• January 21, 2020 | National Law Journal

    For One Roberts Clerk, Trump's Impeachment Trial Will Be Part of Experience

    The chief justice is being assisted by one of his clerks, Megan Braun, and his counselor Jeffrey Minear. Roberts on Tuesday began his service as presiding officer in earnest, as Trump's trial got underway.

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  • US v. HSBC Bank, 16-308(L)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Pooler, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York: Jenny C. Ellickson, Kenneth A. Blanco and Sung-Hee Suh, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General; M. Kendall Day, Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section; Laura Billings, Trial Attorney, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, on the brief, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, for Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC; Julia Nestor and Alexander A. Solomon on the brief, Assistant United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Paul D. Clement Viet D. Dinh, Jeffrey M. Harris, Megan M. Wold, Christopher G. Michel, on the brief, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel W. Seymour and Alexander J. Willscher on the brief, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey B. Wall on the brief, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC. For Appellee: Thomas B. Sullivan, Maxwell S. Mishkin, on the brief, David A. Schulz, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Brandon L. Garrett, in support of Appellee: Kevin W. Goering, Norwick, Schad & Goering, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Better Markets, Inc., in support of Appellee: Dennis M. Kelleher, Better Markets, Inc., Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, The Center for Investigative Reporting, CNBC, Daily News, L.P., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The E.W. Scripps Company, First Look Media Works, Inc., Forbes Media LLC, The Foundation for National Progress, Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation, International Documentary Assn., Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, Digital First Media, MPA — The Association of Magazine Media, National Newspaper Association, National Press Photographers Association, The New York Times Company, The Newspaper Guild Communications Workers of America, Online News Association, Reporters Without Borders, Seattle Times Company, Tully Center for Free Speech, and National Public Radio, Inc., in support of Appellee: Gregg P. Leslie, D. Victoria Baranetsky, on the brief, Bruce D. Brown, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 16-308(L)

    Circuit Reverses Bench Powers Over Deferred Prosecutio

  • March 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Federal Bar Council Celebrates Circuit Court

    The Federal Bar Council held its annual judges reception Thursday at the Union League Club, recognizing the judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which is celebrati

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  • Espinoza v. Dimon, 14-1754

    Publication Date: 2015-12-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Pooler and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jay N. Razzouk, on the brief, George C. Aguilar, Robbins Arroyo LLP, San Diego, California; Thomas G. Amon, Law Offices of Thomas G. Amon, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees James Dimon, Douglas L. Braunstein, Michael J. Cavanagh, Ina R. Drew, and Nominal Defendant-Appellee JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Daryl A. Libow, Christopher Michael Viapiano, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Richard C. Pepperman, II, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York. For Defendants-Appellees Ellen V. Futter, James S. Crown, David M. Cote, Laban P. Jackson, Jr., Crandall C. Bowles, James A. Bell, Lee R. Raymond, Stephen B. Burke, William C. Weldon, and David C. Novak.: Jonathan C. Dickey, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 14-1754

    Cite as: Espinoza v. Dimon, 14-1754, NYLJ 1202744383056, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided December 3, 2015) CASENAME Ernesto Espinoza, Derivatively on Behalf of JPMorga

  • Arab Bank Litigation, 13‐3605

    Publication Date: 2015-12-10
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: John M. Eubanks, on the brief, Michael E. Elsner, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Mark Werbner and Joel Israel, Sayles Werbner, PC, Dallas, Texas, (on the brief).
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Douglas W. Mateyaschuk, II, Steven J. Young, on the brief, Kevin Walsh, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee: Stephen M. Shapiro, Timothy S. Bishop, Chad M. Clamage, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois, (on the brief), For Amici Curiae-Human Rights Organizations: Richard L. Herz, EarthRights International, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae-Professors of Legal History Barbara Aronstein Black, William R. Casto, Martin S. Flaherty, Nasser Hussain, Stanley N. Katz, John V. Orth, and Anne‐Marie Slaughter: Tyler R. Giannini, Harvard Law School, International Human Rights Clinic, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For Amicus Curiae-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Neal Kumar Katyal and Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae-Union of Arab Banks: Douglas Hallward‐Driemeier, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae-Institute of International Bankers: Jeffrey B. Wall, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington D.C.

    Case Number: 13‐3605

    Cite as: Arab Bank Litigation, 13‐3605, NYLJ 1202744392374, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided December 8, 2015)CASE NAMEIn re: Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litigat

  • June 16, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Second Circuit Sinks London Whale Derivative Suit

    While lamenting how much deference it had to give a lower court judge, a federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared away a derivative shareholder lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO J

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  • June 16, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Second Circuit Sinks London Whale Derivative Suit

    While lamenting how much deference it had to give a lower court judge, the court cleared away a derivative shareholder lawsuit against JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and others over massive trading losses.

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  • June 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Katzmann Seeks More Public Engagement With Judiciary

    In the wake of the 2013 congressional budget sequester that pushed the judiciary to the brink, the top judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said he would like the federa

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  • Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, St. Clair Shores Police & Fire Retirement System, Pompano Beach Police & Firefighters' Retirement System, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Robert Diamond, Marcus A.P. Agius, John Varley, Christopher Lucas, Defendants-Appellees*, 13-2678-cv

    Publication Date: 2014-04-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Cabranes, C.J., and Berman, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, St. Clair Shores Police & Fire Retirement System, Pompano Beach Police & Firefighters' Retirement System: Susan K. Alexander, Andrew S. Love, Samuel H. Rudman, and David A. Rosenfeld, on the brief, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Robert Diamond, Marcus A.P. Agius, John Varley, Christopher Lucas: Jeffrey T. Scott, David H. Braff and Matthew J. Porpora on the brief, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, Jonathan D. Schiller and Michael Brill, Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY and Washington, D.C., on the brief For Defendant-Appellee Robert Diamond: Cheryl A. Krause, Andrew J. Levander and Elisa T. Wiygul, on the brief, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY.

    Case Number: 13-2678-cv

    Cite as: Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis v. Barclays PLC, 13-2678-cv, NYLJ 1202652871917, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 25, 2014)/p

  • April 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Reinstates Investors' Claim Against Barclays

    Plaintiffs alleging the belated revelation that Barclays bank overstated its creditworthiness in submitting information on borrowing costs to LIBOR had their claim reinstated Friday.

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