• In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

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    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 45
    Judge: Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer
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    Case Number: 652226/11

    Cite as: Gomez-Jimenez v. New York Law School, 652226/11, NYLJ 1202546591781, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided March 21, 2012)Justice Melvin L. Schweitzerp c

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  • Crabhouse of Douglaston Inc. d/b/a Douglaston Manor, et al., Plaintiffs v. Newsday Inc., et al., Defendants, 04 CV 558 (DRH)(WDW)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Denis R. Hurley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Joseph O. Giaimo, Kew Gardens, NY. Attorneys for Plaintiffs By: Samuel K. Rosen, Joel C. Feffer, Robert I. Harwood, Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Newsday, Hoy, Distribution Systems of America, Harold Foley, and Thomas Langer By: Robert W. Hirth, Daniel A. McLaughlin, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Defendant Keith Potthoff By: Philip C. Patterson, Gregory J. O'Connell, DeFeis O'Connell & Rose, P.C., New York, NY. Attorneys for Defendant Robert Halfmann By: David Meister, Mark A. Weissman, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Defendant Robert Brennan By: Edward A. McDonald, Matthew J. Lang, Dechert LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 04 CV 558 (DRH)(WDW)

    Cite as: Crabhouse of Douglaston Inc. v. Newsday Inc., 04 CV 558 (DRH)(WDW), NYLJ 1202504267767, at *1 (EDNY, Decided July 13, 2011)District Judge Denis R

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  • Mittal v. United States, S1 98 Cr. 1302

    Publication Date: 2006-12-01
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    Date Filed: 2006-11-02
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: John Koeltl
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    Case Number: S1 98 Cr. 1302

    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK For Petitioner: Cheryl J. Sturm For the Government: William A. Burck Reed Brodsky Assistant United