• Microsoft Corporation. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Lynch and Carney, C.JJ., and Bolden, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant: Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA; The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, James F. Tierney, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett‐Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett‐Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGarr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202762745398, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 14, 2016)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Amer

  • Gregge v. Hugill

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-13
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Edward Bennett Gregge, Kenneth W. Kossoff, Donna M. Klugman, Panitz & Kossoff, LLP
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent, Michael Hugill, as Trustee, Paul D. Fogel, Dennis Peter Maio, Reed Smith LLP, Sheri Lynn Sudweeks, Sugai & Sudweeks, LLP

    Case Number: No. H040663

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7567 EDWARD BENNETT GREGGE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MICHAEL HUGI

  • July 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Notable Mergers, Departures Show Through in Pa. Firm Head Counts

    While Pennsylvania's largest law firms maintained a steady head count overall in 2015, a number of firms experienced noticeable gains and decreases due to mergers, strings of departures

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  • ESG Capital Partners, LP v. Stratos

    Publication Date: 2016-07-11
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Otis D. Wright II, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret A. Grignon (argued) and Paula M. Mitchell, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California; William C. Nystrom, Michael Paris, and Jack I. Siegal, Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Kevin S. Rosen (argued), Matthew S. Kahn, and Bradley J. Hamburger, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee Venable LLP.

    Case Number: No. 13-56684

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7335 ESG CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership and Limited Partners, Plaintiff-Appella

  • July 11, 2016 | The Recorder

    Court Rules Facebook Stock Lawsuit Can Proceed

    SAN FRANCISCO — An appellate court on Monday gave new life to a lawsuit accusing law firm Venable and former partner David Meyer of helping a con man who claimed to have a line on

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  • Brooks v. Clark County

    Publication Date: 2016-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cal J. Potter, III (argued) and C.J. Potter, IV, Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Matthew Christian (argued), Deputy District Attorney; Steven B. Wolfson, District Attorney; Clark County District Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 14-16424

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7246 ADAM BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, and JOHN KEVIN SMITH, Plain

  • July 7, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    As Merger Fever Continues, Phila. Market Is Hot

    As law firms nationwide experience a record pace for mergers and acquisitions, Philadelphia-area firms have accounted for a significant share of the activity. In the second quarter of

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  • In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation. No. 83 and In the Matter of Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation. No. 84

    Publication Date: 2016-07-01
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: New York State, Court of Appeals
    Judge: Both cases: Judges Pigott, Rivera, Stein and Fahey concur. Judge Garcia concurs in result in a separate concurring opinion. Chief Judge DiFiore took no part.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Case No. 83: Seth A. Dymond, for respondents. Case No. 84: John N. Lipsitz, for respondent.
    for defendant: Case No. 83: Caitlin J. Halligan, for appellant. Case No. 84: Caitlin J. Halligan, for appellant.

    Case Number: No. 83 No. 84

    Cite as: NYC Asbestos Litigation, No. 83 & No. 84, NYLJ 1202761181692, at *1 (Ct. of App., Decided June 28, 2016) CASE NAME No. 83: Doris Kay Dummitt, &am

  • June 30, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Judge Blasts Unclaimed Property Practices as Due Process Violation

    In a 39-page memorandum opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory M. Sleet of the Delaware District listed a number of "troubling" infirmities with the law, which allowed state of

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  • Gates v. David, 15-70024 (5th Cir. 05/18/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-06-30
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    Date Filed: 2016-05-18
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: JOLLY, CIRCUIT JUDGE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-70024

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston USDC No. 4:09-CV-2702Before JOLLY, CLEMENT, and HAYNES, Circuit Ju