• Roe v. St. John's University

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Michael Valentine, on the brief, The Law Office of Michael Valentine, Brooklyn, NY, Peter G. Eikenberry, Law Office of Peter G. Eikenberry, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Michael J. Goettig, on the brief, Lyle S. Zuckerman, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Victoria L. Stork, on the brief, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY, Chardaie C. Charlemagne, Baker & Hostetler LLP, San Francisco, CA.

    Case Number: 21-1125

    Inference of Sex Discrimination in University's Disciplinary Proceedings Not Raised

  • Pauwels v. Deloitte LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-10-18
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joshua I. Schiller, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Deloitte LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP, and Deloitte USA LLP: John P. Del Monaco, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Matthew D. Rowan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, John F. Hartmann, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL. For Defendants-Appellees Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon: Keri L. Engelman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Catherine L. Eschbach, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Houston, TX, on the brief, Michael L. Banks, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA.

    Case Number: 22-21-cv

    Independent Contractor Fails to Allege That His Valuation Tool Was a Trade Secret

  • Siemens Energy Inc. v. Petroleos de Venezuela Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Kim M. Watterson, Devin Misour, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Jordan W. Siev, Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jessica A.B. Livingston, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Denver, CO; Dennis H. Tracey, III, Matthew Ducharme, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-0047-CV

    Payment by Venezuela's Oil Company Not 'Impossible' in Spite of Executive Order

  • U.S. v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2023-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Sean C. Eldridge, Assistant United States Attorney, for Trini E. Ross, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Timothy P. Murphy, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for Marianne Mariano, Federal Public Defender for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 21-1782

    Court Committed No Error in Imposing Above Guidelines 48-Month Sentence

  • EMA Financial LLC v. Chantis

    Publication Date: 2023-09-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For EMA Financial, LLC: Jeffrey Fleischmann, Law Office of Jeffrey Fleischmann, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Joey Chancis and Richard Roer: Mark R. Basile and Eric Benzenberg, on the brief, Marjorie Santelli, The Basile Law Firm P.C., Jericho, NY.

    Case Number: 22-274

    Court Erred in Finding Loans Not Usurious Under New York Law

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Clemente v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2023-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant: Jodi Morales, The Law Offices of Jodi Morales, Bronx, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee: John M. Castellano on the brief, William H. Branigan, Assistant District Attorneys, for Melinda Katz, District Attorney for Queens County, Queens, NY.

    Case Number: 21-279=pr

    28 USC §2244(d)(1)'s Statute of Limitations Requires Case-by-Case Approach

  • McCutcheon v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Elizabeth Oppenheimer, on the brief, Leon Dayan, Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Eli Gottesdiener, on the brief, Gottesdiener Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Darin P. McAtee, Lauren R. Kennedy, on the brief, Evan R. Chesler, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Robert A. Long, Jr., Robert S. Newman, on the brief, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 20-3225

    Employees' Interpretation of Retirement Plan Is the Unambiguously Correct Reading

  • U.S. v. Pena

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Karl Metzner, on the brief, Samuel P. Rothschild, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Yuanchung Lee, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-4192

    Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Declining Resentence After §924(j) Convictions Vacated

  • U.S. v. Pena

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Karl Metzner, on the brief, Samuel P. Rothschild, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Yuanchung Lee, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-4192

    Denial of Re-Sentencing Despite §924(j) Counts' Vacatur Upheld as 'Strictly Ministerial'

  • Sabir v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2022-11-03
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Matthew W. Callahan, Muslim Advocates, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellants: Brian M. Boynton, Leonard C. Boyle, Michael S. Raab, on the brief, Daniel Winik, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center: Elizabeth A. Bixby, Daniel M. Greenfield, on the brief, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL.

    Case Number: 19-3575

    Wardens Not Entitled to Immunity; Prayer Policy Did Not Serve Compelling Interest