• In re Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc.: William F. Dahill, on the brief, Paul R. Defilippo, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee First Northern Bank and Trust Company: William A. Slaughter, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Leslie C. Heilman, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE. For Defendants-Appellees Garadex Inc., Gatex Properties Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated: John H. Thompson, McGuire Woods LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees General Security National Insurance and SCOR Reinsurance Company: Scott Walter Reynolds, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, NY; Nicole E. Schiavo, Peter A. Ivanick, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Co., Magnetar Constellation Fund II Ltd Magnetar Constellation Master Fund III Ltd, Magnetar Constellation Master Fund Ltd., and UniCredit Bank AG, London Branch: Nicholas P. Crowell, Alex R. Rovira, Andrew P. Propps, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee LGT Bank in Liechtenstein Ltd: Gregory F. Hauser, Wuersch & Gering LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee The Liverpool Limited Partnership: Matthew J. Gold, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Mariner LDC, Structured Credit Opportunities Fund II, L.P., and Tricadia Credit Strategies Master Fund, Ltd., f/k/a Mariner-Tricadia Credit Strategies Master Fund, Ltd: Thomas J. Fleming, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee MBIA, Inc: Kevin J. Biron, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee MoneyGram Securities, LLC and its Successors in Interest: Brian Dillon, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, MN. For Defendant-Appellee Morgans Financial Limited: Lewis J. Liman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Mulberry Street CDO, Ltd: Jack Yoskowitz, Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Natixis Financial Products LLC: Scott W. Reynolds, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee PCA Life Assurance Co. Ltd: Nicholas P. Crowell, Jon W. Muenz, Andrew P. Propps, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee RGA Reinsurance Co.: Emilio B. Nicolas, Jackson Walker LLP, Austin, TX. For Defendant-Appellee Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.: David Adler, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Shenandoah Life Insurance Company: Joseph J. Saltarelli, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. For Amicus Curiae Structured Finance Industry Group: Madlyn Gleich Primoff, Timothy P. Harkness, David Y. Livshiz, Henry V. Hutten, Jill K. Serpa, on the brief, Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-1079

    Certain Priority Provisions Are Enforceable Under the Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbor

  • 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

  • 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

  • Haas v. Peake

    Publication Date: 2008-10-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-10-09
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For claimant-appellee: Stephen Kinnaird, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For respondent-appellant: Todd Hughes, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For amici curiae the American Legion, et al.: Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper US, San Diego, Calif. For amicus curiae Patricia McCulley: John Wells, Slidell, La.

    Case Number: 2007-7037

    Published opinionON PETITION FOR REHEARINGBefore MICHEL, Chief Judge, BRYSON, Circuit Judge, and FOGEL, District Judge.*fn1Mr. Haas has sought rehearing of t