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  • October 2, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Fine-Tunes Standing, Mootness in Reviving Securities Suit

    In a split decision, the panel's majority reversed and remanded a securities suit dismissed over standing issues after the investors in the company were bought out during the litigation.

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  • Kirschner v. Fitzsimons, 12-cv-2652

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Trustee is Represented by: David M. Zensky, Mitchell P. Hurley, and Deborah J. Newman of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY. Robert J. Lack, Hal Neier, and Amy C. Brown of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY. Michael Waldman and Mark Hiller of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC and Jeffrey T. Golenbock and Douglas L. Furth of Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Shareholder Defendants are Represented by: D. Ross Martin and Joshua Y. Sturm, as Liaison Counsel to the Executive Committee, of Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-cv-2652 (RJS)

    Cite as: Kirschner v. Fitzsimons, 12-cv-2652, NYLJ 1202776452276, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 6, 2017)CASE NAMEMarc S. Kirschner, as Litigation Trustee for the T

  • January 9, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Judge Clears Shareholders In Tribune Co. Bankruptcy Suit

    Tribune Co. shareholders are off the hook in multidistrict litigation accusing them of cashing out on billions of dollars in stock ahead of the company's bankruptcy. Southern District

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  • Mariah Re Ltd., Plaintiff v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., et al., Defendants, 13-cv-4657

    Publication Date: 2014-10-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Mariah is represented by: Jonathan D. Cogan and Megha J. Charalambides, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Defendant American Family is represented by: Robert A. Kole, David S. Douglas, Jean-Paul Jaillet, and Jessica F. Pizzutelli, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA. Defendants AIR and PCS are represented by: Joel M. Cohen and Matthew B. Rowland, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 13-cv-4657

    Cite as: Mariah Re Ltd. v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co., 13-cv-4657, NYLJ 1202672996920, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 30, 2014) 13-cv-4657 Di

  • January 2, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Relentless pursuit of justice for survivors

    In 90-year-old Leo Bretholz's battle against a French railroad, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld might be his last hope. The firm is providing pro bono counsel to Bretholz and about

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  • October 24, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    How Gupta's Sentence Stacks Up

    While they were asking for a tougher sentence, the federal prosecutors leading the government's crackdown on insider trading nevertheless nabbed another trophy on Wednesday afternoon, when U.

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  • Greenlight Capital, L.P., et al., Plaintiffs v. Apple, Inc., Defendant, 13 Civ. 976

    Publication Date: 2013-03-05
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greenlight is represented by: Ashley F Waters, Christopher Michael Egjeson, Michael A. Asaro, and Mitchell P. Hurley, Esqs., of Akin Gump Strauss Liauer & Feld, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Gralnick is represented by: A. Arnold Gershon, Michael Arthur Toomey, and William J. Ban, Esqs., of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, New York, NY., as Well as Jeffrey Alan Barrack, Esq., of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apple is represented by: Andrew Jay Frackman and Abby Faith Rudzin, Esqs., of O'melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 13 Civ. 976

    Cite as: Greenlight Capital, L.P. v. Apple, Inc., 13 Civ. 976, NYLJ 1202590550081, at *1 (SDNY, Decided February 22, 2013)District Judge Richard Sull

  • March 29, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Kramer Levin's Berke on Deck to Defend SAC's Steinberg

    The government expanded its prosecution of alleged insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors LP on Friday morning, arresting SAC portfolio manager Michael Steinberg at his Upper East Side apart

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