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  • Clarke v. Town of Newburgh

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Cheryl E. Chambers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Robert A. Spolzino, Jeffrey A. Cohen, David Imamura, Steven Still, and Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School [Ruth Greenwood, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, Daniel Hessel, and Samuel Jacob Davis, pro hac vice], of counsel, Abrams Fensterman, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Misha Tseytlin and Bennet J. Moskowitz of counsel, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY. Intervenor-Appellant Pro Se: Barbara D. Underwood, Judith Vale, Andrea Trento, Beezly J. Kiernan, Sandra Park, Lindsay McKenzie, and Derek Borchardt of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY. Amicus Curiae Pro Se and for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California: Robert Brent Ferguson of counsel, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC. Amicus Curiae Pro Se: Adam Lioz, Samuel Spital, Stuart Naifeh, Michael Pernick, and Maia Cole of counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Town of Mount Pleasant and Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant: Ariana Dindiyal, Robert J. Tucker, Erika D. Prouty, Rebecca Schrote, and E. Mark Braden of counsel, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Town of Cheektowaga: Joseph Burns of counsel, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.
    Case Number: 2024-04376

    90-Day Safe Harbor Not Triggered by Resolution to Remedy Voting Rights Violation

  • Whitaker v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rivas-Molloy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-22-00923-CR

    Appellant pled guilty to robbery with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

  • February 7, 2025 | Law.com

    Landlord Must Pay Prevailing Tenants' $21K Attorney Fees in Commercial Lease Dispute, Appellate Court Rules

    "We also see 'a reasonable connection between the fees and the amount involved in the litigation,' given that the tenants faced an abrupt end to their source of livelihood, and that the total amount awarded ($21,525) was much less than the amount of rent that was at stake in the suit (36 additional months x $1,600 = $57,600)," Justice Margaret Stanton-McBride wrote on behalf of an Illinois appellate panel.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: February 7, 2025

    Publication Date: 2025-02-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:February 5, 2025

  • HSBC Bank USA v. Howell

    Publication Date: 2025-02-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Katherine A. Levine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 506089/2015

    Court Grants Foreclosure to Plaintiff, Established It Was Holder of Note

  • February 6, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    Munger, Gibson Dunn Billed $63 Million to Snap in 2024

    Familial ties between CEO Evan Spiegel and partners at the firms forced Snap to reveal the otherwise private payments.

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  • February 6, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

    Snap Paid $63M in Fees to 2 Am Law 200 Firms in '24

    Familial ties between CEO Evan Spiegel and partners at the firms forced Snap to reveal the otherwise private payments.

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  • Peterson v. Bank Markazi

    Publication Date: 2025-02-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Patrick L. Rocco, Susan M. Davies, Fleischman Bonner & Rocco LLP, White Plains, New York, Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman, Newman & Broudy LLC, New York, New York, on the brief, James P. Bonner, Fleischman Bonner & Rocco LLP, White Plains, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Bank Markazi: Lauren M. Weinstein, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C., Elizabeth K. Clarke, MoloLamken LLP, Chicago, Illinois, on the brief, Robert K. Kry, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C. For Defendant-Appellant Clearstream Banking, S.A.: Craig T. Cagney, Corey M. Meyer, on the brief, Benjamin Kaminetzky, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 15-690-cv

    Court Lack Jurisdiction Over Turn-Over Claim Against Iran's Central Bank Immune Under FSIA

  • February 3, 2025 | Daily Business Review

    How to Frustrate a Federal Judge in the Southern District of Florida

    “If I had to rank motions I dislike the most, Rule 12, that motion to strike has got to be up there,” Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II began to explain to a packed room of attorneys at the Miami Law Class Action & Complex Litigation Forum.

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  • Appellate Division, First Department: February 3, 2025

    Publication Date: 2025-02-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:January 30, 2025