• 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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  • Guterman v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-18
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: William R. Weinstein, Law Offices of William R. Weinstein, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee: Caitlin N. Matheny, on the brief, James Arden, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-3184

    Circuit Rejects Challenge Over Costco's Charge of Full Price Sales Tax on Discounted Items

  • June 12, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Class Action Over Costco Collection of State Taxes

    The panel found the district court was right to dismiss the suit for the failure to state a claim, as state law provided the exclusive route for the tax claims made by the plaintiff.

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  • May 10, 2019 | Litigation Daily

    And the LOTW Runners Up...

    Honorable mention for Litigator of the Week goes to lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis; McDermott Will & Emery; Hogan Lovells and Hughes Hubbard & Reed.

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  • Utica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clearwater Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant‐Cross‐Appellee: Daniel R. Thies, on the brief, William M. Sneed, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee‐Cross‐Appellant: Jeremy S.B. Newman, Amelia I.P. Frenkel, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; John F. Finnegan, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, David C. Frederick, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 16-2535

    Vacaturs, Remands in Lawsuit for Indemnification Under Reinsurance Contracts Explained

  • Guterman v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-28
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: William Robert Weinstein, Esq., Law Offices of William R. Weisnstein, White Plains, NY
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: James Daniel Arden, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY

    Case Number: 17-CV-4812

    Suit Over Illegal Sales Tax on Full, Not Reduced, Prices of Coupon Purchases Is Dismissed

  • August 6, 2018 | Litigation Daily

    Daily Dicta: Fourth Circuit Thumbs its Nose at Richard Posner and His Fight for Pro Se Justice

    Since he retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit last year, Richard Posner has been on a mission to make the justice system more accessible and responsive to pro se litigants. The Fourth Circuit is not impressed.

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  • January 2, 2018 | National Law Journal

    Seven Cases to Watch at the Supreme Court's First Conference in New Year

    Justices are weighing disputes over the lawfulness of the SEC's administrative law judges; online sales taxes; an ethics clash between Main Justice and the ACLU; and Arizona's death penalty.

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  • Abbey House Media v. Simon & Schuster, 16-305-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Antitrust | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Harold R. Collins, Donald R. Pepperman, and Taylor C. Wagniere, on the brief, Maxwell M. Blecher, Blecher Collins & Pepperman, P.C., Los Angeles, California.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Simon & Schuster, Inc.: James W. Quinn and Yehudah L. Buchweitz, on the brief, Gregory Silbert, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Penguin Group (USA) LLC: Saul P. Morgenstern, Margaret A. Rogers, and Alice C.C. Huling, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Appellee Hachette Book Group, Inc.: Linda H. Martin and Samuel J. Rubin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Appellee HarperCollins Publishers, L.L.C.: C. Scott Lent, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendants-Appellees Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, DBA Macmillan and Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH: Joel M. Mitnick, John J. Lavelle, and Bianca Cadena, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 16-305-cv

    Book Publishers Defeat Antitrust Appeals at C

  • Diesel Ebooks v. Simon & Schuster, 16-726-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Antitrust | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Collin R. White, on the brief, Derek T. Ho, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Simon & Schuster, Inc.: James W. Quinn and Yehudah L. Buchweitz, on the brief, Gregory Silbert, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, DBA Macmillan and Defendant-Appellee Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH: Joel M. Mitnick, John J. Lavelle, and Bianca Cadena, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Hachette Book Group, Inc.: Linda H. Martin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, New York, and Samuel J. Rubin, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C.: Charles Scott Lent, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Penguin Group (USA) LLC: Saul P. Morgenstern, Margaret A. Rogers, and Alice C.C. Huling, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 16-726-cv

    Book Publishers Defeat Antitrust Appeals at C