• Saba Capital CEF Opportunities 1 LLC v. Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jacob W. Buchdahl, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark P. Musico, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Global High Income Fund, and Nuveen Senior Income Fund: Parker Rider-Longmaid, Kyser Blakely, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC; Scott Musoff, Boris Bershteyn, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Eben Colby, Emily Jennings, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA, on the Brief, Shay Dvoretzky, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellants Terence J. Toth, Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, Albin F. Moschner, John K. Nelson, Judith M. Stockdale, Carole E. Stone, Margaret L. Wolff, Robert L. Young, and Matthew Thornton III, in their capacity as Trustees of the Nuveen Trusts: Robert A. Skinner, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Amy D. Roy, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA. For Amicus Curiae The Investment Company Institute in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Susan Olson, Dorothy Donohue, Kenneth Fang, The Investment Company Institute, Washington, DC; Steven A. Engel, David A. Kotler, Michael H. McGinley, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Bulldog Investors, LLP in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Aaron T. Morris, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-407

    Firm's Bylaws Amendment Violates ICA as Restriction on Shareholders, Not on Shares

  • November 24, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Revives Suit Over $9.3B Take-Private Deal, Backdoor Listing of Chinese Tech Firm

    Investors claimed in the lawsuit that the buyer group planned all along to relist Qihoo in China, and that the financial projections the company provided to its buyers differed from those included in its proxy materials, causing them to sell their shares at "artificially deflated" prices.

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  • May 18, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Allows Personal Injury, Property Damage Claims Against Honeywell, Saint-Gobain

    The panel held that residents' allegations of elevated PFOA levels in the blood were sufficient grounds for personal injury claims, which, if proved, could entitle them to costs of medical monitoring.

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  • March 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Affirms Judge's Decision to Block Reed Smith's Pursuit of $6.75M in Attorney Fees

    District Judge Naomi Buchwald rightfully exercised her jurisdiction to block Reed Smith's state court pursuit of attorney fees through an "impermissible end run around" the district court, the panel found.

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  • March 19, 2019 | Litigation Daily

    2nd Circuit Upholds Judge's Decision to Bar Reed Smith's Pursuit of $6.75M in Attorney Fees

    District Judge Naomi Buchwald rightfully exercised her jurisdiction to block Reed Smith's state court pursuit of attorney fees through an "impermissible end run around" the district court, the panel found.

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  • March 19, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Reed Smith Thwarted Again in Bid for $6.75M in Attorney Fees

    District Judge Naomi Buchwald rightfully exercised her jurisdiction to block Reed Smith's state court pursuit of attorney fees through an "impermissible end run around" the district court, the panel found.

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  • Levy v. BASF Metals Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff‐Appellant: Susan Levy, pro se, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees BASF Metals Limited and BASF Corporation: Peter A. Farrell, on the brief, Michael F. Williams, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; For Defendant‐Appellee HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Leigh M. Nathanson, Laura C. Harris, on the brief, Damien J. Marshall, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants‐Appellees Goldman Sachs International, the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC f/k/a Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Stephen Ehrenberg, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant‐Appellee ICBC Standard Bank PLC.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants‐Appellees UBS AG and UBS Securities LLC: Mark A. Kirsch, D. Jarrett Arp, Melanie L. Katsur, Indraneel Sur, on the brief, Eric J. Stock, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant‐Appellee The London Platinum and Palladium Fixing Company Ltd: Morgan J. Feder, on the brief, Ethan E. Litwin, Dechert LLP, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 17-3823

    Limitation Period on Commodity Exchange Act Claims Accruing in 2008 Expired in 2010

  • May 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Gets a Chance to Redefine Its Insider Trading View in Martoma Case

    The Second Circuit heard oral arguments earlier this month in a major insider trading case following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in 'Salman v. United States' last

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  • Microsoft v. United States, 14-2985

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, C.J., Acobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi, Hall, Livingston, Chin, Lohier, Jr., Carney, Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
    for defendant: For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant, Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA | The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Digital Rights Ireland Limited, National Council for Civil Liberties, and The Open Rights Group, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGirr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202777615376, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 24, 2017)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Am

  • Ometto v. ASA Bioenergy, 12-4022(L)

    Publication Date: 2014-01-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Parker, Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Appearing for Appellants: Collin O'Connor Udell, Matthew J. Delude, Kate O'Keefe, Hartford, CT; Dennis H. Hranitzky, Stuart T. Steinberg, Karen C. Daly, Philadelphia, PA; Andrew Behrman, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Dechert LLP, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: Appearing for Appellees: Fernando Mantilla-Serrano, Paris, France; Andrew J. Rodgers, Stephen J. Marzen, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Henry S. Weisburg, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 12-4022(L); 13-225(con)-cv

    Cite as: Ometto v. ASA Bioenergy, 12-4022(L), NYLJ 1202637161351, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 7, 2014) 12-4022(L); 13-225(con)-cv Before: Pool