• August 11, 2016 | The Recorder

    What the Calif. Supreme Court Said on Class Action Attorney Fees

    [Werdegar-Kathryn-Square-201512031653.jpg] [Goodwin_Liu-Square-201503031713.jpg] The California Supreme Court on Thursday ru

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  • Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, 15-2844-bk

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Creditors-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Celestine Elliott, Lawrence Elliott, and Berenice Summerville, and Appellants-Cross-Appellees Sesay and Bledsoe Plaintiffs: Gary Peller, Washington, D.C. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Plaintiffs: Andrew M. Volk, on the brief, Steven W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington, and Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California, and Rachel J. Geman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, and Edward S. Weisfelner, David J. Molton, Howard S. Steel, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, and Sandra L. Esserman, Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, P.C., Dallas Texas. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Pre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs: Gregory W. Fox, on the brief, William P. Weintraub, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Appellant-Cross-Appellee Doris Powledge Phillips: Joshua P. Davis, Josh Davis Law Firm, Houston, Texas. For Appellants Groman Plaintiffs: Alexander H. Schmidt, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, New York, and Jonathan L. Flaxer, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant General Motors LLC: Scott Davidson, on the brief, Arthur J. Steinberg, King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York, and Merritt E. McAlister, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, and Edward L. Ripley, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas, and Richard C. Godfrey, Andrew B. Bloomer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois. For Trustee-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Wilmington Trust Company: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu, Lisa H. Rubin, Gabriel K. Gillett, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York. For Creditors-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Participating Unitholders: Pratik A. Shah, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., and Daniel H. Golden, Deborah J. Newman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 15-2844-bk(L)

    Cite as: Motors Liquidation, 15-2844-bk, NYLJ 1202762885155, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 13, 2016) CASE NAME In The Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, De

  • Whalen v. Michael Stores Inc., 14-CV-7006

    Publication Date: 2016-01-04
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joanna Seybert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Movant: Dan Edelman, Esq., Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Chicago, IL. For Plaintiffs: Joseph Siprut, Esq., Gregory W. Jones, Esq., Siprut PC, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: Brian Phillip Murray, Esq., Gregory B. Linkh, Esq., Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant: James D. Arden, Esq., Sonia Marquez, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Edward R. McNicholas, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 14-CV-7006

    Cite as: Whalen v. Michael Stores Inc., 14-CV-7006, NYLJ 1202746071787, at *1 (EDNY, Decided December 28, 2015) CASENAME Mary Jane Whalen, individually and on

  • December 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    RICO Class Action Against Bank of America Moves Forward

    A federal judge has denied Bank of America Corp.'s request to dismiss a RICO class action filed against it by home mortgage borrowers. The plaintiffs in Weiss v. Bank of Ameri

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  • December 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    RICO Class Action Against Bank of America Moves Forward

    A federal judge has denied Bank of America Corporation's request to dismiss a RICO class action filed against it by home mortgage borrowers.

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  • December 8, 2015 | National Law Journal

    When a Federal Judge's Son is the Defendant, Courts Turn to Other Circuits

    U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin’s chambers are in Charleston, West Virginia, but in April 2014, he temporarily relocated for a trial in the federal courthouse in San Juan,

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  • December 8, 2015 | National Law Journal

    When a Federal Judge's Son is the Defendant, Courts Turn to Other Circuits

    When Pablo Casellas-Toro—the son of a Puerto Rico federal judge—faced criminal charges, judges from other circuits were brought in to handle the trial and appeal. It's a rare, but not unheard of, situation.

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  • Rodriguez v. Robbins

    Publication Date: 2015-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2015-10-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Terry J. Hatter, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges and Sam E. Haddon,** District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ahilan Thevanesan Arulanantham (argued), Michael Kaufman (argued), Peter Jay Eliasberg, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Judy Rabinovitz, Michael K.T. Tan, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, New York; Cecillia D. Wang, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; Jayashri Srikantiah, Stanford Law School Mills Legal Clinic, Stanford, California; Sean Ashley Commons, Wen Shen, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California; Steven Andrew Ellis, Goodwin Procter LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioners-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.
    for defendant: Sarah Stevens Wilson (argued), Theodore William Atkinson, Hans Harris Chen, Alisa Beth Klein, Robert I. Lester, Jaynie R. Lilley, Benjamin C. Mizer, Nicole Prairie, and Erez Reuveni, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

    Case Number: Nos. 13-56706, 13-56755

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 11725 ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ; ABDIRIZAK ADEN FARAH; JOSE FARIAS CORNEJO; YUSSUF ABDIKADIR; ABEL PEREZ RUELAS, for themselves and on b

  • August 31, 2015 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Couples Prevail In Marriage-License Case

    A federal appeals court last week said a Kentucky county clerk who has resisted the U.S. Supreme Court's gay-marriage ruling on religious grounds cannot continue to withhold marriage lic

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  • August 30, 2015 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Couples Prevail In Marriage-License Case

    A federal appeals court last week said a Kentucky county clerk who has resisted the U.S. Supreme Court's gay-marriage ruling on religious grounds cannot continue to withhold marriage licenses altogether from same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Plus more in this week's column.

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