• Phoenix Light SF Ltd. v. The Bank of New York Mellon

    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Securities Litigation
    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: Steven S. Fitzgerald, David H. Wollmuth, on the brief, William A. Maher, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee The Bank of New York Mellon: Christopher J. Houpt, Matthew D. Ingber, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; Minh Nguyen-Dang, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, Charles A. Rothfeld, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas: Kevin J. Biron, Bryan P. Goff, Michael S. Kraut, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, William R. Peterson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Houston, TX.

    Case Number: 22-239

    Courts Permissibly By-Passed Article III Standing to Dismiss Suits for Issue Preclusion

  • 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