United States v. Fishbein

Publication Date: 2023-11-27

Practice Area: Real Estate

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Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY

Judge: District Judge Paul A. Crotty

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Case number: S1 21 Cr. 296

Government Awarded Forfeiture, Restitution to Cover for 'Rental Payment Scheme'

Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

Publication Date: 2023-11-13

Practice Area: Damages

Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory

Court: Court of Chancery

Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.

For defendant: Edwin J. Harron, James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; William M. Kelleher, Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

Case number: 2017-0822-SG

Court dismissed in rem action over limited partnership interest where hearing the action would require the court to hale in defendants it lacked personal jurisdiction over and the proceedings were an attempt to circumvent the dismissal of plaintiff's fraudulent transfer claim against defendants for lack of jurisdiction.

U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Ahmed

Publication Date: 2023-07-05

Practice Area: Securities Litigation

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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Judge: Circuit Judge Michael H. Park

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee Securities and Exchange Commission: STEPHEN G. YODER, Senior Litigation Counsel, for Dan M. Berkovitz, General Counsel, and John W. Avery, Deputy Solicitor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC.

For defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Iftikar A. Ahmed: Gregory Dubinsky, Andrew C. Indorf, on the brief, Vincent Levy, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellants Shalini Ahmed, I.I. 1, a minor child, by and through his next friends Iftikar and Shalini Ahmed, his parents, I.I. 2, a minor child, by and through his next friends Iftikar and Shalini Ahmed, his parents, I.I. 3, a minor child, by and through his next friends Iftikar and Shalini Ahmed, his parents, I-Cubed Domains, LLC, Shalini Ahmed 2014 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust, DIYA Holdings, LLC, DIYA Real Holdings, LLC: Zachary C. Schauf, on the brief, Adam G. Unikowsky, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC. For Receiver-Appellee Jed Horwitt: John L. Cesaroni, Christopher H. Blau, Stephen M. Kindseth, Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C., Bridgeport, CT.

Case number: 21-1686

Court Did Not Address if Actual Gains on Frozen Assets Were Too Remote From Fraud

U.S. v. Swartz Family Trust

Publication Date: 2023-05-11

Practice Area: Criminal Law | White Collar Crime

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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr.

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: For Appellee United States of America: David A. Hubbert, Acting Assistant Attorney General, S. Robert Lyons, Chief, Criminal Appeals & Tax Enforcement Policy Section, Katie Bagley, Joseph B. Syverson, Attorneys, on the brief, Elissa Hart-Mahan, Attorney, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, for Antoinette T. Bacon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.

For defendant: For Claimant-Appellant Swartz Family Trust: Steven L. Kessler, Law Offices of Steven L. Kessler, New Rochelle, NY. For Claimant-Appellant Orienta Investors, LLC: Jacqueline M. Arango, Akerman LLP, Miami, FL, Katherine E. Giddings, Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, FL, on the brief, Scott M. Kessler, Akerman LLP, New York, NY.

Case number: 19-2822

Action Remanded to Allow Consideration of Complaint's Amendment on Bona Fide Buyer Claim