• In Re: Lehman Brothers Holdings, Debtor.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-09
    Practice Area: Litigation | Bankruptcy | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Sack, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Claimant-Appellants Jennifer Adler, Ian Anderson, Jennifer Becker, Craig Benson, Paola Biraschi, Karen Brewer, William Broadbent, David Brooks, Guillemette Callies, Patrick Cremin, Michael Collier, Joseph D'Amadeo, John Dmuchowski, Nestor De Jesus, Steven Engel, Louise Goldberg, Michael Gran, Anshuman Goyal, Adrian Graves, Sandra Hahn-Colbert, Gregg Hawes, Nicholas Howard, Julian Iragorri, Harriet Chan King, Karen Krieger, Tal Lev Ari, Yeruchim Levilev, Sarah Lewis, Patricia Luken, Lawrence McCarthy, Michael McCully, Paul Shotton, Steven Schwab, Colin S.A. Welch, Pierluigi Volini, Ian Neville, Sandy Fleischman Richman, Jeffrey Wecker, Norman Siegel, Thomas O'Sullivan, Peter Ward, Timothy Wilkinson, Milan Veleba, Andrea Sullivan, Hugh McGee, Judith Winchester, Ross Shapiro, Stephen Snelling, Brian Seward, Margaret Smith, Alvaro Santodomingo, Helmut Olivier, Estate of Michael Mullen, Jack Rivkin, Barry Porter, Gregg Somma, Christiane Schuster, Michael Petrucelli, Martin Patterson, Fabio Liotti, and Mary Langevin: Andrew R. Goldenberg, on the briefs, Richard J. Schager, Jr., Stamell & Schager, LLP, New York, NY. For the Claimants-Appellants Madelyn Antoncic, Michele Bareggi, Riccardo Banchetti, Timothy A. Burke, Nachiketa Das, Philippe Dufournier, Brian Gross, Peter Hornick, Andrea Jao, Michael Lawsky, Alexandre Catalao Maia, Nikki Marshall, Richard Noble, Anke Parr, Vincent Primiano, Giancarlo Saronne, Johathan Sebiri, Charles Spero, Harshad Shah, Gordon Sweely, Rocco F. Andriola, Amit K. Sarkar, Darian J. Cohen, Lars P. Jacobson, Christian E. Stevens, and Andrew Wideman: Lisa M. Solomon, Law Offices of Lisa M. Solomon, New York, NY. For the Claimants-Appellants Marvin C. Schwartz, Stephanie Stiefel, Richard J. Glasebrook, II, Judith Ann Kenney, Richard Nackerson, Henry Ramallo, Christian Reynolds, David I. Weiner, Richard Levine, and Seth Finkel: Eugene Neal Kaplan, Kaplan Landau, LLP, New York, NY, on the briefs, Deborah E. Lans, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Debtor-Appellee Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: Ralph I. Miller, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-1296-bk

    Vested Stock Compensation Considered Securities in Lehman Bankruptc

  • Brown Media Corporation, Roy E. Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. K&L Gates, LLP, Edward M. Fox, Eric T. Moser, Defendants-Appellees, 15-4185-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, C.JJ., and Garaufis, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Daniel Abrams, Law Office of Daniel L. Abrams, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Anthony C. Acampora, Silverman Acampora LLP, Jericho, NY.

    Case Number: 15-4185-cv

    Court's Dismissal of Case on Basis of Res Judicata Reversed, Judgment Vacated; Plaintiff's Claims of Fiduciary Duty Breach, Interference With Contract, Fraud, Not The Sort of Claims That Should Have

  • In re Onewoo Corporation, and V.J.One Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Hampshire Brands, Inc., Hampshire Group, Limited, Paul Buxbaum and William Drozdowski, Defendants, 17-01008

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Plaintiffs by: Robert L. Lash, Esq., Hur & Lash, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Defendants by: Leon R. Barson, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-01008

    Court Explains Why Fraud, Breach Action Cannot Be Remanded to District or Transferred to Delaware Bankruptcy

  • Ehrlich v. Commercial Factors of Atlanta, 1:16-CV-0070

    Publication Date: 2017-02-28
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | White Collar Crime | Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Lawrence Kahn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:16-CV-0070

    Cite as: Ehrlich v. Commercial Factors of Atlanta, 1:16-CV-0070, NYLJ 1202779966440, at *1 (NDNY, Decided February 22, 2017) CASENAME Marc S. Ehrlich, Trust

  • Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust, by and through the Wilmington Trust Company, solely in its capacity as Trust Administrator and Trustee, Plaintiff v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al., Defendants, 09-00504

    Publication Date: 2017-02-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff by: Eric B. Fisher, Esq., Neil S. Binder, Esq., Lindsay A. Bush, Esq., Lauren K. Handelsman, Esq., Binder & Schwartz LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for GMAM Investment Funds Trust, Lehman GMAM Investment Funds Trust, and Pension Inv. Committee of GM for GM Employees Domestic Group Pension Trust by: Arthur J. Steinberg, Esq., Edward L. Ripley, Esq., King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 09-00504

