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  • D.S. v. Trumbull Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Mark Sargent, Westport, CT; Richard C. Pepperman II, James J. Browne, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Leonid Traps, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Ryan P. Driscoll, Berchem Moses PC, Milford, CT. For Amici Curiae Connecticut Associations of Boards of Education, National School Boards Association, and New York State School Boards Association, Inc. in support of Defendant-Appellee: Rebecca Adams Rieder, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, Wethersfield, CT. For Amici Curiae Advocates for Children of New York, Legal Services, New York City, Mobilization for Justice, Inc., New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and New York Legal Assistance Group in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Alan E. Schoenfeld, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc., National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Connecticut in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Catherine Merino Reisman, Selene Almanzan-Altobelli, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc., Towson, MD; Andrew Feinstein, Mystic, CT, on the brief, Ellen Saideman, Law Office of Ellen Saideman, Barrington, RI.
    Case Number: 19-644

    FBA Not 'Evaluation' Under IDEA; Dissatisfaction With FBA Does Not Entitle Parents to IEE

  • Setzer v. Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-07
    Practice Area: REITS | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: David Dean, on the brief, Jacob A. Goldberg, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., Jenkintown, PA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Heather S. Goldman, on the brief, Eric Rieder, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-1905

    Omega's Failure to Disclose Loan Renders Statements of Orianna's Performance Misleading

  • Bascun v. Elsaca

    Publication Date: 2019-06-19
    Practice Area: White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Jesse T. Conan, on the brief, Robin L. Alperstein, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees: Jennifer M. Selendy, on the brief, David S. Flugman, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-2731

    Only One Fraud Scheme Is Extraterritorial in Civil RICO Action Between Chilean Nationals

  • August 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    District Judge 'Erred Doubly,' Leading to Cuba Terror Reversal

    A district court order holding the Cuban government liable for a $45 million judgment under a federal terrorism law was reversed and remanded by the Second Circuit Monday.

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  • November 1, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Rapid Restocking of NY Federal Courts Adds More Than New Judges

    Few regions saw the rapid-fire filling of federal court vacancies that New York experienced during the Obama years. All told, President Barack Obama seated 32 judges on the state'

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  • Doscher v. Sea Port Group Securities, LLC, 15-2814

    Publication Date: 2016-09-06
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler and Wesley, C.JJ., and Eaton, J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant: A. Todd Merolla, Merolla & Gold, LLP, Atlanta, GA.
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellees: Benjamin J. Wolfert, on the brief, Ronald G. Blum, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 15-2814

    Cite as: Doscher v. Sea Port Group Securities, LLC, 15-2814, NYLJ 1202766601431, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 11, 2016) CASENAME Drew Doscher, Petitioner-App

  • November 4, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Upholds $95,000 Verdict Against Suffolk

    A federal appellate court has upheld a $95,000 jury verdict for a man who said he was beaten by a Suffolk County deputy sheriff. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a N

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  • November 4, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Upholds $95,000 Verdict Against Suffolk

    A federal appellate court has upheld a $95,000 jury verdict for a man who said he was beaten by a Suffolk County deputy sheriff while in holding after his arrest on an outstanding warrant.

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  • May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Says Facebook Posts Were Properly Used as Evidence

    Introducing a rap video and images of tattoos from a defendant's Facebook page as evidence in a drug-and-murder gang prosecution did not violate the rights of the accused, a federal appe

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  • May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Says Facebook Posts Were Properly Used as Evidence

    Introducing a rap video and images of tattoos from a defendant's Facebook page as evidence in a drug-and-murder gang prosecution did not violate the rights of the accused, a federal appeals court held Monday.

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