• Queens County, Surrogate's Court: November 3, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-11-03
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, Queens County
    Judge: Surrogate Peter J. Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decisions signed between: October 24 - 28, 2022

  • October 31, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2022

    Congratulations to these associates, who joined their firms from Oct. 11, 2021, through Oct. 7, 2022. This class is positively huge: 318, by our count, which…

    87 minute read

  • Appellate Division,Second Department: October 14, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:October 12, 2022

  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Hatcher, Shamoor Anis, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE; Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, Jenigh Garrett, Jill Ptacek, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack Blumenfeld, Brian Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Amanda Reeves, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Elyse M. Greenwald, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel K. Hogan, Daniel C. Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Amanda L. Wait, Vic Domen, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Darryl Wade Anderson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Christine A. Varney, David R. Marriott, Peter T. Parbur, Timothy G. Cameron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1644 (MN)

    Court denied a request by plaintiff to enjoin an acquisition of a sugar company the Government argued would result in a monopoly of the sugar market in the southeastern United States. The court reviewed evidence from trial noting that the markets for industrial consumers were different from retail consumers, thus broadening the base and the market. The court further found that plaintiff's argument was undermined by the fact that they control the sugar supply within the United States.

  • Twitter, Inc. v. Musk

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Mathew A. Golden, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brad D. Sorrels, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Bradley R. Wilson, Sarah K. Eddy, Ryan A. McLeod, Anitha Reddy, Noah B. Yavitz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex Spiro, Andrew J. Rossman, Christopher D. Kercher, Silpa Maruri, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0613-KSJM

    Corporate CEO had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his work email accounts where the evidence demonstrated that company officials could only access the CEO's accounts with his express permission or as otherwise legally required.

  • September 14, 2022 | Law.com

    Who Got the Work?℠: Three Firms Advise on State Farm's $1.2B Stake in Home Security Giant ADT and More

    Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.

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  • September 12, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    White & Case Won't Be DQ'ed Over Lateral Hire of Sidley Partner, 3rd Circuit Says

    In a precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that White & Case is not conflicted out of a bankruptcy case after hiring a partner from opposing counsel Sidley Austin who previously worked on the matter.

    4 minute read

  • September 12, 2022 | Law.com

    3rd Circuit Refuses to DQ White & Case Over Lateral Hire of Sidley Partner

    In a precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that White & Case is not conflicted out of a bankruptcy case after hiring a partner from opposing counsel Sidley Austin who previously worked on the matter.

    4 minute read

  • Matter of Mueller-Herget

    Publication Date: 2022-09-02
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, Queens
    Judge: Surrogate Peter J. Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner, Veronica Heinlein Wood: David J. Spacht, Esq., Cahill Gordon & Reindell, LLP.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2020-3471

    Court Allows for the Probate of Foreign Will of NY Decedent with German Citizenship

  • NFTD v. Haynes Boone

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hassan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00999-CV

    A law firm, that successfully obtained attorney immunity and was granted summary judgment, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court was correct to grant the motion.