• Woods v. Start Treatment & Recovery Centers, Inc., 16-1318-cv,

    Publication Date: 2017-07-28
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Abdul K. Hassan, Queens Village, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: David M. Pohl, New York, New York. For R. Alexander Acosta, United States Secretary of Labor, Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, Jennifer S. Brand, Associate Solicitor, William C. Lesser, Deputy Associate Solicitor, Paul L. Frieden, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, on the brief, Rachel Goldberg, Senior Attorney.

    Case Number: 16-1318-cv

    'Motivating Factor' Causation Standard Applies to FMLA Retaliation

  • USA v. Serrano, 16-4321

    Publication Date: 2017-05-16
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Calabresi and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: David W. Denton, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Amy Gallicchio, Barry D. Leiwant, Annalisa Mirón, of Counsel, on the brief, Edward S. Zas, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-4321

    Appealable Double Jeopardy Claim Not Stated; Rule 29 Motion Not in Collateral Order Do

  • Joseph Umbach, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carrington Investment Partners (US), LP, Carrington Capital Management, LLC, and Bruce Rose, Defendants-Appellants, 15-1285-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-03-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Edward Toptani, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: William D. Temko, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, California; Jeffrey R. Babbin, James O. Craven, Wiggin and Dana, New Haven Connecticut, on the brief, Laura K. Lin, Los Angeles, California.

    Case Number: 15-1285-cv

    Cite as: Umbach v. Carrington Investment Partners (US), LP, 15-1285-cv, NYLJ 1202781688602, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 13, 2017) 15-1285-cv B

  • Coutard v. Municipal Credit Union, 15-1113

    Publication Date: 2017-02-24
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Pooler, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Abdul Hassan Law Group, Queens Village, New York, on the brief, Abdul K. Hassan, Queens Village, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Gordon & Rees, New York, New York, on the brief, Douglas E. Motzenbecker, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1113

    Cite as: Coutard v. Municipal Credit Union, 15-1113, NYLJ 1202779736670, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 9, 2017) CASENAME Frantz Coutard, Plaintiff-Appell

  • Securities and Exchange Commission v. Frohling, 13-3191-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-12-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Pooler, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Anne K. Small, General Counsel, Michael A. Conley, Deputy General Counsel, Jacob H. Stillman, Solicitor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Allan A. Capute, Special Counsel to the Solicitor, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellant: John B. Frohling, pro se, Jersey City, New Jersey.

    Case Number: 13-3191-cv

    Cite as: SEC v. Frohling, 13-3191-cv, NYLJ 1202774195779, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided December 6, 2016)CASE NAMESecurities and Exchange Commission, Plaintiff-Appel

  • Chevron v. Donziger, 14-0826

    Publication Date: 2016-08-09
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Parker, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Caitlin J. Halligan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, New York, William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California, on the brief, Theodore B. Olson, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Steven Donziger, The Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger, and Donziger & Associates, PLLC.: Gregory A. Beck, Jonathan E. Taylor, Gupta Beck, Washington, D.C.; Justin Marceau, John Campbell, Denver, Colorado, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Washington, D.C. For Defendants-Appellants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Burt Neuborne, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae The Republic of Ecuador, in support of neither party: Eric W. Bloom, Lauren B. Schuttloffel, Eric M. Goldstein, Nassim H. Hooshmandnia, of counsel, Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Amnesty International, Amazon Watch, 350 Bay Area, Center for Environmental Health, CT Citizen Action Group, Food and Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, Global Exchange, The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, The International Accountability Project, Justice in Nigeria Now!, Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas, Media Alliance, Pachamama Alliance, Rainforest Action Network, Rights Action and Sunflower Alliance, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Jonathan Moore, Terry Gross, Adam C. Belsky, Monique Alonso, San Francisco, California; Thomas Bennigson, Public Good Law Center, Berkeley, California, of counsel, Gross Belsky Alonso, San Francisco, California. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae International Law Professors, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Donald K. Anton, Canberra, Australia. Filed a brief as Amicus Curiae, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: G. Robert Blakey, Paradise Valley, Arizona. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Kate Comerford Todd, Tyler R. Green, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., of counsel, Christopher J. Walker, Columbus, Ohio. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Keith S. Rosenn, Francisco Reyes, and Raul Nunez Ojeda, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Aaron D. Van Oort, Jeffrey P. Justman, of counsel, Faegre Bakers Daniels, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Jurists, in partial support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard J. Holwell, of counsel, Holwell, Shuster & Goldberg, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Cory L. Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation, of counsel, Richard A. Samp, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Business Roundtable and International Law Scholars, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Roger P. Alford, Notre Dame, Indiana. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Richard Janda, Juan C. Pinto, and Carolina Cruz Vinaccia, in support of Defendants-Appellants: William B. Shipley, Genthod, Switzerland, of counsel, Jesse P. Levine, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae EarthRights International, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Marco B. Simons, Jonathan G. Kaufman, Michelle Harrison, Benjamin Hoffman, of counsel, Richard L. Herz, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Legal Momentum, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: G. Elaine Wood, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Proposed Huaorani Intervenors, in partial support of Defendants-Appellants: K. Lee Crawford-Boyd, Los Angeles, California; Judith Kimerling, New York, New York, of counsel, Schwarcz, Rimberg, Boyd & Rader, Los Angeles, California.

