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  • Hunt v. City of Diboll

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Neeley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 12-17-00001-CV

    Appellants received notices of infractions for red light violations captured by red light cameras in appellee-City.

  • November 1, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

    Justices Hear Competing Voices in Wedding Cake Discrimination Case

    The number of amicus briefs filed in the case of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple will not break the record set in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 marriage equality cases, but it clearly signals the high stakes involved for civil rights, business and religious communities. More than 80 briefs in total have been lodged with the justices in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—short of the record 148 in the same-sex marriage challenges. Not surprisingly, the Masterpiece briefs reflect a familiar divide.

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  • Monumedia II, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2017-10-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Meeks, Charles Palmer (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Ronald Freeman (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Mary Volkert (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0647

    The trial court erred in affirming administrative rulings holding that a business's light-emitting diode signs inside the windows of its building violated City of Atlanta ordinances and the Georgia Outdoor Advertising Control Act.

  • Maersk Line Ltd. v. National Air Cargo Group, Inc., 16 Civ. 6272

    Publication Date: 2017-10-12
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Katherine Polk Failla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 16 Civ. 6272

    Arbitral Award Upheld Except for Calculation Of Post-Judgment Interest Under CPLR 

  • October 4, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    How the Largest FCA Judgment in History Fell Apart (Hint: Gibson Dunn)

    In a sweet win for lead counsel James Ho, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who was nominated last week by President Donald Trump for a seat on the Fifth Circuit, highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries dodged a $682 million bullet. What happened?

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  • Federal Housing Finance Agency v. Nomura Holding America, 15-1872-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation | Litigators
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Philippe Z. Selendy, Adam M. Abensohn, William B. Adams, Andrew R. Dunlap, Yelena Konanova, on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nomura Holding America, Inc., Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., David Findlay, John McCarthy, John P. Graham, Nathan Gorin, and N. Dante LaRocca: Amanda F. Davidoff, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce E. Clark, Steven L. Holley, Adam R. Brebner, Owen R. Wolfe, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, David B. Tulchin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant RBS Securities, Inc.: Thomas C. Rice, Andrew T. Frankel, Alan C. Turner, Craig S. Waldman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Paul F. Rugani, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA; Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Kelsi Brown Corkran, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and The Clearing House Association LLC, in support of defendants-appellants: Michael J. Dell, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 15-1872-cv(L)

    Second Circuit Affirms Judgment in Fed Suit Over Housing Crisis-Era Secu

  • September 15, 2017 | The Recorder

    Biggest Issue for Autonomous Car Lawyers? Managing Liability, Akin Partner Says

    The U.S. Transportation Department rolled out new guidance this week for driverless car manufacturers. We spoke with Susan Lent in Washington, head of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's infrastructure and transportation practice, about these changes and what they mean for the industry and her practice.

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  • Hardie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-09-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and David A. Faber,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Sigel (argued) and Jack W. Londen, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; Brian R. Matsui, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jon Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. David, Call & Jensen, Newport Beach, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Seth P. Waxman (argued), Ari Holtzblatt, David M. Lehn, and Daniel S. Volchok, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 15-55576

    NCAA policy restricting coaching by persons with felony convictions not shown to violate Title II (Tallman, J.)

  • Carlisle v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 7:15-CV-1376

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Glenn Suddaby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Shelly A. Leonard, Esq., Steven Bennett Blau, Esq., of Counsel, Blau Leonard Law Group, LLC, Huntington, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant United Parcel Service, Inc.: Jeremy M. Brown, Esq., Yael Spiewak, Esq., of Counsel, Epstein Becker & Green P.C., New York, NY. Counsel for Defendant Teamsters Local 687: Mimi C. Satter, Esq., of Counsel, Satter Law Firm, PLLC, Syracuse, NY.
    Case Number: 7:15-CV-1376

    of Duty of Fair Representation Claim Failed for Lack of Proof of Union's

  • August 29, 2017 |

    N.J. District Court Refuses to Dismiss RICO Action Against Lloyd’s Underwriters

    A federal district court in New Jersey has denied a motion by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to dismiss a putative class action complaint…

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