• Vans Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Philip A. Goldstein, McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY; Tanya L. Greene, McGuire Woods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Megan K. Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William D. Patterson, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago IL, on the brief, David H. Bernstein. For Amicus Curiae Daniel Arsham in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Vivek Jayaram, Jayaram Law Group, Chicago, IL. For Amici Curiae Emmanuel Perrotin, Jean-Paul Engelen in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Ronald D. Coleman, Dhillon Law Group Inc., Newark, NJ. For Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Mark A. Lemley, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., and Accessories Council in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Zachary D. Cohen, Rachel W. Adams, on the brief, John P. O'Herron, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond, VA. For Amicus Curiae Nike, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Tamar Y. Duvdevani, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, on the brief, Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA. For Amicus Curiae International Trademark Association in Support of neither party: Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY; David Donahue, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Vijay K. Toke, Rimon P.C., San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae Authors Alliance, Mason Rothschild, Alfred Steiner in Support of neither party: Mark P. McKenna, Christopher J. Sprigman, Rebecca Tushnet, on the brief, Rhett O. Millsaps II, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1006

    Confusion on Source of Wavy Baby Shoe Likely; Vans Likely to Prevail on Infringement Claim

  • Saba Capital CEF Opportunities 1 LLC v. Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jacob W. Buchdahl, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark P. Musico, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Global High Income Fund, and Nuveen Senior Income Fund: Parker Rider-Longmaid, Kyser Blakely, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC; Scott Musoff, Boris Bershteyn, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Eben Colby, Emily Jennings, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA, on the Brief, Shay Dvoretzky, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellants Terence J. Toth, Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, Albin F. Moschner, John K. Nelson, Judith M. Stockdale, Carole E. Stone, Margaret L. Wolff, Robert L. Young, and Matthew Thornton III, in their capacity as Trustees of the Nuveen Trusts: Robert A. Skinner, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Amy D. Roy, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA. For Amicus Curiae The Investment Company Institute in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Susan Olson, Dorothy Donohue, Kenneth Fang, The Investment Company Institute, Washington, DC; Steven A. Engel, David A. Kotler, Michael H. McGinley, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Bulldog Investors, LLP in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Aaron T. Morris, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-407

    Firm's Bylaws Amendment Violates ICA as Restriction on Shareholders, Not on Shares

  • The Estate of Maryanne Pierro v. Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Ronald Castorina Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 152011/2022

    Plaintiff Alleged Sufficient Facts That Rose Defendants' Conduct to Gross Negligence

  • November 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    $370K Attorney Fee Challenged as Case Heads to 11th Circuit in Atlanta

    "This court has already excluded 'unsuccessful work' from the lodestar calculation," Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote.

    4 minute read

  • Cunningham v. Cornell Univ.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Jerome J. Schlichter, Heather Lea, and Joel D. Rohlf, on the brief, Sean E. Soyars, Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP, St. Louis, MO.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Nancy G. Ross, Samuel P. Myler, and Jed W. Glickstein, on the brief, Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL; Michelle N. Webster, on the brief, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Cornell University, The Retirement Plan Oversight Committee, and Mary G. Opperman. For CapFinancial Partners, LLC: Eric S. Mattson, Joseph R. Dosch, and Meredith R. Aska McBride, on the brief, Caroline A. Wong, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL. For Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and American Benefits Council, amici curiae in support of Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Jaime A. Santos and William M. Jay, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC; James O. Fleckner and Alison V. Douglass, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA; Stephanie A. Maloney, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 21-88-cv

    Retirement Plan Participants Fail to Plausibly Allege 'Prohibited Transactions' Claim

  • November 16, 2023 | Daily Business Review

    $370K Attorney Fee Challenged as Case Heads to 11th Circuit

    "This court has already excluded 'unsuccessful work' from the lodestar calculation," Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote.

    4 minute read

  • November 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associate Class of 2023

    Congratulations to these associates, who joined their firms from Oct. 8, 2022, through Oct. 1, 2023.

    53 minute read

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: November 13, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:November 8, 2023

  • Matter of Nat'l Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. Reichman

    Publication Date: 2023-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Linda Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Scott A. Levin, A. Augustus LaSala, and Matthew A. Lipman, pro hac vice, of counsel, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Amedeo Calandriello of counsel, Law Offices of Louis M. Spizzirro, P.C., Yonkers, NY.

    Case Number: 2021-08937

    Insurer May Petition for Restitution's Payment Through Enforcement of Lien on Property

  • U.S. v. Lajeunesse

    Publication Date: 2023-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Paul D. Silver, Assistant U.S. Attorney of Counsel for Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: James P. Egan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 22-178

    Suppression's Denial Upheld But Court Erred in Denying Allocution at Sentencing