• Tornetta v. Musk

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Margaret Sanborn-Lowing, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer M. Oster, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC; Bedford Hills, New York for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, Thomas C. Mandracchia, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Barlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex B. Spiro, Christopher D. Kercher, Jonathan E. Feder, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel Slifkin, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Caleb G. Johnson, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Ryan D. Stottmann, Miranda N. Gilbert, Jacob M. Perrone, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rudolf Koch, John D. Hendershot, Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian T. Frawley, Matthew A. Schwartz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Adam K. Schulman, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kristen R. Seeger, John M. Skakun III, Elizabeth Y. Austin, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: 2018-0408-KSJM

    Court rejected board's post-trial efforts to obtain stockholder "ratification" of executive compensation award that failed to meet entire fairness standard where ratification was an affirmative defense required to be raised before the close of trial and where material misstatements and omissions in proxy materials meant the vote alone could not ratify a conflicted controller driven award.

  • Macias v. Mercer Square LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Gerardo G. Macias. Michael James Prisco of counsel, Wingate Russotti Shapiro Moses & Halperin LLP, New York City & The Law Office of Michael James Prisco PLLC, Massapequa.
    for defendant: For Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs Douglas Elliman Property Management & Mercer Square Owners Corp: Aimee D. Drexler of counsel, Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, Islandia. For Defendant/Third-Party Defendant/Second Third-Party Plaintiff DJM NYC, LLC: Emma Schwab of counsel, Kahana & Feld LLP, New York. For Second Third-Party Defendant New York Insulation, Inc: Susan Scaria of counsel, Fullerton Beck LLP, White Plains.

    Case Number: 502856/2019

    Ladder Falling on Head, Even Only Four Feet, Not De Minimis For Labor Law § 240 (1)

  • December 11, 2024 | Law.com

    Justice on the Move: The Impact of 'Bristol-Myers Squibb' on FLSA Forum-Shopping

    Savvy plaintiffs-side attorneys are leveraging this split to avoid bringing their FLSA collective action where the employer is located if that jurisdiction is deemed unfavorable, and instead identifying a putative plaintiff located in a “friendlier” jurisdiction that allows anyone with similar claims to opt-in, regardless of where they live or work.

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  • Appellate Division, First Department: December 9, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:December 5, 2024

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: November 19, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motion List & Order on Application released on:November 15, 2024

  • Gespa Nicaragua, S.A. v. Recom AG

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-22-00244-CV

    In 2014, appellant Gespa Nicaragua, S.A. entered into an agreement to build a solar park in Nicaragua. It contracted with appellees - Recom, a German company, Flextronics, a Texas company, and Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. to purchase solar panels for the park.

  • October 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    See Who Passed the July 2024 Bar Exam

    Of the 10,392 candidates the Board examined in July, 7,158 passed for an overall passing rate of 69%.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: October 22, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motion List & Order on Application released on:October 21, 2024

  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Rita Mella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2020-3036/L

    Decedent's Son Ordered to Pay Back Debt Owed to Estate

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: October 18, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:October 16, 2024