• November 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associate Class of 2023

    Congratulations to these associates, who joined their firms from Oct. 8, 2022, through Oct. 1, 2023.

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  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Edwin J. Harron, James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; William M. Kelleher, Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0822-SG

    Court dismissed in rem action over limited partnership interest where hearing the action would require the court to hale in defendants it lacked personal jurisdiction over and the proceedings were an attempt to circumvent the dismissal of plaintiff's fraudulent transfer claim against defendants for lack of jurisdiction.

  • Bank of Am., N.A. v. Kessler

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Colleen Duffy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Jonathan E. Ginsberg and Suzanne M. Berger of counsel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Charles Wallshein Esq. PLLC, Melville, NY.

    Case Number: 2018-00886

    RPAPL 1304 Not Strictly Complied With; Condition Precedent to Foreclosure Not Satisfied

  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Damon B. Ferrara, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69464

    Transfer of an ownership interest in a Delaware entity by itself was insufficient to constitute sufficient minimum contacts to support the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over the foreign transferor and transferee.

  • February 18, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Reversing Course, 11th Circuit Says Georgia False Claims Act Suit Over VA-Backed Loans May Target Florida Exec

    In a lawsuit claiming the VA was defrauded of hundreds of millions of dollars, the circuit court now says a Florida businessman and philanthropist may me liable for damages along with the loan company he is accused of looting.

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  • January 15, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    11th Circuit Revives False Claims Act Lawsuit Over Hundreds of Millions in Improper VA-Backed Loans

    The qui tam suit accused now-defunct Mortgage Investors Corp. and its president of adding illegal fees to Veterans Administration-backed loans, costing the government hundreds of millions of dollars.

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  • December 30, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    Finding 'Tailwind' in Downturns: Why Murphy & McGonigle Opened 2 Offices in 2020

    James Murphy says his firm's conservative financial approach helped it take advantage of opportunities in 2020.

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  • Ruth et al. v. Cherokee Funding, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-09
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Angela Rene Fox, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Jeremy Springer McKenzie, Christopher Dorian Britt, (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, Robert Bartley Turner, Kathryn Hughes Pinckney, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Bradley Mitchell Harmon, Allan Charles Galis, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, Geoffrey H. Bracken, Scott D. Ellis, (Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP), Houston, for appellee. Ean Kade Cullefer, (Georgia Chamber of Commerce), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Jeremy Lynn Kidd, (Mercer University School of Law), Macon, Thomas Darrell Weldon, Jr. (Weldon Law Firm), Ringgold, for amicus appellee. Douglas Edward Herman, Thomas Lawrence Evans, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: S17G2021

    Financing arrangement did not come under the purview of the Industrial Loan Act or the Payday Lending Act

  • EMM Credit, LLC v. Alexander Remington et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret Thrasher, Sarah Newman (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P. C.), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Koski (The Koski Firm), Sarasota; Grace Tillman (Richard C. Wayne & Associates, PC.), Atlanta; Steven Lefkoff (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta; Scott King (Jacobs King & Wallack LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1031

    The trial court properly found that creditor's fraudulent transfer claim was not assignable.

  • October 6, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Centauro Liquid Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. v. Bazzoni

    District Judge Laura Taylor Swain Click

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