• U.S. v. Mendonca

    Publication Date: 2023-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, Marietou Diouf, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Genny Ngai, Assistant United States Attorney, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Sarah Baumgartel, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-826-cr

    Challenges to Conviction Were Not Properly Preserved Below; Judgment Is Affirmed

  • Allstate Ins. Co. v. Weiner

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-CV-0499

    Insurer Denied Judgment on Defense Denial Claim Given Possible Implied-in-Fact Contract

  • Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Michael Radine, Dina Gielchinsky, Aaron A. Schlanger, Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, on the brief, Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Mark G. Hanchet, Robert W. Hamburg, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Credit Suisse: Marc R. Cohen, Alex C. Lakatos, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Commerzbank AG: Alexis Collins, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Barclays Bank PLC: Michael T. Tomaino, Jr., Jeffrey T. Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Standard Chartered Bank: Sharon L. Nelles, Andrew J. Finn, Bradley P. Smith, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Stephen I. Vladeck, Austin, TX. For Amici Curiae Eight United States Senators in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael A. Petrino, Jonathan E. Missner, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Retired Generals of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Arthur H. Bryant, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Oakland, CA; Joshua I. Hammack, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae the Institute of International Bankers, the American Bankers Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the European Banking Federation in support of Defendants-Appellees: Marc J. Gottridge, Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-3970

    Action's Dismissal Upheld; JASTA Claims Forfeited as First Raised in Reconsideration Bid

  • Lever v. Lyons

    Publication Date: 2021-02-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Margo Brodie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-CV-5130

    Court Has No Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Parties Domiciled in New York

  • Schmidt v. Stone

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14 CV 2519

    Sanctions Requests Denied; Deposition Appearance Complied With Subpoena

  • March 7, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    No Deprivation of Property Right, Denial of Bail, Privacy Interest, No Breach of Warranty

    In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant, representative decisions, including a decision that dismissed §1983 and due process claims by a suspended school superintendent; another denying defendant's appeal from an order of detention pending trial in an international fraud case; another which enforced a subpoena to a third party, over the objections of defendant lenders, in a suit alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collections Act; and the last dismissing an action under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, asserting food poisoning by a restaurant.

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  • Masino v. Persico Contracting & Trucking Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Edward Korman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-cv-4596

    Trustees Failed to Allege ERISA Violation; Subject Matter Jurisdiction is Lacking

  • Verga v. Rotterdam Express, 08 CV 2165

    Publication Date: 2009-12-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-12-01
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
    Judge: Cheryl Pollak
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08 CV 2165

    Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Magistrate Judge Pollak MEMORANDUM AND

  • January 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Eastern District Roundup

    This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Arthur D. Spatt, over plaintiff

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  • Trans-Pro Logistic Inc., Plaintiff v. Coby Electronics Corporation, Defendant, 05 CV 1759 (CLP)

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05 CV 1759 (CLP)

    Cite as: Trans-Pro Logistic Inc. v. Coby Electronics Corp., 05 CV 1759 (CLP), NYLJ 1202473638677, at *1 (EDNY, Decided October 14, 2010)Magistrate Judge Cheryl