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November 1, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Rapid Restocking of NY Federal Courts Adds More Than New Judges

Few regions saw the rapid-fire filling of federal court vacancies that New York experienced during the Obama years. All told, President Barack Obama seated 32 judges on the state'

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Peoples v. Annucci, 11-cv-2694

Publication Date: 2016-04-04
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Taylor S. Pendergrass, Esq., Christopher T. Dunn, Esq., Aimee K. Stewart, Esq., Philip L. Desgranges, Esq., New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY. David J. Fioccola, Esq., Jennifer K. Brown, Esq., Kayvan B. Sadeghi, Esq., Adam J. Hunt, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY. Alexander A. Reinert, Esq., New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants: Richard W. Brewster, Jeb Harben, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Attorney General, New York State, New York, NY.
Case Number: 11-cv-2694

Cite as: Peoples v. Annucci, 11-cv-2694, NYLJ 1202753846203, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2016) CASE NAMELeroy Peoples, Dewayne Richardson, and Tonja Fenton,

Furmansky v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co., 15-cv-5047

Publication Date: 2016-03-16
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Ira H. Zuckerman, Esq., Law Offices of Max D. Leifer, P.C., New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant: Fallyn B. Cavalieri, Esq., Goldberg Segalla, LLP, Buffalo, NY.
Case Number: 15-cv-5047

Cite as: Furmansky v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co., 15-cv-5047, NYLJ 1202752200598, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 9, 2016) CASENAME Elena Furmansky, a/k/a Elena Roman

M.G. v. N.Y. City Dept. of Educ., 13-cv-4639

Publication Date: 2016-01-12
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Elisa F. Hyman, Esq., Friedman & Moses LLP, New York, NY. David A. Rosenfeld, Esq., Lauren E. Karalis, Esq., Justin S. Nematzadeh, Esq., Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Andrew L. Schwartz, Esq., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants: Andrew J. Rauchberg, Thomas B. Roberts, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY. William J. Taylor, Jr., Michael R. Klekman, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Attorney General, New York State, New York, NY.
Case Number: 13-cv-4639

Cite as: M.G. v. N.Y. City Dept. of Educ., 13-cv-4639, NYLJ 1202746722368, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 4, 2016) CASENAME M.G., Plaintiffs v. New York City Dep

Betances v. Fischer, 11-cv-3200

Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Esq., Hayley Horowitz, Esq., Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants: Michael J. Keane, Anna Hehenberger, Christina Chinwe Okereke, James Brennan Cooney, Assistant Attorneys General, State of New York New York, NY.
Case Number: 11-cv-3200

Cite as: Betances v. Fischer, 11-cv-3200, NYLJ 1202740434013, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 14, 2015)CASE NAMEPaul Betances, Lloyd A. Barnes, Gabriel Velez a/k/

Estrategia v. Andersen, 14-cv-8016

Publication Date: 2015-08-04
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Cory White, Esq. Maria C. Georgina Fabian, Esq., The International Business Law Group LLC, Chicago, IL.
for defendant: John J. Muldoon, III, Esq., Muldoon & Muldoon, LLC, Chicago, IL. For Defendants Karl Andersen, Kenneth A. Landgaard, PW Insurance Agency Corp., Leon Lowenthal, and Meyer Gertner: Ira S. Lipsius, Esq., Lipsius-Benhaim Law, LLP, Kew Gardens, NY. For Defendants David Mickelson Insurance Services, Erwin Legal, P.C., Christopher Erwin: Anthony Galano, III, Esq., Jordan Danforth Wolff, Esq., Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, LLP, New York, NY. Defendants (Pro Se): Brock Bagley, 13114 Franklin Hall Trail, Carmel, IN. Randy Bagley, Tipton, IN. Arthur L. Bowen, Boston, MA. William C. Coyle, Indianapolis, IN.
Case Number: 14-cv-8016

Cite as: Estrategia v. Andersen, 14-cv-8016, NYLJ 1202733686974, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 24, 2015) CASENAME Vision En Analisis Y Estrategia, S.A. De C.V., a

Erie Group LLC v. Guayaba Capital, LLC, 14-cv-5668

Publication Date: 2015-06-16
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Feliks Finkel, Esq., Finkel Associates LLC, Brooklyn, N.Y.
for defendant: For Defendants Guayaba Capital, LLC, Guayaba GP, LLC, and Keith Espinosa: Richard G. Haddad, Esq., Otterbourg P.C., New York, N.Y. For Defendants SS&C Technologies, Inc. and Gus Sacoulas: Gregory J. Hindy, Esq., McCarter & English, LLP, New York, N.Y.
Case Number: 14-cv-5668

Cite as: Erie Group LLC v. Guayaba Capital, LLC, 14-cv-5668, NYLJ 1202729426584, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 8, 2015) CASENAME Erie Group LLC, Individually and o

Laumann v. National Hockey League, et al., Defendants, 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

Publication Date: 2015-05-28
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Motley Rice, LLC, New York, N.Y. Marc I. Gross, Esq., Adam G. Kurtz, Esq., Pomerantz, LLP, New York, N.Y. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, N.Y. Michael J. Boni, Esq., Joshua D. Snyder, Esq., Boni & Zack, LLC, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
for defendant: For Defendants Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Beth A. Wilkinson, Esq., Samantha P. Bateman, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Colin Kass, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, N.Y. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectator, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, N.Y. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Northwest: Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Stephanie A. Jones, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendant New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Deborah Brown, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant Yankees Entertainment Sports Network, LLC: John E. Schmidtlein, Esq., Kenneth Charles Smurzynski, Esq., James Harris Weingarten, Esq., William Jefferson Vigen, Esq., Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202727529273, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 14, 2015) CASE NAME Thomas Laumann, Robert Silver, Garre

Laumann v. National Hockey League, 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

Publication Date: 2015-05-28
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Motley Rice, LLC, New York, N.Y. Marc I. Gross, Esq., Adam G. Kurtz, Esq., Pomerantz, LLP, New York, N.Y. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, N.Y. Michael J. Boni, Esq., Joshua D. Snyder, Esq., Boni & Zack, LLC, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
for defendant: For Defendants Office Of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Beth A. Wilkinson, Esq., Samantha p. Bateman, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Colin Kass. Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, N.Y. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectator, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, N.Y. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Northwest: Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Stephanie A. Jones, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendant New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Deborah Brown, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant Yankees Entertainment Sports Network, LLC: John E. Schmidtlein, Esq., Kenneth Charles Smurzynski, Esq., James Harris Weingarten, Esq., William Jefferson Vigen, Esq., Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202727529087, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 14, 2015) CASE NAME Thomas Laumann, Robert Silver, Garre

In re M/V MSC Flaminia, 12-cv-8892

Publication Date: 2015-04-29
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Cross-claim Plaintiffs: John A.V. Nicoletti, Esq., Nicoletti Hornig & Sweeney, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Cross-claim Defendant BASF SE: Robert W. Littleton, Esq., Dennis J. Dozis, Esq., Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 12-cv-8892

Cite as: In re M/V MSC Flaminia, 12-cv-8892, NYLJ 1202724757112, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 22, 2015) CASENAME In re M/V MSC Flaminia 12-cv-8892p c