• Microsoft v. United States, 14-2985

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, C.J., Acobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi, Hall, Livingston, Chin, Lohier, Jr., Carney, Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
    for defendant: For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant, Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA | The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Digital Rights Ireland Limited, National Council for Civil Liberties, and The Open Rights Group, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGirr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202777615376, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 24, 2017)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Am

  • Ultraflo Corp. v. Pelican Tank Parts, Inc., 15-20084 (5th Cir. 01/11/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-01-25
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    Date Filed: 2017-01-11
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: GREGG COSTA CIRCUIT JUDGE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-20084

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of TexasBefore STEWART, Chief Judge, and OWEN and COSTA, C Judges.GREGG COSTA C

  • Perfect 10, Inc. v. Giganews, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-23
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: E–commerce
    Date Filed: 2017-01-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Andre Birotte, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Schultz (argued), Law Offices of David N. Schultz, Los Angeles, California; Eric J. Benink, Krause Kalfayan Benink & Slavens LLP, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee and Third Party-Appellee.
    for defendant: Andrew Phillip Bridges (argued), Jedediah Wakefield, Joseph S. Belichick, and Todd R. Gregorian, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-55500 No. 15-55523 No. 15-56026

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 622 PERFECT 10, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIGANEWS, INC.; LI

  • Schwern v. Plunkett

    Publication Date: 2017-01-17
    Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marco A. Hernandez, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bear-Wilner-Nugent (argued), Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Dan G. Booth (argued), Booth Sweet LLP, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 14-35576

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 370 MICHAEL G. SCHWERN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PATRICK PLUNKETT, as pe

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  • Gerbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Poole Grisham Poole PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert Mooradian District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0868

    Because State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove that defendant knew that the sexually explicit images he possessed depicted a minor, which the Court concluded was a requirement under O