Webuild S.P.A. v. WSP USA Inc.
Publication Date: 2024-07-29Practice Area:Discovery |
Dispute Resolution
Industry:Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJudge: Per Curiam Attorneys:For plaintiff: For Applicant-Appellant: Carolyn B. Lamm, Kristen M. Young, Nicolle E. Kownacki, White & Case, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Hansel Pham, Washington, D.C.For defendant: For Appellees: Mélida N. Hodgson, Mitchell R. Stern, Nathan A. King, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, New York, New York; Eli Whitney Debevoise II, Sally L. Pei, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Washington, D.C., on the brief, for Intervenor-Appellee; Raymond DeLuca, Jeffery Mullen, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rachel B. Soloman, Cozen O'Connor, New York, New York, on the brief, for Respondent-Appellee, Samuel Lonergan, New York, New York.
For amicus curiae United States of America in support of affirmance: Bryan M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Sharon Swingle, Appellate Staff Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Damian Williams, United States Attorney, on the brief, Urja Mittal, Appellate Staff Attorney, Washington, D.C.Case number: 23-73
ICSID Tribunal Lacks Government Authority Warranting Discovery Under 28 USC §1782
U.S. v. Williams
Publication Date: 2024-06-04Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJudge: Circuit Judge Richard J. SullivanAttorneys:For plaintiff: For Appellee: Micah F. Fergenson, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.For defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Winston M. Paes, Isabela Garcez, McCahey Townsend, Katherine Stein, Beatrice A. Walton Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY.Case number: 20-3044
Reduced Sentence Motion Was Denied on Independent Grounds; Discretion Not Abused
Appellate Division, First Department: April 29, 2024
Publication Date: 2024-04-29Practice Area:Civil Appeals |
Criminal Appeals
Industry:Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & MotionsJudge: Unsigned Attorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: DOCKET
Appeals & Motions List released on:April 25, 2024
In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litig.
Publication Date: 2024-04-15Practice Area:Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry:E-Commerce |
Investments and Investment Advisory |
Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme CourtJudge: Justice SeitzAttorneys:For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, J. Clayton Athey, Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Stacey A. Greenspan, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Maria T. Starling, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Robert D. Klausner, Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL for appellants.For defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore N. Mirvis, Jonathan M. Moses, Ryan A. McLeod, Alexandra P. Sadinsky, Canem Ozyildirim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew W. Murphy, Sandy Xu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maeve O’Connor, Susan R. Gittes, Amy C. Zimmerman, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua G. Hamilton, Meryn C.N. Grant, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Blair Connelly, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Michele D. Johnson, Latham & Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for appellees.Case number: 368, 2022
Chancery court erroneously applied business judgment rule to review transaction where controlling stockholder stood on both sides and received a non-ratable benefit where not all members of the company's separation committee were independent from the controller.
Crosby JMW LLC v. 138th St. Apts. LLC
Publication Date: 2024-04-01Practice Area:Contractual Disputes
Industry:Court: Supreme Court, New YorkJudge: Justice Lynn R. KotlerAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 154099/2022
Court Finds Respondent Entitled to Recover Unpaid Attorney and Licensing Fees
Appellate Division, Second Department: January 26, 2024
Publication Date: 2024-01-26Practice Area:Civil Appeals |
Criminal Appeals
Industry:Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down ListJudge: Unsigned Attorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: DOCKET
Handdown List released on:January 24, 2024
Vans Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.
Publication Date: 2023-12-12Practice Area:Trademarks
Industry:Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJudge: Per Curiam Attorneys:For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Philip A. Goldstein, McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY; Tanya L. Greene, McGuire Woods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA.For defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Megan K. Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William D. Patterson, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago IL, on the brief, David H. Bernstein.
For Amicus Curiae Daniel Arsham in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Vivek Jayaram, Jayaram Law Group, Chicago, IL.
For Amici Curiae Emmanuel Perrotin, Jean-Paul Engelen in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Ronald D. Coleman, Dhillon Law Group Inc., Newark, NJ.
For Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Mark A. Lemley, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., and Accessories Council in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Zachary D. Cohen, Rachel W. Adams, on the brief, John P. O'Herron, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond, VA.
For Amicus Curiae Nike, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Tamar Y. Duvdevani, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, on the brief, Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA.
For Amicus Curiae International Trademark Association in Support of neither party: Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY; David Donahue, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Vijay K. Toke, Rimon P.C., San Francisco, CA.
For Amici Curiae Authors Alliance, Mason Rothschild, Alfred Steiner in Support of neither party: Mark P. McKenna, Christopher J. Sprigman, Rebecca Tushnet, on the brief, Rhett O. Millsaps II, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.Case number: 22-1006
Confusion on Source of Wavy Baby Shoe Likely; Vans Likely to Prevail on Infringement Claim
City of Warren Police & Fire Ret. Sys. v. Prudential Fin., Inc.
Publication Date: 2023-07-17Practice Area:Securities Litigation
Industry:Insurance |
Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitJudge: Judge PhippsAttorneys:For plaintiff: Joseph D. Daley, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, San Diego, CA; Peter S. Pearlman, Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf, Saddle Brook, NJ; Daniel J. Pfefferbaum, Shawn A. Williams, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, San Francisco, CA; Douglas Wilens, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, Boca Raton, FL for appellant.For defendant: David D. Cramer, Tricia B. O’Reilly, Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly & Falanga, Newark, NJ; Maeve L. O’Connor, Susan R. Gittes, Aasiya F.M. Glover, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY for appellees.Case number: 21-1147
Stockholder sufficiently alleged false or misleading corporate statements where life insurance company reported normal or slightly negative mortality experience only weeks prior to announcing massive increase in reserves, and stockholder had confidential internal information indicating the company had already been contemplating increasing reserves.
City of Warren Police & Fire Ret. Sys. v. Prudential Fin., Inc.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03Practice Area:Securities Litigation
Industry:Insurance |
State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitJudge: Justice PhippsAttorneys:For plaintiff: Joseph D. Daley (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd); Peter S. Pearlman (Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf); Daniel J. Pfefferbaum and Shawn A. Williams (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd); Douglas Wilens (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd)For defendant: David D. Cramer and Tricia B. O’Reilly (Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly & Falanga); Maeve L. O’Connor, Susan R. Gittes, and Aasiya F.M. Glover (Debevoise & Plimpton)Case number: 21-1147
Confidential Information from Employee and Subsequent Inconsistent Actions by Company Created Inference of False or Misleading Statements
Douglas v. NYC
Publication Date: 2023-04-13Practice Area:Civil Rights
Industry:Court: Supreme Court, New YorkJudge: Justice Leslie A. StrothAttorneys:For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: The Legal Aid Society, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY.For defendant: Attorney for Defendants: New York City Department of Law, New York, NY.Case number: 153606/2021
George Floyd Protestors' Claims for Unreasonable Seizure, False Arrest Survive