• U.S. v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | International Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: David W. Denton Jr., Jonathan Rebold, George D. Turner, and Hagan Scotten, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Michael D. Lockard, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Robert M. Cary, Simon A. Latcovich, and Eden Schiffmann, on the brief, John S. Williams, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Case Number: 20-3499

    Turkish Bank Not Immune Under FSIA From Charges of Conspiracy to Evade Iran Sanctions

  • Chinese Am. Citizens Alliance of Greater NY v. Christa McAuliffe Intermediate Sch. PTO Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joshua P. Thompson, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, on the brief, Glenn E. Roper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Claude S. Platton and Deborah A. Brenner, on the brief, Philip W. Young, for Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York. For Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees: Janai S. Nelson, Samuel Spital, Rachel Kleinman, and Kevin Jason, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York; Jin Hee Lee and Molly M. Cain, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia; Sarah Hinger, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Stefanie D. Coyle, Arthur Eisenberg, and Emma Hulse, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Francisca D. Fajana, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, New York; Elizabeth A. Ritvo, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; John G. Doyle, Brown Rudnick LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Caitlin Felise C. Ramiro and Samuel J. Hickey, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, Michaele N. Turnage Young, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.

    Case Number: 22-2649

    Aggregate Disparate Impact Is Not Exclusive Means to Prevail on Equal Protection Claim

  • Chinese American Civil Alliance of Greater New York v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2024-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joshua P. Thompson, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, on the brief, Glenn E. Roper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Claude S. Platton and Deborah A. Brenner, on the brief, Philip W. Young, for Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York. For Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees: Janai S. Nelson, Samuel Spital, Rachel Kleinman, and Kevin Jason, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York; Jin Hee Lee and Molly M. Cain, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia; Sarah Hinger, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Stefanie D. Coyle, Arthur Eisenberg, and Emma Hulse, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Francisca D. Fajana, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, New York; Elizabeth A. Ritvo, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; John G. Doyle, Brown Rudnick LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Caitlin Felise C. Ramiro and Samuel J. Hickey, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, Michaele N. Turnage Young, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.

    Case Number: 22-2649

    Court Erred in Finding Aggregate Disparate Impact by SHS Policy Not Shown

  • U.S. v. Oliveras

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Trini E. Ross, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY: Tiffany H. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: Timothy P. Murphy, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 21-2954

    Fourth Amendment Supports Supervision Condition Allowing for Probation Search

  • Elisa W. v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Antony L. Ryan, Justin C. Clarke, Nicole M. Peles, on the brief, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, Marcia Robinson Lowry, A Better Childhood, Inc., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee City of New York: Claude S. Platton & Richard Dearing, on the brief, Jamison Davies, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York for Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Sheila J. Poole: Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Elizabeth A. Brody, Assistant Solicitor General, for Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-7

    Court Erred in Analyzing FRCP 23(a) Requirements in Class Suit Over NYC Foster Care System

  • December 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

    Evan Greebel—Ex-Lawyer for Shkreli—Asks US Supreme Court to Protect Law Firm 401(k)s From Garnishment

    Greebel's attorneys at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher argued in Wednesday's petition for a writ of certiorari that the Second Circuit ruling misinterpreted the Consumer Credit Protection Act and deepened a circuit split that should be resolved by the Supreme Court.

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  • August 24, 2022 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Rules Evan Greebel's Law Firm 401(k)s May Go to Victims as Restitution

    The Mandatory Victim Restitution Act authorized garnishment, notwithstanding ERISA's anti-alienation provision, according to the appellate panel, which remanded a tax issue to the trial court.

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  • U.S. v. Peguero

    Publication Date: 2022-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY: Hagan Scotten, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Shiva H. Logarajah, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: Joseph A. Vita, Joseph A. Vita Law Office, Port Chester, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3798

    Supervision Revocation Specification Committed By Striking Ex-Girlfriend With Bottle

  • April 28, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    2nd Circuit Panel Weighs Garnishing Retirement Accounts of Ex-Lawyer for 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli

    Arguing that Evan Greebel's 401(k) funds qualify as "earnings," his counsel said that would mean garnishment is capped at 25% under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. A district judge said the government could garnish the accounts in their entirety to satisfy restitution obligations.

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  • April 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Panel Weighs Whether Law Firm 401(k)s of Evan Greebel—Ex-Lawyer for Shkreli—May Be Garnished

    Arguing that Evan Greebel's 401(k) funds qualify as "earnings," his counsel said that would mean garnishment is capped at 25% under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. A district judge said the government could garnish the accounts in their entirety to satisfy restitution obligations.

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