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  • Gearren v. McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc., 10-792-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Cabranes, and Straub, C. JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Edwin J. Mills, Stull, Stull & Brody, New York, NY (Michael J., Klein, Stull, Stull & Brody, New, York, NY; Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Albert Y. Chang, Johnson Bottini, LLP, San Diego, CA, on the brief),
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Myron D. Rumeld, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY (Russell L. Hirschhorn, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose LLP, New Orleans, LA; Floyd Abrams, Susan Buckley, Tammy L. Roy, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY, on the brief)
    Case Number: 10-792-cv (L)

    Cite as: Gearren v. McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc., 10-792-cv (L), NYLJ 1202519591199, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 19, 2011)Before: Walker, Cabranes, and Stra

  • August 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Shelves Freelancers' Pact With Publishers and Databases

    A federal appellate court has thrown out a class action settlement between freelance writers and online publishers and databases that archived the writers' work without pay, saying that the pact ap

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  • In Re: Literary Works in Elect. Databases Copyright Litigation, 05-5943-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Walker, and Straub, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Objectors-Appellants: Charles D. Chalmers, Fairfax, CA. For Defendants-Appellees: Charles S. Sims, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY (Stephen Rackow Kaye, Joshua W. Ruthizer, Proskauer Rose LLP; Kenneth Richieri, George Freeman, The New York Times Company, New York, NY; Henry B. Gutman, Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, New York, NY; James F. Rittinger, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, New York, NY; Jack Weiss, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Juli Wilson Marshall, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL; Ian Ballon, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Santa Monica, CA; Michael Denniston, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL; Christopher M. Graham, Levett Rockwood P.C., Westport, CT; Raymond Castello, Fish & Richardson PC, New York, NY, on the brief). For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Michael J. Boni, Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA (Joshua D. Snyder, Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.; Diane S. Rice, Hosie McArthur LLP, San Francisco, CA; A.J. De Bartolomeo, Girard Gibbs & De Bartolomeo LLP, San Francisco, CA; Gary Fergus, Fergus, A Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, on the brief).
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-5943-cv(L)

    Cite as: In Re: Literary Works in Elect. Databases Copyright Litigation, 05-5943-cv(L), NYLJ 1202511599638, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 17, 2011)Befor

  • August 18, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Shelves Freelancers' Pact With Publishers and Databases

    A federal appellate court has thrown out a class action settlement between freelance writers and online publishers and databases that archived the writers' work without pay, saying that the pact ap

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  • November 20, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Upholds Limited Public Expression at Lincoln Center

    A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Lincoln Center's plaza in New York is not a traditional public forum; thus, union organizers can be denied an application for a proposed rally on beha

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  • November 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Rejects Copyright Settlement Over Electronic Content

    In a case that presented two judges with the thorny question of whether to recuse themselves after they had begun working on the matter, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Nov. 29

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  • November 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Rejects Database Pact

    In a case that presented two judges with the thorny question of whether to recuse themselves after they had begun working on the matter, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 29 threw out

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  • Adams v. Suozzi, 06-5725-cv

    Publication Date: 2008-02-28
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    Date Filed: 2008-02-22
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Straub
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-5725-cv

    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Edward A. Brill, Special Counsel for Nassau County Attorney, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York (Lorna B. Goodman, Nassau County Attorney,

  • August 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Six Years Later, Second Circuit Rejects Freelance Authors' Copyright Settlement

    Six years ago, a group of major publishers reached an $18 million settlement of copyright claims by freelance authors whose work had been included in the publishers' online archives and databases

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  • October 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Paul Weiss, Proskauer Prevail for Citi and McGraw-Hill in Second Circuit ERISA Case

    Employees of Citigroup Inc. and McGraw-Hill Companies who sued over losses they incurred by investing their retirement funds in their company's stock got no love at the Second Circuit U.S. Court

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