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    A team from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison convinced the Second Circuit to vacate a $570 million trade secrets damages award against their client, IT services firm Syntel.

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  • U.S. v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oniel McKenzie, pro se, FCI Fort Dix, Joint Base MDL, NJ.
    for defendant: For Appellee: Rajit S. Dosanjh, Assistant United States Attorney, for Antoinette T. Bacon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: Janna D. Eastwood, on the brief, Brian E. Spears, Spears Manning & Martini LLC, Southport, CT.

    Case Number: 18-1018

    Warrantless Dog Sniff Is Not a Search Within Meaning of the Fourth Amendment

  • Larson v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: C. Wells Hall, III, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Charlotte, NC; Megan L. Brackney, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Reed J. Hollander, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Raleigh, NC.
    for defendant: For Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Appellee: Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Andrew E. Krause, Assistant United States Attorney.; For Amicus Curiae Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant: T. Keith Fogg, Director, Harvard Federal Tax Clinic, Jamaica Plain, MA.

    Case Number: 17-503

    Full Payment Rule Applies to IRS Penalty, Review of Tax Deficiency Under APA Unavailable