• Sutton v. Tapscott

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Alexandra Z. Brodsky, Adele P. Kimmel, on the brief, Ellen L. Noble, Public Justice, Washington, DC; John Clune, Daniel D. Williams, Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC, Boulder, CO; Debbie Greenberger, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Alan Silber, Chanel J. Hudson, on the brief, Joseph A. D'Avanzo, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., Purchase, NY.

    Case Number: 23-2327

    Court Erred in Dismissing CVA-Revived Rape Claims for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

  • Oakley v. MSG Networks Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-CV-6903

    Deposition, Document Production Granted in Suit Over Ejectment From Basketball Game

  • U.S. v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Katherine A. Gregory, Assistant United States Attorney, for Trini E. Ross, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael J. Stachowski, Michael J. Stachowski, P.C., Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 21-1809

    Prior State Offense 'Similar' to Instant Federal Offense for Criminal History Point Rise

  • U.S. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Micah F. Fergenson, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Winston M. Paes, Isabela Garcez, McCahey Townsend, Katherine Stein, Beatrice A. Walton Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3044

    Reduced Sentence Motion Was Denied on Independent Grounds; Discretion Not Abused

  • U.S. ex rel. Quartararo v. Catholic Health System of Long Island Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Daniel J. Kaiser, Kaiser Saurborn & Mair, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Thomas S. D'antonio, Tony R. Sears, on the brief, Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy LLP, Rochester, NY.

    Case Number: 21-1534

    Qui Tam Action Dismissed; Relator Fails to State Claim Under FCA, NYFCA

  • Connecticut ex rel. Tong v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee State of Connecticut: Matthew I. Levine, Deputy Associate Attorney General; Daniel M. Salton, Jonathan E. Harding, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, Benjamin W. Cheney, Assistant Attorney General, for William M. Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation: Justin Anderson, Kyle Smith, William T. Marks, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Kevin M. Smith, Tadhg Dooley, Wiggin & Dana LLP, New Haven, CT; Robert M. Langer, Wiggin & Dana, LLP, Hartford, CT; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, TX, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 21-1446-CV

    CUTPA Claims Did Not Raise Transboundary Pollution as Needed Element for Liability

  • Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Michael Radine, Dina Gielchinsky, Aaron A. Schlanger, Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, on the brief, Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Mark G. Hanchet, Robert W. Hamburg, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Credit Suisse: Marc R. Cohen, Alex C. Lakatos, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Commerzbank AG: Alexis Collins, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Barclays Bank PLC: Michael T. Tomaino, Jr., Jeffrey T. Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Standard Chartered Bank: Sharon L. Nelles, Andrew J. Finn, Bradley P. Smith, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Stephen I. Vladeck, Austin, TX. For Amici Curiae Eight United States Senators in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael A. Petrino, Jonathan E. Missner, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Retired Generals of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Arthur H. Bryant, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Oakland, CA; Joshua I. Hammack, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae the Institute of International Bankers, the American Bankers Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the European Banking Federation in support of Defendants-Appellees: Marc J. Gottridge, Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-3970

    Action's Dismissal Upheld; JASTA Claims Forfeited as First Raised in Reconsideration Bid

  • Jusino v. Fed'n of Catholic Teachers Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Ramon K. Jusino, pro se, Staten Island, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Jane Lauer Barker, Andrew D. Midgen, Pitta LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 21-2081

    'Catholic Bishop' Does Not Preclude Fair Representation Duty Breach Claim Against Union

  • April 1, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Cities Can't Use State Law to Sue Companies for Climate Change in Federal Court, 2nd Circuit Rules

    A unanimous three judge panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court held in a 51-page opinion that global warming presented a "uniquely international problem of national concern" that was best suited to existing federal statutes and international treaties, not state law.

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