• Powers v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers and Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A0504

    The trial court properly declined to give the defendant's requested jury ction on justification, since the record did not show that there was any evidence presented at trial to support such an

  • McDonald v. K-2 Industries, Inc., 09-CV-6357

    Publication Date: 2015-06-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Western District
    Judge: District Judge David Larimer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-CV-6357

    Cite as: McDonald v. K-2 Indu , Inc., 09-CV-6357, NYLJ 1202729546523, at *1 (WDNY, Decided June 10, 2015) CASENAME Barbara McDonald, Plaintiff v. K-2 Indu

  • HENRIETTA ROSENSTEIN, a/k/a NETTIE ROSENSTEIN, DECEASED. SANDRA ROSENSTEIN EFFRON, ETC. ap, v. ROYAL OF PORT JERVIS, INC., res

    Publication Date: 2015-06-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Rivera, J.P.; Chambers, Miller and Duffy, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    MATTER OF HENRIETTA ROSENSTEIN, a/k/a NETTIE ROSENSTEIN, DECEASED. SANDRA ROSENSTEIN EFFRON, ETC. ap, v. ROYAL OF PORT JERVIS, INC., res — (FILE NO. 665/11)In a probate proceeding in wh

  • June 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Kirkland's Conflict Woes Worsen in Teva Takeover Case

    Kirkland & Ellis' M&A conflicts crisis deepened on Tuesday, when a federal magistrate judge in Pittsburgh recommended that the firm be barred from advising Israel's Teva Phar

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  • June 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Kirkland's Conflict Woes Worsen in Teva Takeover Case

    A judge found that Kirkland & Ellis ignored ethical obligations to snag a role as deal counsel to Teva Pharmaceutical in its $40 billion hostile bid for Mylan. But Kirkland's loss is Sullivan & Cromwell's gain, as Teva announced that S&C will step in to advise the company in the takeover fight.

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  • Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Plaintiff v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, Defendant, 08-01789 (SMB)

    Publication Date: 2015-06-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Sheehan, Esq. Nicholas J. Cremona, Esq. Keith R. Murphy, Esq., Amy E. Vanderwal, Esq., Anat Maytal, Esq., of Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY. Howard L. Simon, Esq., Kim M. Longo, Esq., of Counsel, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.
    for defendant: Josephine Wang, Esq., Kevin H. Bell, Esq., Lauren T. Attard, Esq., of Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Washington, DC. Attorneys for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Attorneys for Defendants: Helen Davis Chaitman, Esq., Peter W. Smith, Esq., Julie Gorchkova, Esq., Of Counsel, Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, New York, NY. Matthew Gluck, Esq., Matthew A. Kupillas, Esq., Jennifer L. Young, Esq., Joshua E. Keller, Esq., Of Counsel, Milberg LLP, New York, NY. Thomas D. Goldberg, Esq., Margarita Y. Ginzburg, Esq., Of Counsel, Day Pitney LLP, New York, NY. David R. Bernfeld, Esq., Jeffrey L. Bernfeld, Esq., Joseph R. DeMatteo, Esq., Of Counsel, Bernfeld, DeMatteo & Bernfeld, LLP, New York, NY. Herbert Beigel, Esq., Of Counsel, Herbet Beigel & Associates, Tucson, AZ. Barry R. Lax, Esq., Brian J. Neville, Esq., Gabrielle Pretto, Esq., Of Counsel, Lax & Neville LLP, New York, NY. Howard Kleinhendler, Esq., Sara Spiegelman, Esq., Of Counsel, Wachtel Missry LLP, New York, NY. Carole Neville, Esq., Of Counsel, Dentons US LLP, New York, NY. Lee S. Shalov, Esq., Marc Rosenberg, Esq., Of Counsel, McLaughlin & Stern LLP, New York, NY. Richard Levy, Jr., Esq., David C. Rose, Esq., Of Counsel, Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY. Stephen A. Weiss, Esq., Parvin K. Aminolroaya, Esq., Of Counsel, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. James H. Hulme, Esq., Joshua A. Fowkes, Esq., Heike M. Vogel, Esq., Of Counsel, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC. Thomas J. Fleming, Esq., Joshua S. Androphy, Esq., Of Counsel, New York, NY. Bradley D. Simon, Esq., Kenneth C. Murphy, Esq., Jonathan Stern, Esq., Of Counsel, Simon & Partners LLP, New York, NY. Howard R. Elisofon, Esq., Hanh V. Huynh, Esq., Of Counsel, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York, NY. Charles C. Platt, Esq., Of Counsel, Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY. Chester B. Salomon, Esq., Alec P. Ostrow, Esq., Of Counsel, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP, New York, NY. Stacey L. Meisel, Esq., Of Counsel, Becker Meisel LLC, New York, NY. Ernest E. Badway, Esq., Lauren J. Talan, Esq., Of Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP, New York, NY. Andrew J. Goodman, Esq., Of Counsel, Garvey Schubert Barer, Esq., New York, NY. Bruce S. Schaeffer, Esq., Of Counsel, Bruce S. Shaeffer, Esq., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08-01789 (SMB)

    Cite as: Sec. Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Sec. LLC, 08-01789 (SMB), NYLJ 1202728638406, at *1 (Bankruptcy.,

  • Aikens v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A0404

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, even though there was evidence that the co-conspirator never allowed the defendant to

  • The Following Motion

    Publication Date: 2015-06-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: First Judicial Department, Appellate Division
    Judge: Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Mazzarelli, Friedman, Sweeny, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    M-2081. PEOPLE v. CAPPELLAN, OMARM-2084. PEOPLE v. ESTEBAN, ALEJANDROM-2085. PEOPLE v. FELDER, HUBERTM-2086. PEOPLE v. HAYES, ANGELOM-2087. PEOPLE v. JIMENEZ,

  • People of the State of New York, by and through Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Actavis PLC, Forest Laboratories, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, 14-4624

    Publication Date: 2015-06-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Raggi, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Barbara D. Underwood, Andrew Kent, Eric J. Stock, Elinor R. Hoffmann, on the brief, Anisha S. Dasgupta, for Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Sarah M. Harris, Robert A. DeRise, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, D.C.; George T. Conway III, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, N.Y.; J. Mark Gidley, Peter J. Carney, Claire A. DeLelle, White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jack E. Pace III, Martin M. Toto, White & Case LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief, Lisa S. Blatt, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 14‐4624

    Cite as: The People v. Actavis PLC, 14‐4624, NYLJ 1202727961229, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 22, 20151) 14‐4624p class