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  • U.S. v. Hoskins

    Publication Date: 2022-08-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee: David P. Burns, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Brian C. Rabbitt, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General, Daniel S. Kahn, Senior Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, United States Department of Justice, Lorinda I. Laryea, Assistant Chief, Fraud Section, United States Department of Justice, Sandra S. Glover, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, David E. Novick, Assistant United States Attorney, for John H. Durham, United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Daniel S. Silver, Celeste L.M. Koeleveld, Benjamin Peacock, on the brief, Christopher J. Morvillo, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. Amici Curiae in support of Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Frederick T. Davis, International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, New York, NY. Amici Curiae in support of Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Lindsay A. Lewis, Vice Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, James D. Gatta, Andrew Kim, Emily M. Notini, Daniel M. Gitner, Jeannie Rose Rubin, on the brief, Richard M. Strassberg, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-842

    Non-Citizen Properly Acquitted of FCPA Charges Under FRCP 29; No Agency Relationship

  • In re: Synchrony Financial Securities Litigation

    Publication Date: 2021-02-23
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adam H. Wierzbowski, Kate W. Aufses, Matthew W. Traylor, on the brief, Salvatore J. Graziano, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: on the brief, William H. Narwold, Gregg S. Levin, Motley Rice LLC, Hartford, CT and Mount Pleasant, SC..
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Synchrony Financial, Margaret M. Keane, Brian D. Doubles, Thomas M. Quindlen, David Melito, Paget Alves, Arthur Coviello, Jr., William Graylin, Roy Guthrie, Richard Hartnack, Jeffrey Naylor, Laurel Richie, and Olympia Snowe: Jared Gerber, on the brief, Victor L. Hou, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Synchrony Financial, Margaret M. Keane, Brian D. Doubles, Thomas M. Quindlen, David Melito, Paget Alves, Arthur Coviello, Jr., William Graylin, Roy Guthrie, Richard Hartnack, Jeffrey Naylor, Laurel Richie, and Olympia Snowe: on the brief, James T. Shearin, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport, CT. For Defendants-Appellees Barclays Capital Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Blaylock Van, LLC, CastleOak Securities, L.P., Mischler Financial Group, Inc., R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and The Williams Capital Group, L.P.: on the brief, Adam S. Hakki, Daniel C. Lewis, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1352-cv

    SEA Breach Claim Plausibly Stated Based on 2018 Statement by Firm's Representative

  • U.S. v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2020-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Paul D. Silver, Assistant United States Attorney, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Molly K. Corbett, Assistant Federal Defender, for Lisa A. Peebles, Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3729

    Officers Lacked Reasonable Suspicion for Stop; Drugs, Statements 'Fruit of Poisonous Tree'

  • U.S. v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2020-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Sarah K. Eddy, Catherine E. Ghosh, Assistant United States Attorneys, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorney, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Matthew B. Larsen, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-163

    New York First-Degree Manslaughter Not Predicate Crime of Violence for ACCA Purposes

  • Sloley v. VanBramer

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Maxmillian Sloley: Janet A. Gochman, on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Eric VanBramer and Bryan VanBramer: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Victor, Paladino, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief, Jonathan D. Hitsous, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New, York, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 16-4213

    'Hunch' Defendant Hid Drugs in Anus Did Not Provide Suspicion for Body Cavity Search

  • Lenzi v. Systemax Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Whistleblower Laws
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Danielle Markou: Perry S. Friedman, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Systemax, Inc., Richard Leeds, and Lawrence P. Reinhold: Collin O'Connor Udell, on the brief, Mark S. Mancher, Jackson Lewis P.C., Melville, N.Y. For Amicus curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Danielle Markou: James L. Lee, Deputy General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein, Associate General Counsel, Anne W. King, on the brief, Barbara L. Sloan, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 18-979

    Framework for Whistleblower Retaliation Claims Under SOX Adopted for Those Under CPSIA

  • April 11, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Revives Retaliation Claims by Former NYC Employee

    The panel largely agreed with the district court's dismissal of the wide-ranging set of allegations by the former employee, but found her claims of retaliation after complaining about sex and race-based harassment were plausible enough to survive the motion to dismiss.

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  • August 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of FCPA Conspiracy Charge

    The panel said the FCPA's clear distinctions over who can be held liable prevented federal authorities from extending liability through the use of a conspiracy charge.

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  • Global Reinsurance Corp. of Am. v. Century Indem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee Global Reinsurance Corporation of America: David L. Pitchford, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee Global Reinsurance Corporation of America (on the brief): David C. Frederick, Ariela M. Migdal, Jeremey S.B. Newman, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.; For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant Century Indemnity Company: Ellen K. Burrows, on the brief, Daryn E. Rush, White and Williams LLP, Philadelphia, PA.; For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant Century Indemnity Company (on the brief): Jonathan D. Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; For Amici Curiae Aon Benfield U.S., Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, JLT RE (North America) Inc., and Willis Re Inc., in support of Defendant-Counter-Claimant Appellant Century Indemnity Company (on the brief): Peter R. Chaffetz, Steven C. Schwartz, Gretta L. Walters, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 15-2164

    District Court Must Interpret Reinsurance Contracts Using Standard Principles

  • May 16, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    2nd Circuit Stays Part of Injunction Sought by Chevron

    Ecuadorean litigants challenging Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan's preliminary injunction against worldwide enforcement of an $18 billion environmental judgment against Chevron in

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