• Matter of Wharton-Bickley

    Publication Date: 2025-02-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Other Courts, New York
    Judge: Judge OATH Administrative Law Judge Christine Stecura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner by: Margaret B. Sandercock, Esq., Elizabeth Sandercock, Esq., Goodfarb & Sandercock, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent by: David R. Brody, Esq., Gabriel W. Block, Esq., Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins, Goidel, P.C.

    Case Number: 2654/23

    Court Grants Protection to Tenants Under Loft Law

  • February 13, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    'Back to Normal': Cadwalader Sees Revenue, PEP Surge as Equity Tier Shrinks

    Firm chair Pat Quinn said the volatility of interest rates over the last several years produced unpredictable results. He said 2024 was a return to normalcy for the firm.

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  • Kim v. NYC Green Transp. Grp. LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-02-13
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Frederic Block
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Landry Belizaire, Belizaire & Associates P.A., Bloomfield, New Jersey.
    for defendant: For Defendants NYC Green and NuRide: Jason Gottlieb, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant Anthony G. Parrizzi: Ioannis Sipsas, Sipsas PC, Astoria, New York.

    Case Number: 23-CV-5445

    Fiduciary Duty, Contract Breach Pleaded in Alien's Suit Over EB-5 Investor Visa Failure

  • February 12, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    Associate Compensation Jumped $100K in NYC Over 5 Years, Report Finds

    Lateral movement among senior associates is also on the rise in New York as well as Chicago, according to a look at seven key markets by Major, Lindsey & Africa.

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  • February 12, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

    Deputy GCs Like Their Jobs, but They Also Feel Trapped in Them

    Overwhelmed legal departments focus on getting work done instead of providing deputy GCs face time with board members and other opportunities that would groom them for the top job, according to a report from Axiom.

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  • In re Dura Medic Holdings, Inc. Consol. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-11
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Robert L. Burns, Matthew W. Murphy, Kyle H. Lachmund, Sandy Xu, Alfred P. Dillione, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David L. Barrack, Winslett Studnicky Mccormick & Bomser LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David S. Eagle, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stuart Singer, Carl Goldfarb, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Steven L. Caponi, Megan E. Hunt, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2019-0474-JTL

    Defendants' operational decisions of failed business were reviewed under business judgment rule where plaintiff failed to identify a conflict of interest, such that defendants' decisions did not rise to the level of a breach of fiduciary duty under the favorable business judgment rule standard.

  • State of Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer v. Paramount Global

    Publication Date: 2025-02-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Stacey A. Greenspan, Jason W. Rigby, Seth T. Ford, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Grant D. Goodhart, Cameron N. Campbell, Michael W. McCutcheon, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Louis F. Masi, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Meredith Karp, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0457-SEM

    Stockholder established proper purpose for books and records inspection by articulating scenarios constituting breaches of loyalty by presenting news articles based on internal confidential sources that exhibited indicia of reliability.

  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Sesi V. Garimella, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0822-SG

    Court dismissed civil conspiracy claim against limited partnership arising from limited partner's alleged fraudulent transfer of its partnership interest where plaintiff failed to plead sufficient facts to support an inference that the partnership knowingly participated in the limited partner's tortious efforts to frustrate satisfaction of plaintiff's judgment.

  • February 10, 2025 | Law.com

    Will Big Law's Bet on the Middle East Pay Off?

    The Middle East appears to be the hottest legal market around, but wherever firms decide to place their eggs in 2025, geopolitical concerns loom large, writes The Global Lawyer.

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  • February 10, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    Big Law's Middle East Bet: Will It Pay Off?

    The Middle East appears to be the hottest legal market around, but wherever firms decide to place their eggs in 2025, geopolitical concerns loom large, writes The Global Lawyer.

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