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  • Banks v. General Motors LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-14
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Josephine A. Greco, Greco Trapp, PLLC, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Monica L. Lacks and Samuel H. Ottinger, on the brief, Rebecca J. Bennett, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Cleveland, Ohio. For Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Christopher Lage, Jennifer S. Goldstein, Elizabeth E. Theran, Gail S. Coleman, on the brief, Georgina Yeomans, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 21-2640

    Court Erred in Granting GM Judgment on Employee's Retaliation Claim

  • 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

  • U.S. v. Percoco

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Robert L. Boone, Janis M. Echenberg, Won S. Shin, on the brief, Matthew D. Podolsky, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Joseph Percoco: Walter P. Loughlin, New York, NY, on the briefs, Michael L. Yaeger, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-2990

    Private Citizen May Be Convicted of Honest-Services Fraud; Jury Instructions Erroneous

  • September 6, 2023 | The Recorder

    Biden's Latest Round of Judicial Nominees Includes Picks for California, New Jersey Courts

    The Biden administration selected Kirk E. Sherriff, a former White & Case attorney, for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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  • U.S. v. Schiller

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Tax
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Maria Araujo Kahn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America: David A. Hubbert, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Joan I. Oppenheimer, Atty., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Breon Peace, U.S. Atty. E.D.N.Y, on the brief, Julie Ciamporcero Avetta, Atty., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Walter Schiller and Denise Schiller: Larry Kars, Larry Kars P.C., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22 1566 CV

    IRS Referral Did Not Invalidate, Bar Government Suit to Collect Tax Debt

  • U.S. v. McPartland

    Publication Date: 2023-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jo Ann M. Navickas, Nicole Boeckmann, and Michael Maffei, Assistant United States Attorneys, and Lara Treinis Gatz, Special Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justina Geraci, Assistant United States Attorney, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Christopher McPartland: Lisa Cahill, Krantz & Berman LLP, New York, NY; Bradley Gershel, Ballard Spahr LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Larry H. Krantz, Krantz & Berman LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Thomas J. Spota: Erin Monju, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Alan Vinegrad, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-1999 cr

    Prosecutors' Convictions Upheld; Fear of Retaliation Evidence Not Admitted in Error

  • U.S. v. Cottom

    Publication Date: 2023-08-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 6:15-CR-06054

    Motion to Terminate Supervised Release Early Is Denied as Inappropiate

  • Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeffrey M. Benjamin, The Linden Law Group, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Roy A. Mura, Scott D. Mancuso, Mura Law Group, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.
    Case Number: 22-349-cv

    RICO Suit for Business, Property Injury Not Barred by Personal Injury Preceding Action

  • Tarpon Bay Partners LLC v. Zerez Holdings Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant and Counterclaim Defendants-Appellants: George O. Richardson, III, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Cross-Appellant: Evan K. Buchberger, on the brief, Jonathan M. Shapiro, Aeton Law Partners, Middletown, CT.
    Case Number: 21-1916-cv

    Signing Fee Note Not Established as Unconscionable at Summary Judgment Stage

  • United States v. Sadeek

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-40332

    Defendant was convicted of enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and transfer of obscene material to a minor.