    Cite as: Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, 09-00504, NYLJ 1202778803972, at *1 (SDNY, Decided December 7, 2016) 09-00504 Bankruptcy

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  • Kirschner v. Fitzsimons, 12-cv-2652

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Trustee is Represented by: David M. Zensky, Mitchell P. Hurley, and Deborah J. Newman of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY. Robert J. Lack, Hal Neier, and Amy C. Brown of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY. Michael Waldman and Mark Hiller of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC and Jeffrey T. Golenbock and Douglas L. Furth of Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Shareholder Defendants are Represented by: D. Ross Martin and Joshua Y. Sturm, as Liaison Counsel to the Executive Committee, of Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-cv-2652 (RJS)

    Cite as: Kirschner v. Fitzsimons, 12-cv-2652, NYLJ 1202776452276, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 6, 2017)CASE NAMEMarc S. Kirschner, as Litigation Trustee for the T

  • Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Madoff, 08-01789

    Publication Date: 2016-11-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff, Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC: David J. Sheehan, Esq., Regina Griffin, Esq., Thomas L. Long, Esq., Seanna R. Brown, Esq., Amanda E. Fein, Esq., Catherine E. Woltering, Esq., of Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Liaison Counsel for All Subsequent Transferee Defendants1: Robinson B. Lacy, Esq., of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. Franklin B. Velie, Esq., Jonathan G. Kortmansky, Esq., Mitchell C. Stein, Esq., of Counsel, Sullivan & Worchester LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Bureau of Labor Insurance: Michael B. Himmel, Esq., Amiad M. Kushner, Esq., Lauren M. Garcia, Esq., of Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08-01789 (SMB)

    Cite as: SIPC v. Madoff, 08-01789, NYLJ 1202773121758, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 21, 2016) CASE NAME Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Plaintiff

  • In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., et al,1 Debtor, 16-11090

    Publication Date: 2016-10-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Simon Robert Fuller: Timothy W. Walsh, Esq., Darren Azman, Esq., of Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession: Matthew A. Feldman, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Matthew Freimuth, Esq., Andrew S. Mordkoff, Esq., of Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders: Lee R. Bogdanoff, Esq., David A. Fidler, Esq., Whitman L. Holt, Esq., of Counsel, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles, California. Counsel for Crestview Media Investors, L.P.: Eric D. Winston, Esq., of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, California, Scott C. Shelley, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY. Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Craig A. Wolfe, Esq., Jason R. Alderson, Esq., of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-11090

    Cite as: In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., 16-11090, NYLJ 1202769152392, at *1 (Bankruptcy, SDNY, Decided September 16, 2016) 16-11090 Bankruptcy Ju

  • In re: James A. Boutin, Debtor, 15-30128

    Publication Date: 2016-08-19
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Margaret Cangilos-Ruiz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Neil Smith, Esq., Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: Pro Se Defendant: James A. Boutin, Norther Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 15-30128

    Cite as: In re: James A. Boutin, Debtor, 15-30128, NYLJ 1202765285978, at *1 (NDNY, Decided August 11, 2016)

  • Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, 15-2844-bk

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Creditors-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Celestine Elliott, Lawrence Elliott, and Berenice Summerville, and Appellants-Cross-Appellees Sesay and Bledsoe Plaintiffs: Gary Peller, Washington, D.C. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Plaintiffs: Andrew M. Volk, on the brief, Steven W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington, and Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California, and Rachel J. Geman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, and Edward S. Weisfelner, David J. Molton, Howard S. Steel, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, and Sandra L. Esserman, Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, P.C., Dallas Texas. For Appellants-Cross-Appellees Ignition Switch Pre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs: Gregory W. Fox, on the brief, William P. Weintraub, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Appellant-Cross-Appellee Doris Powledge Phillips: Joshua P. Davis, Josh Davis Law Firm, Houston, Texas. For Appellants Groman Plaintiffs: Alexander H. Schmidt, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, New York, and Jonathan L. Flaxer, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant General Motors LLC: Scott Davidson, on the brief, Arthur J. Steinberg, King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York, and Merritt E. McAlister, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, and Edward L. Ripley, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Texas, and Richard C. Godfrey, Andrew B. Bloomer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois. For Trustee-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Wilmington Trust Company: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu, Lisa H. Rubin, Gabriel K. Gillett, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York. For Creditors-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Participating Unitholders: Pratik A. Shah, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., and Daniel H. Golden, Deborah J. Newman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 15-2844-bk(L)

    Cite as: Motors Liquidation, 15-2844-bk, NYLJ 1202762885155, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 13, 2016) CASE NAME In The Matter of: Motors Liquidation Company, De