• Noto v. 22nd Century Grp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Jeremy A. Lieberman, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Jonathan H. Friedman, on the brief, John A. Tucker, Foley & Lardner LLP, Jacksonville, FL, New York, NY; Charles C. Ritter, Jr., on the brief, Duke, Holzman, Photiadis & Gresens LLP, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 21-0347-cv

    Complaint Inadequately Alleged Duty to Disclose Payment for Articles Promoting Firm

  • Barrows v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees and Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees: Wey-Wey Kwok, on the brief, Alice Bers, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT; David J. Berger, Steven Guggenheim, on the brief, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA; Regan Bailey, Carol Wong, on the brief, Justice in Aging, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael S. Raab, on the brief, Adam C. Jed, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, for Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae AARP, AARP Foundation, National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Connecticut: M. Geron Gadd, Kelly Bagby, William Alvarado Rivera, on the brief, AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Kasey Considine, on the brief, Disability Rights Connecticut, Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae The American Medical Association and Connecticut State Medical Society: Erin G. Sutton, on the brief, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. For Amicus Curiae The American Health Care Association: James F. Segroves, on the brief, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 20-1642-cv

    Medicare Beneficiaries' Rights Violated by Reclassification Absent Mechanism to Appeal

  • U.S. v. Jabar

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant-Cross-Appellee: Tiffany H. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney, for James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Steve S. Jabar: Jamesa J. Drake, Drake Law, LLC. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Deborah Bowers: Jesse C. Pyle, on the brief, Mark J. Mahoney, Harrington & Mahoney.

    Case Number: 17-3514-cr

    Case Remanded So Court Can Consider FRCP 29(b) New Trial Motion in First Instance

  • U.S. v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, on the brief, Tanya Hajjar, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Javier Perez: Yuanchung Lee, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau.

    Case Number: 19-620-cr

    18 USC §922(g)(5), as Applied to Undocumented Alien, Withstands 'Intermediate Scrutiny'

  • A.H v. French

    Publication Date: 2021-01-22
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Ryan J. Tucker, Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ; David A. Cortman, Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA; Kristen K. Waggoner, John J. Bursch, Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC; Thomas E. McCormick, McCormick, Fitzpatrick, Kasper & Burchard, P.C., Burlington, VT, on the Brief, Jacob P. Warner, Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Benjamin D. Battles, Solicitor General; Rachel E. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, John T. Alexander, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Montpelier, VT.

    Case Number: 20-1772

    Religious Bias Shown in Denial of Application to Take Part in Dual Enrollment Program

  • U.S. v. Echeverry

    Publication Date: 2020-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker; Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlos Echeverry, White Deer, PA, pro se.
    for defendant: For Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY: Michael McGinnis and Anna M. Skotko, Assistant United States Attorneys.

    Case Number: 19-2202-cr

    First Step Act Reduction Denied; Fair Sentencing Act Did Not Alter Minimum Sentences

  • U.S. v. Mack

    Publication Date: 2020-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, for Appellee: Jennifer R. Laraia, Marc H. Silverman, on the brief, Brian P. Leaming, Assistant United States Attorneys.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jeremiah Donovan, Old Saybrook, CT.

    Case Number: 16-3734-cr

    Witness Tampering Conspiracy, Firearms Possession Convictions Are Sustained

  • Bellamy v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: for Plaintiff‐Appellant: Joel B. Rudin, Law Office of Joel B. Rudin, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: for Defendants‐Appellees: Megan E.K. Montcalm, Richard Dearing, on the brief, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.; for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Innocence Network, and Innocence Project: Richard D. Willstatter, Vice Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; Adele Bernhard, Innocence Network, New York, NY; Barry Scheck, Innocence Project, New York, NY; Ross E. Firsenbaum, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York NY.

    Case Number: 17-1859-cv

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  • Marcel Fashions Group Inc. v. Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Robert L. Greener, Law Office of Robert L. Greener, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees: Claudia Ray, Mary C. Mazzello, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; P. Daniel Bond, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, on the brief, Dale M. Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY

    Case Number: 17-0361

    Claim Preclusion Bars Defendants from Litigating Defenses Potentially Asserted Earlier

  • Williams v. Annucci

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Meir Feder, Lauren Pardee Ruben, on the brief, Rajeev Muttreja, Jones Day, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Andrew D. Bing, Barbara D. Underwood, on the brief, Zainab A. Chaudhry, for Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1018

    'Holt' Leads to Remand of Inmate's RLUIPA Action Over Religious Dietary Restrictions