• In re Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc.: William F. Dahill, on the brief, Paul R. Defilippo, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee First Northern Bank and Trust Company: William A. Slaughter, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Leslie C. Heilman, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE. For Defendants-Appellees Garadex Inc., Gatex Properties Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated: John H. Thompson, McGuire Woods LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees General Security National Insurance and SCOR Reinsurance Company: Scott Walter Reynolds, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, NY; Nicole E. Schiavo, Peter A. Ivanick, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Co., Magnetar Constellation Fund II Ltd Magnetar Constellation Master Fund III Ltd, Magnetar Constellation Master Fund Ltd., and UniCredit Bank AG, London Branch: Nicholas P. Crowell, Alex R. Rovira, Andrew P. Propps, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee LGT Bank in Liechtenstein Ltd: Gregory F. Hauser, Wuersch & Gering LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee The Liverpool Limited Partnership: Matthew J. Gold, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Mariner LDC, Structured Credit Opportunities Fund II, L.P., and Tricadia Credit Strategies Master Fund, Ltd., f/k/a Mariner-Tricadia Credit Strategies Master Fund, Ltd: Thomas J. Fleming, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee MBIA, Inc: Kevin J. Biron, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee MoneyGram Securities, LLC and its Successors in Interest: Brian Dillon, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, MN. For Defendant-Appellee Morgans Financial Limited: Lewis J. Liman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Mulberry Street CDO, Ltd: Jack Yoskowitz, Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Natixis Financial Products LLC: Scott W. Reynolds, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee PCA Life Assurance Co. Ltd: Nicholas P. Crowell, Jon W. Muenz, Andrew P. Propps, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee RGA Reinsurance Co.: Emilio B. Nicolas, Jackson Walker LLP, Austin, TX. For Defendant-Appellee Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.: David Adler, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Shenandoah Life Insurance Company: Joseph J. Saltarelli, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. For Amicus Curiae Structured Finance Industry Group: Madlyn Gleich Primoff, Timothy P. Harkness, David Y. Livshiz, Henry V. Hutten, Jill K. Serpa, on the brief, Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-1079

    Certain Priority Provisions Are Enforceable Under the Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbor

  • Nahl v. Jaoude

    Publication Date: 2020-08-14
    Practice Area: International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Anthony Herman, Dennis B. Auerbach, Andrew E. Siegel, on the brief, Christian J. Pistilli, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Mitchell R. Berger, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-1467

    ATS Does Not Confer Federal Jurisdiction Over Alleged Violations in Shareholder Derivative

  • Lennox v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Peter Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Gregg T. Johnson, Johnson & Laws, LLC, Clifton Park, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellee: Stephen L. Lockwood, Stephen L. Lockwood, P.C., Utica, NY.

    Case Number: 19-1675

    Police Officer Is Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Failure to Intervene Claim

  • MPM Silicones LLC v. Union Carbide Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee MPM Silicones, LLC: Jeremy W. Meisinger, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, Peter A. Sullivan, Foley Hoag LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Jonathan M. Ettinger, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Union Carbide Corporation: Karl S. Bourdeau, Benjamin E. Apple, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, Megan R. Brillault, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Harold L. Segall, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 17-3468(L)

    District Court Properly Adjudicated the Allocation of Future Removal Action Costs

  • Gao v. Barr

    Publication Date: 2020-08-11
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Reena Raggi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Wei Gu, Law Offices of Wei Gu, Albertson, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Russell J. E. Verby, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, John D. Williams, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, for Ethan P. Davis, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 18-358-ag

    Board of Immigration Appeals Properly Upheld Order of Removal of Chinese Citizen

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  • United States v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: District Judge Jeffrey Meyer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Cyrus P. Rieck, of counsel, Paul D. Silver, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Molly K. Corbett, on the brief, James P. Egan, for Lisa A. Peebles, Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 17-2446-cr

    Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply to Police's Delay in Seeking Search Warrant

  • 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

  • Power Authority of the State of New York v. M/V Ellen S. Bouchard

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: James H. Hohenstein, on the brief, Vincent J. Foley, Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Wayne D. Meehan, John J. Walsh, on the brief, Gina M. Venezia, Freehill Hogan & Mahar, LLP New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae United States of America, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Ellen J. Durkee, Jennifer Scheller Neumann, Katherine W. Hazard, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-1140-cv

    Submarine Cable Discharging Oil Was 'Used' for 'Enumerated Purpose' Under OPA

  • ABM Indus. Grps. LLC v. Int'l Union of Operating Engineers, Local 30

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant: Harry M. Weinberg, Law Offices of Harry Weinberg, Esq., and Robert S. Schwartz, Law Office of Robert S. Schwartz, PLLC, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellees: James M. Steinberg, Brady McGuire & Steinberg P.C., Tarrytown, New York.

    Case Number: 19-2755-cv

    Award Directing Rehired Union Members to Repay Employer's Payments Under CBA Confirmed

  • U.S. v. Solano

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Jo Ann M. Navickas, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Alexander Mindlin, Assistant United States, Attorney, Brooklyn, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, New York, on the brief, Daniel Habib, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 18-3403-cr

    Defendant Likely Prejudiced by Erroneous Jury Instruction Over Motive to Testify Falsely