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March 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal
US Judge Slashes Gibson Dunn's Fee Request in Seinfeld Copyright LawsuitU.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan awarded Seinfeld's Gibson Dunn attorneys a total of approximately $29,000, a small fraction of what they had sought for the case.
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March 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
NY AG Letitia James, Brooklyn Feds Announce $7M Settlement in Wage, Medicaid ProbeJames said that Crown of Life Care NY and All American Homecare Agency Inc. had agreed to settle claims resulting from a joint investigation by the AG and the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's office.
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March 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Giuliani Ally Lev Parnas Pleads Guilty in 'Fraud Guarantee' Insurance SchemeParnas admitted to providing "false information" to investors in the firm Fraud Guarantee. He was not offered a deal from prosecutors in connection with the guilty plea.
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March 24, 2022 | New York Law Journal
CNN Anchor Don Lemon Awarded $77,000 in Fees for Plaintiff's Destruction of EvidenceThe ruling, which spelled out the reasonable efforts of Lemon's Armstrong Teasdale defense counsel, approved less than the more than $106,000 Lemon had sought against the plaintiff, Dustin Hice.
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March 23, 2022 | New York Law Journal
No-Knock Warrants Trigger State's Special Duty Rule, Court of Appeals HoldsThat duty, which makes government entities liable for injury to individuals, is owed to persons named in warrants and also extended to other individuals who may be present at a targeted premises when a raid is carried out.
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March 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal
NFL, Fanatics Face New Antitrust Claims Over Licensed Merchandise SalesThe class action complaint said that the NFL and its 32 teams had boxed out retailers that posed a threat to Fanatics after the league invested $95 million in the company in 2017, causing consumers to pay a higher price for NFL- and team-branded goods.
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March 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal
SCJC Censures Westchester Judge for Failing to Disclose $50,000 Loan for 13 YearsIn voting to call for Jamieson's censure, the commission noted that she had no prior disciplinary history, as a judge or as an attorney.
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March 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal
2nd Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Fantasy Gamers' Lawsuit Over MLB Teams' Sign StealingThe panel upheld U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff's ruling that while the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox had "shamelessly" violated MLB's prohibition against using electronic equipment to lift opposing teams' signals, it was not actionable by the plaintiffs.
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March 17, 2022 | New York Law Journal
2nd Circuit Clarifies Abstention Doctrine's Narrow Scope in Connecticut Probate CaseThe ruling, from a unanimous panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court, enforced a narrow jurisdiction over probate decisions from state courts in a case out of Connecticut.
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March 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal
2nd Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Securities Suit Targeting Bristol-Myers Squibb Over Failed TrialThe panel upheld a lower court's dismissal of a proposed securities class action, which claimed that Bristol-Myers Squibb made material misstatements or omissions around a clinical trial to determine the drug's efficacy for treating certain kinds of lung cancers.
By Tom McParland
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