• In the Matter of the Application of Richard Piekos, Holder of Twenty Percent or More of All Issued and Outstanding Shares of Home Studios Inc.—Petitioner v. For the Judicial Dissolution of Home Studio Inc., Pursuant to BCL §1104-a—Respondent, 12542/10

    Publication Date: 2010-08-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: Justice Alan D. Scheinkman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner Richard Piekos: By: Michael A. Levy, Esq., Lewis R. Mandel, Esq., Levy & Schneps, P.C., Manhasset, New York
    for defendant: Former Attorney for Respondent Home Studios Inc.: Craig Avedisian, Esq., New York, New York Attorneys for Respondent Home Studios Inc.: Attorneys for Respondent Home Studios Inc., White Plains, New York

    Case Number: 12542/10

    Cite as: Matter of Piekos v. Home Studio Inc., 12542/10, NYLJ 1202469995780, at *1 (Sup., WE, Decided August 03, 2010)Justice Alan D. Scheinkmanp class="de

  • PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana

    Publication Date: 2012-02-22
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-22
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 10-218

      PPL MONTANA, LLC, Petitioner v. MONTANA No. 10-2

  • Bruce G. Howell v. Motorola, Inc., et al

    Publication Date: 2011-01-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-21
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Wood, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-3837, No. 09-2796

    ARGUED OCTOBER 23, 2008 & MAY 27, 2010Before BAUER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.The two cases that we have consolidated for decision in this opinion both deal with the responsibilities

  • NML Capital, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. The Republic of Argentina, Defendant-Appellant, 12-105(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-10-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, B.D. Parker and Raggi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee NML Capital, Ltd.: THEODORE B. OLSON (Matthew D. McGill, Jason J. Mendro, on the briefs), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert A. Cohen, Charles I. Poret, Eric C. Kirsch, Dechert LLP, New York, N.Y. For Plaintiff-Appellee NML Olifant Fund, Ltd: Stephen D. Poss, Robert D. Carroll, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA For Plaintiffs-Appellees Pablo Alberto Varela, et al.: Michael C. Spencer, Milberg LLP, New York, N.Y. For Plaintiffs-Appellees Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd., ACP Master, Ltd., Blue Angel Capital I LLC, and Aurelius Opportunities Master Fund II, LLC.: Edward A. Friedman, Daniel B. Rapport, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, N.Y.; Jeffrey A. Lamken, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant The Republic of Argentina: JONATHAN I. BLACKMAN (Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Sara A. Sanchez, Michael M. Brennan, on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, N.Y. For Amici Curiae Prof. Ronald Mann and EM Ltd., in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: David W. Rivkin, Suzanne M. Grosso, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, N.Y.; Ronald Mann, Esq., pro se, New York, N.Y. For Amici Curiae Montreux Partners, L.P. and Wilton Capital, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Walter Rieman, Andrew W. Amend, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, N.Y. For Amicus Curiae the Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Prof. Kenneth W. Dam, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Kevin S. Reed, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Amicus Curiae the United States of America, in support of Defendant-Appellant: John D. Clopper (Jeannette A. Vargas, Sarah S. Norman, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, N.Y.; Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Sharon Swingle, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; George W. Madison, General Counsel, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.; Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Advisor, Department of State, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae the Clearing House Association L.L.C., in support of Defendant-Appellant: Paul Saltzman, Joseph R. Alexander, H. Rodgin Cohen, Michael Wiseman, The Clearing House Association L.L.C., New York, N.Y.; Sergio J. Galvis, Joseph F. Neuhaus, Michael J. Ushkown, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 12-105(L)

    Cite as: NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 12-105(L), NYLJ 1202576641567, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 26, 2012)Before: Pooler, B.D. Parker a

  • In re Roth

    Publication Date: 2013-05-13
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-16
    Court: 9th Cir., B.A.P.
    Judge: Honorable Randolph J. Haines, Bankruptcy Judge, Presiding Before: RENN,** PAPPAS and KIRSCHER, Bankruptcy Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Appellant Jane Rose Roth on brief;
    for defendant: Julie K. Swedback, Esq. on brief for appellee Educational Credit Management Corporation.

    Case Number: BAP No. AZ-11-1233-RnPaKi

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 4836In re: JANET ROSE ROTH, Debtor. JANET ROSE ROTH, Appellan

  • In the Matter of theState of New York, Appellantv. Mustafa Rashid, Respondent.,No. 205

    Publication Date: 2010-11-23
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    Court: New York State Court of Appeals
    Judge: Opinion by Judge Read. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Pigott and Jones concur. Judge Graffeo dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge Smith concurs in a separate opinion.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura R. Johnson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sadie Z. Ishee, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 205

    *1Susan P. READ, J.In this appeal, we are called upon to resolve issues of interpretation of article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law, the key component of the recently e

  • Bah v. Mukasey, 07-1715-ag

    Publication Date: 2008-06-16
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-11
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Straub
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-1715-ag

    Before: Straub, Pooler and Sotomayor, C.JJ. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Ronald S. Salomon, New York, NY, for Petitioner Salimatou Bah. Theodore

  • Ganim v. Smith and Wesson Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-08
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-09
    Court: Conn. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Borden, Norcott, Palmer, Zarella and Klaczak, Js.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: SC 16465

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. OpinionBORDEN, J. The dispositive issue of this appeal iswhether the plaintiffs, a Connecticut municipality andits

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  • In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation

    Publication Date: 2013-07-31
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    Date Filed: 2013-07-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia A. Wilken, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Gordon J. Quist, Senior District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve W. Berman (argued) and Erin K. Flory, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Robert Carey and Leonard Aragon, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Kelli L. Sager (argued), Alonzo Wickers IV, Karen A. Henry, Lisa J. Kohn and Anna R. Buono, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, California; Robert A. Van Nest, Steven A. Hirsch and R. James Slaughter, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellant. Douglas E. Mirell, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Amy E. Margolin, Bien & Summers, San Francisco, California; Michael Rubin and P. Casey Pitts, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae National Football League Players Association, Major League Baseball Players Association, National Basketball Players Association, National Hockey League Players' Association, and Major League Soccer Players Union. Thomas R. Carpenter and Purvi Patel, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, New York, New York; Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and Danielle S. Van Lier, Screen Actors Guild, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae Screen Actors Guild, Inc., American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, Writers Guild of America, West, Inc., Creative Property Rights Alliance, Fifty Six Hope Road Music Ltd., Luminary Group LLC, Thomas Steinbeck, and Gail Knight Steinbeck. Nathan Siegel and Lee Levine, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., Washington, District of Columbia, for Amici Curiae Advance Publications, A&E Television Networks, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Association of American Publishers, Activision, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Capcom USA, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, E! Entertainment Television, ESPN, First Amendment Coalition, First Amendment Project, Freedom Communications, The Gannett Company, Gawker Media, Hybrid Films, ITV Studios, Konami Digital Entertainment, The Los Angeles Times, The McClatchy Company, Namco Bandai Games America, Original Productions, The Press­Enterprise Company, Radio Television Digital News Association, Sirens Media, Take Two Interactive Software, Thq, Viacom, The Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, and Wenner Media. Gregory L. Cutner and Robert J. Wierenga, Schiff Harden, LLP, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Rocky N. Unruh, Schiff Hardin, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae National Collegiate Athletic Association.** ** The NCAA's motion to file its amicus brief is GRANTED.

    Case Number: No. 10-15387

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8156 IN RE: NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETE NAME & LIKENESS LICENSING LITIGATION, SAMUEL MICHAEL KELLER;