• NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust v. Acis Capital Mgmt. LP

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust: Griffin S. Rubin, on the brief, Mazin A. Sbaiti, Sbaiti & Company PLLC, Dallas, TX.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Acis Capital Management, L.P. and Joshua N. Terry: Jonathan E. Pickhardt, William B. Adams, on the brief, Blair A. Adams, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Brigade Capital Management, LP.: Jason C. Hegt, Alexis K. Godfrey, on the brief, Samir Deger-Sen, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY. For Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Highland CLO Funding, Ltd.: Jennifer E. Poon, on the brief, Uri A. Itkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1912

    Contract Rescission Action Does Not State Claim; Does Not Violate IAA

  • L.V. v. Rye City School District

    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Discovery | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Victoria Reznik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 7:22 CV 04255

    ADA, Rehabilitation Act §504 Claims Are Not Limited to Administrative Record

  • September 7, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge Timothy K. Lewis Joins Blank Rome Following Schnader Dissolution

    Lewis joins former federal Judges Stephen Orlofsky, from the District of New Jersey, and James Giles and Edward Cahn, from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, at the Am Law 100 firm.

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  • September 7, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Superior Court Rejects Arguments That 'Compilation Theory' Shields Outside Counsel, SEC Inquiry Docs From Review

    The decision came in a construction defects case in which the home builder, Toll Brothers, argued that the work product doctrine barred it from disclosing documents, or making its outside attorney sit for a deposition about a 2016 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.

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  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • Seibert v. Nokia of Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for New Jersey
    Judge: District Judge Salas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-20478 (ES) (AME)

    Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiffs' putative class action alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  • Clark v. United States

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Freeman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Arkel, Evan J. Austin, and Rahul K. Sharma (Office of Federal Public Defender)
    for defendant: Mark E. Coyne and Steven G. Sanders (Office of the United States Attorney)

    Case Number: 21-2704

    Defendant Wishing to Challenge Remedy for Granted §2255 Motion Obligated to Obtain Certificate of Appealability

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • August 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Fed. Judge Is Receptive to Police Officer's Suit Seeking Overtime for At-Home Care of K9 Partner, but Calls for More Details

    The court partially sided with a former K-9 police officer after he sued his place of work for overtime for caring for and housing his K-9 outside of work.

    4 minute read

  • August 9, 2023 | Law.com

    World, Interrupted: Tracking the Trajectory of COVID-19 Business Interruption Litigation

    We've collected all of our coverage, analysis and expert commentary related to COVID-19 business interruption cases nationwide (and, in a few instances, worldwide) and will continue to update this page with new developments.

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