• Kasiotis v. New York Black Car Operators' Injury Comp. Fund Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-05
    Practice Area: Transportation
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Jeffrey I. Carton, Steven R. Schoenfeld, Amber T. Wallace, Denlea & Carton LLP, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Richard H. Dolan, Bradley J. Nash, Seth D. Allen, Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-2061

    New York Executive Law Authorizes the Imposition of Surcharge on Noncash Tips

  • Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Patrick J. Conlon, Daniel E. Bolia, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, Texas, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, District of Columbia. For Defendant-Appellee Attorney General of Massachusetts: Richard A. Johnston, Melissa A. Hoffer, Christophe G. Courchesne, Amanda Morejon, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, Seth Schofield, Assistant Attorney General, for Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. For Defendant-Appellee Attorney General of New York: Scott A. Eisman, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief, Anisha S. Dasgupta, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, New York. For Amici Curiae States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, and Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi and Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeffrey C. Mateer, First Assistant Attorney General, Brantley D. Starr, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, James E. Davis, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation, David J. Hacker, Special Counsel for Civil Litigation, for Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, Austin, Texas; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine; Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi; Doug Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; Brad Schimel, Attorney General of Wisconsin. For Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Megan L. Brown, Richard W. Smith, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Michael C. Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School; Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Professor of Law, Deane School of Law, Hofstra University; Steven Heyman, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Robert Kerr, Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, Gaylord College, University of Oklahoma; Douglas Kysar, Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Helen Norton, Professor and Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Chair in Constitutional Law, University of Colorado School of Law; Tamara R. Piety, Professor of Law, University of Tulsa, College of Law; Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, University of Maryland; Catherine J. Ross, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor, George Washington University Law School; and Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School in support of Defendants-Appellees: Shanna M. Cleveland, Ronald A. Fein, Lisa Danetz, Free Speech for People, Newton, Massachusetts, and Steven H. Shiffrin, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York. For Amici Curiae Martha Coakley, Thomas Reilly, Scott Harshbarger, James M. Shannon, and Francis X. Bellotti, Former Attorneys General of Massachusetts in support of Defendants-Appellees: Edward Notis-McConarty, M. Patrick Moore, Jr., Vanessa A. Arslanian, Hemenway & Barnes LLP, Boston, MA. For Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General of Oregon, Salem, Oregon; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Sacramento, California; George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut; Russell A. Suzuki, Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa; Janet T. Mills, Attorney General of Maine, Augusta, Maine; Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Lori Swanson, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi; Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey; Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina; Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island; Thomas J. Donovan, Jr., Attorney General of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont; Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington, Olympia, Washington; Karl A. Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, for Amici Curiae States of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia in support of Defendants-Appel

    Case Number: 18-1770

    Exxon's Appeal as to NYAG Dismissed But Judgment as to Massachusetts AG Upheld

  • Massaro v. Palladino

    Publication Date: 2021-12-10
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Alan J. Bozer, James D. Donathen, Kyle Tanzer, on the briefs, Joshua S. Glasgow, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: James V. Cole II, Kalena R. Kettering, Meredith F. Kimelblatt, on the reply brief, Edward J. Meehan, Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, DC; Robert L. Boreanaz, Joseph L. Guza, on the opening brief, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 20-1807

    Union Trustees Breached Fiduciary Duties Under ERISA by Amending Pacts by Majority Vote

  • McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Assocs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Devonne McMorris: Abraham Z. Melamed, Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Carlos Lopez & Associates, LLC and Carlos Lopez: Michael B. Miller, Lena H. Hughes, Janie Buckley, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Joseph R. Palmore, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-4310

    Dismissal for Lack of Standing Upheld; PII Data Never Targeted, Obtained by Third Party

  • In re Grand Jury Proceeding

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Discovery | Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Justice Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick M. Oberlander, Esq., pro se, Montauk, New York.
    for defendant: For Movant-Appellee United States of America: Stephen C. Green, on the brief, Richard D. Belliss, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, New York.

    Case Number: 18-3485

    As Second Grand Jury Issued Identical Subpoena Circuit Had Jurisdiction Over Quash Motion

  • January 21, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Vacates Part of Ex-NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Corruption Conviction

    The Second Circuit overturned the counts related to one of the alleged bribery schemes, which involved legal referral fees for mesothelioma cases.

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  • January 21, 2020 | Litigation Daily

    2nd Circuit Vacates Part of Ex-NY State Assembly Speaker Silver's Corruption Conviction

    The Second Circuit overturned the counts related to one of the alleged bribery schemes, which involved legal referral fees for mesothelioma cases.

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  • EMA Financial LLC v. Joey New York Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Vernon Broderick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Jeffrey Fleischmann, Law Offices of Jeffrey Fleischmann, PC, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: Erica K. Doran, Law Offices of Erica Doran, Syosset, New York.

    Case Number: 17-CV-9706

    Even if Loans, Parties' SPAs Did Not Violate New York's Laws Against Usury

  • Nix v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, 17-cv-1241

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-cv-1241

    State Law Claims Remanded After Federal Claim's Voluntary Dismissal With Pre

  • Andrade v. Martusello, 12-cv-6399

    Publication Date: 2015-07-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-cv-6399

    Cite as: Andrade v. Martusello, 12-cv-6399, NYLJ 1202732166890, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 8, 2015) CASENAME Allan Andrade, Petitioner v. Daniel Martusello, Res