• Wells Fargo Bank v. Aegon USA Investment Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Associate Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Cascade Investment, LLC, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal National Mortgage Association, Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt L.P., Voya Investment Mgmt LLC, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Kore Advisors, L.P., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Pacific Investment Mgmt Company LLC, Teachers Ins. and Annuity Assoc. of America, TCW Group, Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Western Asset Mgmt. Co. (the "Institutional Investors"), Appellants: Kenneth E. Warner of counsel, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, and David M. Sheeren of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX. For American General Life Insurance Company, American Home Assurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (the "AIG Parties"), Appellants: Kevin S. Reed of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For DW Partners LP and Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. (the "DW/Ellington Parties"), Appellants: David I. Greenberger of counsel, Bailey Duquette P.C., New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Tilden Park Investment Master Fund LP, Tilden Park Management I LLC, and Tilden Park Capital Management LP (the "Tilden Park Parties"), Appellants: Jonathan L. Hochman and Anna Vinogradov of counsel, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York, and Philip Bentley and Andrew Pollack of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For Ambac Assurance Corporation, Appellant: Henry J. Ricardo of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For Poetic Holdings VI LLC, Poetic Holdings VII LLC, and Prophet Mortgage Opportunities LP (the "Prophet and Poetic Parties"), Appellants: Felix J. Gilman and Donald W. Hawthorne of counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the Poetic and Prophet Trusts and as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts, Appellant: Martin Gilmore and Sean Connery of counsel, Perkins Coie LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts (the "HBK Parties"), Appellant: Danielle L. Rose, Zachary D. Rosenbaum and Darryl G. Stein of counsel, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York. For Nover Ventures LLC, Respondent: Robert W. Scheef, Gayle R. Klein, David I. Schiefelbein and Steven R. Fisher of counsel, McKool Smith, P.C., New York. For D.E. Shaw Refraction Portfolios, L.L.C. ("D.E. Shaw"), Respondent: Charles R. Jacob III of counsel, Goulston & Storrs PC, New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, Edward P. Allinson, of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel and Kristin A. Mattiske-Nicholls, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Strategos Capital Management, LLC, Respondent: Mauricio A. España of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York. For Olifant Fund, Ltd., FFI Fund Ltd. and FYI Ltd. (the "Olifant Funds"), Respondents: Diana M. Conner and Peter W. Tomlinson of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For GMO Opportunistic Fund and GMO Global Real Return (the "GMO Parties"), Respondents: Joshua S. Sturm and Marie Killmond of counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York. For Amicus Curiae: Maya D. Cater of counsel, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 657387/17

    Court Determines the Distribution of Global Settlement Payment by JPMorgan to Investors

  • August 24, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

    BNY Mellon CLO Joins Leadership Ranks at Provident Bank, Beacon Trust

    After serving six years as chief legal officer of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser Inc. and the BNY Mellon family of funds, Bennett MacDougall joins Provident Bank with a wealth of experience.

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  • August 24, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Jersey Bank Adds New General Counsel

    Bennett MacDougall joins Jersey City-based Provident Bank after serving six years as chief legal officer of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser Inc. and the BNY Mellon family of funds.

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  • June 1, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Lawsuit Accuses Former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black of Defamation, Sexual Violence

    Attorneys at the plaintiffs firm Wigdor are representing a woman who says former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black sexually harassed her, assaulted her and compelled her to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Black has denied the allegations.

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  • February 24, 2021 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers Line Up to Defend Antitrust Allegations Over GameStop Trading Halt

    Appearing before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which will hear arguments on March 25 about whether to coordinate nearly 50 class actions over the trading scandal, were Cravath's Kevin Orsini for Robinhood and Bartlit Beck's Adam Hoeflich for Citadel. Also appearing was Thomas Redburn of Lowenstein Sandler for Melvin Capital Management.

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  • February 24, 2021 | The Recorder

    Lawyers Line Up to Defend Antitrust Allegations Over GameStop Trading Halt

    Appearing before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which will hear arguments March 25 about whether to coordinate nearly 50 class actions over the trading scandal, were Cravath's Kevin Orsini for Robinhood and Bartlit Beck's Adam Hoeflich for Citadel. Also appearing was Thomas Redburn of Lowenstein Sandler for Melvin Capital Management.

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  • Matter of People v. N. Leasing Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-19
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Troy Webber
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the State of New York and Letitia James, Respondents-Appellants: Ester Murdukhayeva and Steven C. Wu of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York.
    for defendant: For Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., Lease Finance Group LLC, MBF Leasing LLC, Lease Source-LSI, LLC, Golden Eagle Leasing LLC, Pushpin Holdings LLC, Jay Cohen and Neil Hertzman, Respondents-Appellants: Andrew J. Levander, Neil Steiner and Patrick Andriola of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York, Robert D. Lillienstein and Scott E. Silberfein of counsel, Moses & Singer LLP, New York. For Joseph I. Sussman, Joseph I. Sussman, P.C. and Eliyahu R. Babad, Appellants-Respondents: Robert A. Freilich and Mark M. Rottenberg of counsel, Rottenberg Lipman Rich, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 450460/16

    Party's Conduct in Procuring EFLs Falls in 'Sham Exception' to 'Noerr-Pennington' Doctrine

  • February 16, 2021 | The Recorder

    Hedge Funds and Robinhood Turn to Kirkland, Quinn Emanuel and Other Top Firms for GameStop Hearing

    Lawyers from Dechert, Akin Gump, Zuckerman Spaeder, Debevoise, Kirkland and Quinn are among the firms counseling parties ahead of the U.S. House hearing this week in the GameStop matter.

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  • February 16, 2021 | National Law Journal

    Hedge Funds and Robinhood Turn to Kirkland, Quinn Emanuel and Other Top Firms for GameStop Hearing

    Lawyers from Dechert, Akin Gump, Zuckerman Spaeder, Debevoise, Kirkland and Quinn are among the firms counseling parties ahead of the U.S. House hearing this week in the GameStop matter.

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  • January 22, 2021 | The American Lawyer

    Hire Up: Leaders of Hot Big Law Practices Are Making Moves

    Law firms are bulking up in life sciences, fintech, white-collar and regulatory practices.

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