• Appellate Division, First Department: December 8, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:December 6, 2022

  • Esso Expl. & Prod. Nigeria Ltd. v. Nigerian Nat'l Petroleum Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Elliot Friedman, David Y. Livshiz, Shannon M. Leitner, Paige von Mehren, Christian Vandergeest, on the brief, Aaron R. Marcu, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Elizabeth Anne Snodgrass, Luke Sobota, Three Crowns (US) LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Peter R. Chaffetz, Andreas A. Frischknecht, Joshua D. Anders, David M. Berman, on the brief, Cecilia F. Moss, Chaffetz Lindsey, LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Trade Council, and National Association of Manufacturers: Peter B. Rutledge, Law Office of Peter B. Rutledge, Athens, GA; Steven P. Lehotsky, Jonathan Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC; Peter Toldsorf, Erica Klenicki, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute: Richard D. Deutsch, Andrew G. McBride, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX, Washington, DC; Ben Norris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, Professor Ikponmwonsa O. Omoruyi, Professor Offornze D. Amucheazi: Alexander A. Yanos, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovksy, Raja Rana, Hanna Robbins, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Professor George A. Bermann: Lauren A. Mandell, Apoorva J. Patel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice: Peter A. Sullivan, Christina G. Hioureas, Foley Hoag LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Federal Inland Revenue Service, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: Mallory B. Silberman, R. Stanton Jones, Sally L. Pei, Janine M. Lopez, Arnold & Porter Kaye LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-3159

    Portions of Award Viable After Nigerian Judgments Were Also Owed Comity by District Court

  • December 17, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Justice Unmasked: High Court Highlights From Georgia's Supreme Court

    Faced with a tide of cases pouring in from an array of judicial circuits struggling to keep cases moving under constitutional strictures, Georgia's justices handed down opinions on issues ranging from the execution of mentally incapacitated defendants to jailed ex-lawyers who still want to practice.

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  • Appellate Division, First Department: May 11, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: May 11, 2021

  • Appellate Division, First Department:November 5, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeal(s) & Motion(s)
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:November 5, 2020

  • October 8, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    U.S. Supreme Court Should Avoid Another 'Bush v. Gore'

    At the polls, President Donald Trump needs to win over tens of millions of voters. In the Supreme Court, he just needs five.

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  • Jackson v. Abernathy

    Publication Date: 2020-06-02
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeremy A. Lieberman, Marc I. Gross, on the brief, Tamar A. Weinrib, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Patrick V. Dahlstrom, Pomerantz LLP, Chicago, IL
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Thomas J. Falk, and Mark A. Buthman: Francesca E. Brody, on the brief, Eamon P. Joyce, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Christopher Y. Lee, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL For Defendants-Appellees Avanos Medical, Inc., Robert E. Abernathy, and Steven E. Voskuil: Brett D. Jaffe, Elizabeth Gingold Clark, on the brief, John A. Jordak, Jr., Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-1300-cv

    Inference of Collective Corporate Scienter Not Raised in Suit Over Defective Surgery Gown

  • May 27, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Rejects Bid for 2nd Chance to Argue Over Alleged False Statements Regarding Surgical Gown

    The Second Circuit noted that the proposed amended complaint did not challenge actions by individual defendants, and did not identify any executives whose intent or knowledge could be imputed to the companies.

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  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-10-12
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, George Rosenzweig, (Rosenzweig, Jones Horne & Griffis, PC.), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell Berreth, Max Marks, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1420

    Court Affirms Verdict in Favor of Leaseholder That Was Denied Entry to Harvest Peaches and Reverses Trial Court's Refusal to Allow for Award of Punitive Damages

  • May 15, 2018 |

    Interactive Communication Int’l v. Great American Ins. Co.

    Click Here for the FC&S Legal Expert AnalysisInteractive Communs. Int'l, Inc. v. Great Am. Ins. Co.United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh…

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