    Case Number: 14-0826(L)

    Cite as: Chevron v. Do , 14-0826, NYLJ 1202764629838, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 8, 2016)CASE NAMEChevron Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven Do

  • In Re 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, 14-2027

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
    Practice Area: Foreign Direct Investment | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Martin S. Bell, Carolina A. Fornos, Brian A. Jacobs, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Michael D. Lockard, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Claimants-Appellants: Krista D. Adler, Adam Blumenkrantz, Melissa R. Ginsberg, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-2027

    Cite as: In Re 650 Fifth Ave., 14-2027, NYLJ 1202763223419, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 20, 2016) CASE NAME United States of Amer

  • Kirschenbaum, et al., Plaintiff v. 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, Defendant, 14-1963

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
    Practice Area: Foreign Direct Investment | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees Steven M. Greenbaum, et al., Carols Acosta, et al., Anna Beer, et al., Jason Kirschenbaum, et al., The Estate of Michael Heiser, et al., Deborah D. Peterson, personal representative of the estate of James C. Knipple (Dec.) et al., Fiona Havlish, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Donald G. Havlish, Jr., et al., and Jenny Rubin, et al.: Curtis C. Mechling, Benjamin Weathers-Lowin, Monica Hanna, Patrick N. Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY; Richard M. Kremen, Dale K. Cathell, Timothy H. Birnbaum, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman, Newman Broudy LLP, New York, NY; Timothy B. Fleming, Wiggins Childs Pantazis, Fisher Goldfarb PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin Voce-Gardner, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, James L. Bernard, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellees Edwena R. Hegna, et al.: Ralph Paul Dupont, The Dupont Law Firm LLP, Stamford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Alavi Foundation and 650 Fifth Avenue Company: Krista D. Adler, Adam Blumenkrantz, Melissa R. Ginsberg, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-1963(L)

    Cite as: Kirschenbaum v. 650 Fifth Ave., 14-1963(L), NYLJ 1202763223360, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 20, 2016)h2 class="articleSect

  • In re: Pfizer, Securities Litigation, 14-2853-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-04-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Pooler, and Livingston, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gregory P. Joseph, Douglas J. Pepe, Sandra M. Lipsman, Joseph Hage, Aaronson LLC, New York, NY., Jay W. Eisenhofer, James J. Sabella, Charles T. Caliendo, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY., Jonathan S. Massey, Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC., David Kessler, Andrew L. Zivitz, Matthew L. Mustokoff, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Counsel for Pfizer, Inc.: Miguel A. Estrada, Mark A. Perry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC., Beth A. Wilkinson, Charles E. Davidow, Alexandra M. Walsh, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC., Andrew J. Ehrlich, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY., Lynn K. Neuner, George S. Wang, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY., John R. Wellschlager, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD. Counsel for Henry A. McKinnell: Jennifer L. Spaziano, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC. Counsel for Gail Cawkwell: George A. Stamboulidis, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for Joseph M. Feczko: Pamela R. Chepiga, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for Karen L. Katen: Michael L. Calhoon, Julie B. Rubenstein, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 14-2853-cv

    Cite as: In re: Pfizer, 14-2853-cv, NYLJ 1202755294346, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 12, 2016)CASE NAMEIn Re Pfizer Inc. Securities Litigation1 Teachers' Reti

  • Rogoz v. City of Hartford, 14-0876

    Publication Date: 2015-08-12
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Parker, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Spinella & Associates, Hartford, Connecticut, on the brief, A. Paul Spinella, Hartford, Connecticut.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee City of Hartford: Nathalie Feola-Guerrieri, Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel, Hartford, Connecticut. For Defendants-Appellees Watson, Rivera, Water, Rutkauski, Flores, Pileski, and Beiros: William J. Melley III, Hartford, Connecticut.

    Case Number: 14-0876

    Cite as: Rogoz v. City of H d, 14-0876, NYLJ 1202734530569, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 10, 2015)CASE NAMEDavid Rogoz, Plaintiff-Appellant v. City of H