• October 16, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Supervising Judge Shirdan-Harris Named as New Phila. Administrative Judge

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has appointed Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lisette Shirdan-Harris as the new administrative judge, replacing Judge Jacqueline Allen.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: October 14, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-10-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Handdown list released on: October 14, 2020
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: October 14, 2020

  • October 7, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    Director Oversight Duty Claims

    As derivative plaintiffs continue to seek to expand what constitutes mission critical corporate risk, these decisions provide practical guidance on how courts will: (i) identify the key compliance risks a company's business presents, and (ii) evaluate whether a particular company has implemented reasonable board-level monitoring and reporting procedures.

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  • September 30, 2020 | Law.com

    Barrett's Class Action Opinions Under the Microscope, Plus: Two Possible MDLs Target Teva

    President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, has a short but intriguing record on big tort cases and arbitration

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  • Bldg. & Realty Inst. of Westchester & Putnam Counties Inc. v. State of New York

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and Putnam Counties, Inc.; Apartment Owners Advisory Council; Cooperative and Condominium Council; Stepping Stones Associates, L.P.; Lisa DeRosa as Principal of Stepping Stones, L.P.; Jefferson House Associates, L.P.; Shub Karman, Inc.; DiLaRe, Inc.; Property Management Associates; Nilsen Management Co., Inc.: Kenneth J. Finger, Esq., Finger & Finger, A Professional Corporation, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants State of New York; Ruthanne Visnauskas in her official capacity as Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal; and the Division of Homes and Community Renewal: Michael A. Berg, Esq., Shi-Shi Wang, Esq., New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY. Counsel for Proposed Intervenor 300 Apartment Associates, Inc.: Mark A. Guterman, Esq., Lehrman, Lehrman & Guterman, LLP, White Plains, NY.

    Case Number: 19-CV-11285

    Apartment's Proprietary Lessee Denied Intervention in Challenge to ETPA's Amendment

  • September 9, 2020 | Law.com

    What Does Failure of 2 COVID-19 Exposure Claims Say About Courts' Standards? Plus: Courtroom Falsehood Could Warrant Sanctions

    Judges gave the plaintiffs a chance to amend, but the rulings are a blow for those trying to get over the first hurdle at a motion to dismiss.

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  • September 8, 2020 | Law.com

    Will Hong Kong's Troubles Benefit Japan and South Korea?

    Both countries face such challenges as heavy tax burdens, bloated government and monolingualism. But their governments are implementing policies to make them more attractive to foreign companies.

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  • Federal Trade Comm. v. Vyera Pharms. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-25
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission: Markus H. Meier, Bradley S. Albert, Armine Black Daniel W. Butrymowicz, D. Patrick Huyett, Neal J. Perlman, J. Maren Schmidt, James H. Weingarten, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff State of New York: Letitia James, Christopher D'Angelo, Elinor R. Hoffman, Saami Zain, Amy McFarlane, Jeremy Kasha, Bryan Bloom, Office of the New York Attorney General Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY. For Plaintiff State of California: Michael D. Battaglia, Office of the Attorney General of California, San Francisco, CA. For Plaintiff State of Ohio: David Yost, Beth Finnerty, Elizebeth M. Maag, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, OH. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro, Tracy W. Wertz, Joseph Betsko, Stephen Scannell, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA. For Plaintiff State of Illinois: Richard S. Schultz, Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, IL. For Plaintiff State of North Carolina: Joshua H. Stein, K.D. Sturgis, Jessica V. Sutton, North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Consumer Protection Division, Raleigh, NC. For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia: Mark R. Herring, Sarah Oxenham Allen, Tyler T. Henry, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendants Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Phoenixus AG: Stacey Anne Mahoney, Sarah E. Hsu Wilbur, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY., Scott A. Stempel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. Steven A. Reed, Francis A. DeSimone, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Noah J. Kaufman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, MA. For Defendant Martin Shkreli: Christopher H. Casey, Esq., A.J. Rudowitz, Esq., Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA. Edward T. Kang, Kandis L. Kovalsky, Kang, Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant Kevin Mulleady: Kevin J. Arquit, Albert Shemmy Mishaan, Kenneth R. David, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20cv706

    UTPCPL Claim Fails to Adequately Allege Shkreli's Anticompetitive Conduct Was Fraudulent

  • August 14, 2020 | The Recorder

    After COVID-19 Hiring Slowdown, Lateral Moves Pick Up in August

    McDermott, Will & Emery; White & Case; McGuireWoods; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mayer Brown; Alston &Bird have all announced new attorney hires in the last week, including laterals in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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  • August 14, 2020 | The American Lawyer

    After COVID-19 Hiring Slowdown, Lateral Moves Pick Up in August

    McDermott, Will & Emery; White & Case; McGuireWoods; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mayer Brown; Alston & Bird; among others, have all announced new attorney hires in the last week.

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