Week

    Quinn Emanuel’s two-year reign atop the Litigator of the Week league tables comes to an end with a new but familiar name amassing the most wins this year.

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  • Sunder Energy, LLC v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Chad M. Shandler, Steven J. Fineman, Kelly E. Farnan, Kevin M. Gallagher, Christine D. Haynes, Alexander M. Krischik, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joshua Berman, Jackson Herndon, Paul C. Gross, Ben Nicholson, Michael H. Rover, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Aaron R. Sims, Eric J. Nascone, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Maureen M. Stewart, Foley & Lardner LLP, Tampa, FL; Jordan C. Bledsoe, Tyler Dever, Bryce W. Talbot, Foley & Lardner LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Paul J. Lockwood, Jenness E. Parker, Jessica R. Kunz, Matthew R. Conrad, Eric M. Holleran, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Karen Hoffman Lent, Evan R. Kreiner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 455, 2023

    Chancery court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to blue pencil employer's restrictive covenants after it found the covenants unenforceable due to their scope; however, the chancery court exceeded its scope of authority in ruling on the enforceability of the employer's operating agreement containing the restrictive covenants, which went beyond the scope of the employer's request for a preliminary injunction.

  • December 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

    Chicago Federal Court Offers Banks Relief From Illinois' Historic Credit Fee Curbs

    U.S. District Chief Judge Virginia Kendall of the Northern District of Illinois found that a coalition of banking associations represented by Jones Day and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom would likely show that the National Bank Act preempts the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act.

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  • December 16, 2024 | Law.com

    US Judge Dismisses Securities Litigation Against Insurance Underwriter

    U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan granted Argo Group's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim where relief can be granted. Argo was represented by a team of Skadden attorneys.

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  • State of Texas v. United States

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Immigration Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-50869

    Plaintiff state of Texas sued the federal defendants alleging common law conversion, trespass to chattels, and violations of the Administrative Procedure Act.

  • December 3, 2024 | National Law Journal

    Justices Appear Leery to Letting Holocaust-Related Claims Against Hungary in U.S. Courts

    Attorney Shay Dvoretzky, representing the survivors, said the commingling of illicit property and expenditure in the United States falls within an exception to the federal Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's general rule that foreign governments cannot be sued in U.S. courts.

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  • December 3, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

    Hungary Tries to Beat Lawsuit from Holocaust Survivors

    Hungary, backed by amicus supporters Germany and the United States, has challenged the D.C. Circuit’s more permissive approach to satisfying the expropriation exception under the FSIA.

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  • December 1, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    The Lawyers Picked (So Far) by Trump for Key Roles in His Second Administration

    Donald Trump has nominated Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers, to be deputy attorney general in his new administration. Blanche, an ex-Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft partner, was a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York for more than eight years.

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  • November 27, 2024 | National Law Journal

    The Lawyers Picked by Trump for Key Roles in His Second Term

    King & Spalding partner Jamieson Greer, selected for the U.S. trade representative position, was the latest attorney pick—and Big Law alum—for Trump's second administration.

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