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  • Pappas v. Philip Morris Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Hazel B. Pappas, pro se, Cassandra Pappas, pro se, New Haven, CT; Markos Pappas, pro se, Berlin, NH.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Keri L. Arnold, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Paul W. Rodney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, CO.
    Case Number: 17-3842-cv

    Dismissal of CUTPA, Consortium Loss Claims Vacated; Court Misread 'Guest', 'Erie'

  • U.S. v. Ojudun

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Daniel S. Noble, Anna M. Skotko, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, New York, of counsel, Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Ameer Benno, New York, New York, of counsel; Adam D. Perlmutter, Perlmutter & McGuinness, New York, New York, of counsel on the initial brief, Benno & Associates, New York, New York
    Case Number: 17-2348-cr

    Statements Incriminating Defendant But Not Declarant Not Within FRE 804 Hearsay Exception

  • Bellamy v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: for Plaintiff‐Appellant: Joel B. Rudin, Law Office of Joel B. Rudin, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: for Defendants‐Appellees: Megan E.K. Montcalm, Richard Dearing, on the brief, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.; for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Innocence Network, and Innocence Project: Richard D. Willstatter, Vice Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; Adele Bernhard, Innocence Network, New York, NY; Barry Scheck, Innocence Project, New York, NY; Ross E. Firsenbaum, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York NY.
    Case Number: 17-1859-cv

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  • Velarde v. GW GJ Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Robert Wisniewski, Esq., New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellants: Terrence M. Connors on the brief, James W. Grable, Jr., Connors LLP, Buffalo, NY
    Case Number: 17-330

    Trainee Beautician Was 'Primary Beneficiary' of Relationship With Academy Not 'Employee'

  • Richards v. Direct Energy Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Craig A. Raabe, on the brief, for Gary W. Richards, Robert A. Izard, Izard, Kindall & Raabe LLP, West Hartford, CT
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: James M. Chambers, Hutson B. Smelley, Robert P. Debelak III, on the brief, for Direct Energy Services, LLC, Michael D. Matthews, McDowell & Hetherington LLP, Houston, TX
    Case Number: 17-1003-cv

    Electricity Firm Did Not Breach Contract by Not Pegging Variable Rate to Procurement Costs

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  • U.S. v. Thrower

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Amy Busa, Alexander Mindlin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee: Jane Simkin Smith, Millbrook, NY.
    Case Number: 17-445-pr

    180-Month Sentence Reinstated; N.Y. Robberies 'Violent Felonies' Under ACCA

  • U.S. v. Boles

    Publication Date: 2019-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Gregory L. Waples, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Barbara A. Masterson, Assistant United States Attorney, for Christina E. Nolan, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: Barclay T. Johnson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, on the brief, Steven L. Barth, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for Michael L. Desautels, Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
    Case Number: 17-1138-cr

    Supervised Release 'Risk' Condition Vague But Conviction, Sentence Affirmed

  • Lockwood v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-29
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: District Judge J. Paul Oetken
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Patrick G. Radel, Getnick Livingston Atkinson & Priore, LLP, Utica, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee: Stephen P. Conte, Regional Chief Counsel — Region II, on the brief, Andreea L. Lechleitner, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Social Security Administration, New York, NY, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    Case Number: 17-2591-cv

    ALJ Failed to Probe Conflict Between Testimony, Dictionary; Benefits' Denial Set Aside

  • Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Moses

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellee: David C. Shonka, Joel Marcus, Katherine M. Worthman, Colin A. Hector, on the brief, Michele Arington, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant Mark Briandi: Herbert L. Greenman, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, LLP, Buffalo, NY
    Case Number: 16-3811-cv

    $10M Disgorgement Amount Approximated Collection Firms' Unlawful Receipts From Consumers

  • Gupta v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Securities Litigation | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner‐Appellant: David S. Frankel, Alan R. Friedman, Robin M. Wilcox, Elliot A. Smith, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York, New York, on the brief, Gary P. Naftalis, New York, New York
    for defendant: For Respondent‐Appellee: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Margaret Garnett, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York, on the brief, Damian Williams, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York
    Case Number: 15-2707

    Denial of Securities Fraud Convictions' §2255 Vacatur Over Jury Instruction Is Affirmed