• Olagues v. Perceptive Advisors LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: John Olagues, pro se, River Ridge, LA; Ray Wollney, pro se, Fort Myers, FL
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Ralph Siciliano, Amanda Leone, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New York, NY; Frank Zarb, Proskauer Rose LLP, Washington, DC

    Case Number: 17-2703-cv

    Perceptive Was Not Repros Insider When Calls Expired, Bears No SEA §16(b) Liability

  • March 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Nextel Wins Bid to Upset Class in Employment Lawsuits

    A judge's decision to certify a class against Nextel for inducing the former law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown into settling an employment discrimination case that harmed plaintiffs

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  • March 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Nextel Wins Bid to Upset Class in Employment Lawsuits

    A judge's decision to certify a class against Nextel for inducing the former law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown into settling an employment discrimination case that harmed plaintiffs has been reversed by the Second Circuit.

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  • December 10, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Applying Delaware's Direct vs. Derivative Analysis

    A decade ago, the Delaware Supreme Court, in Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 845 A.2d 1031, 1036 (Del. 2004),

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  • In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation, 13md2476 (DLC)

    Publication Date: 2014-09-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For plaintiffs: Daniel L. Brockett, Steig D. Olson, Justin T. Reinheimer, Nick T. Landsman-Roos, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY. Bruce L. Simon, George S. Trevor, Aaron M. Sheanin, Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP, San Francisco, CA.
    for defendant: For defendants Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America N.A.: Robert F. Wise, Jr., Arthur J. Burke, Jeremy T. Adler, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY. For defendant Barclays Bank PLC: Todd S. Fishman, Michael S. Feldberg, M. Elaine Johnston, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. For defendant BNP Paribas: David Esseks, Brian de Haan, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. John Terzaken, Molly Kelley, Allen & Overy LLP, Washington, DC. For defendants Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.: Benjamin R. Nagin, Eamon P. Joyce, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. David F. Graham, David C. Giardina, Jennifer E. Novoselsky, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL. For defendant Credit Suisse AG: J. Robert Robertson, Benjamin Holt, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC. For defendant Deutsche Bank AG: David P. Wales, Jones Day, Washington, DC. Tracy V. Schaffer, Eric P. Stephens, Jones Day, New York, NY. Paula W. Render, Alex P. Middleton, Jones Day, Chicago, IL. For defendant Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Richard C. Pepperman II, Bradley P. Smith, Mark S. Geiger, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. Robert Y. Sperling, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL. Seth Farber, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY. Elizabeth P. Papez, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC. For defendants HSBC Bank plc and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Richard A. Spehr, Michael O. Ware, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. Andrew S. Marovitz, Britt M. Miller, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL. For defendants JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.: Peter E. Greene, Peter S. Julian, Boris Bershteyn, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL. For defendant Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Evan R. Chesler, Daniel Slifkin, Michael A. Paskin, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For defendants UBS AG and UBS Securities LLC: David C. Bohan, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, Chicago, IL. James J. Calder, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, New York, NY. For defendants Royal Bank of Scotland PL and Royal Bank of Scotland N.V.: Charles F. Rule, Joseph J. Bial, Amy W. Ray, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC. For defendant International Swaps and Derivatives Association: Matthew J. Reilly, Abram J. Ellis, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Washington, DC. Michael J. Garvey, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For defendant Markit Group Ltd.: Colin R. Kass, Scott M. Abeles, Proskauer Rose LLP, Washington, D.C. Alan R. Kusinitz, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY. For defendant Markit Group Holdings Limited: Colin R. Kass, Proskauer Rose LLP, Washington, D.C. Alan R. Kusinitz, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 13md2476 (DLC)

    Cite as: Credit Default Swaps, 13md2476 (DLC), NYLJ 1202669251987, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 4, 2014) 13md2476 (DLC) District Judge Denis

  • October 19, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    The Spectre of Liability Claims Hovers

    The combination of the economic downturn, the wave of recent investment scandals, the upsurge in lawyer liability claims in the wake of the dot-com collapse and the Enron and WorldCom scandals, and

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  • December 9, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate and Securities Litigation

    The federal courts have continued to tighten the pleading requirements for federal securities fraud cases, with the result that an increasing number of cases are now dismissed each year for failure

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  • March 16, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate and Securities Litigation

    Recent securities fraud cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York reflect differing approaches to the standar

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  • December 8, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate and Securities Litigation

    Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the landmark case of Central Bank of Denver, N.A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver,1 which abolished private actions for aidin

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  • Monagle v. Scholastic Inc., 06 Civ. 14342

    Publication Date: 2007-03-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2007-03-09
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06 Civ. 14342

    District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Robert L. Levy Bantle & Levy LLP, New York, NY, for