• Rosner v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Tax
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Rosner, pro se, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee United States of America: Charles S. Jacob, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-687

    Post-Judgment Appeal Rights Protect Vitality of Asserted Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege

  • U.S. v. Mladen

    Publication Date: 2020-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, William J. Nardini, Assistant United States Attorney, New Haven, Connecticut, on the brief, Marc H. Silverman, Assistant United States
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Robert A. Culp, Garrison, New York.

    Case Number: 18-0616

    Abatement Motion Only Partly Granted; $20,000 Fine Returned to Estate, Prison Term Vacated

  • Washington Nat'l Ins. Co. v. OBEX Grp. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee: Joseph L. Buckley and Matthew L. Lippert, on the brief, Richard H. Epstein, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellants: Helen B. Kim, Thompson Coburn LLP, Los Angeles, CA.

    Case Number: 19-225-CV

    Court Held Jurisdiction Based on Citizenship Diversity of Parties to FAA §7 Petition

  • U.S. v. Richardson

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Nicolas Commandeur, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Rajit S. Dosanjh, Assistant United States Attorney, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: Melissa A. Tuohey, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for Lisa A. Peebles, Federal Public Defender, Syracuse, New York.

    Case Number: 19-412-cr

    Court Did Not Err in Applying Career Offender Enhancement, Sentencing Defendant

  • U.S. v. Haverkamp

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barrington Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, For Appellee: Daniel B. Tehrani, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Aline R. Flodr, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Yuangchung Lee Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-3735-cr

    Court Erred by Applying $10,000 Assessment Under 18 USC §3014 on Per-Count Basis

  • Sampedro v. Silver Point Capital LP

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents-Appellants Silver Point Capital, L.P., Contrarian Capital Management, LLC and David Reganato: Andrew Villacastin, Mario De Oliveira Gazzola, on the brief, Duane L. Loft, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellant Norman Raúl Sorensen Valdez: Jason C. Hegt, Eric L. Taffet, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, New York. For Movant-Appellee Luis Javier Martínez Sampedro: Scott M. Danner, Kevin D. Benish, on the brief, Vincent Levy, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 19-272

    Circuit Affirms Denial of Motion for Reciprocal Discovery Under 28 USC §1782

  • U.S. v. Rosemond

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Samson Enzer, Drew Skinner, and Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Elizabeth Hanft, Assistant United States Attorney, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Scott A. Chasin and Shai M. Silverman, on the brief, Michael E. Rayfield, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-3561-cr

    Autonomy Not Implicated Where Lawyer Concedes Element While Claiming Defendant Not Guilty

  • Saleh v. Sulka Trading Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Tal S. Benschar, on the brief, Milton Springut, Springut Law P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: David Donahue, Sean F. Harb, on the brief, John P. Margiotta, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-2461

    Business Activities in India, Thailand Did Not Show Intent, Ability to Sell Goods in U.S.

  • Scarlett v. Barr

    Publication Date: 2020-05-05
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Reena Raggi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Vilia B. Hayes, on the brief, Hannah Miller, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Benjamin C. Mizer, Andrew N. O'Malley, on the brief, Lindsay M. Murphy, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Case Number: 16-940

    Jamaican Officer's Case Remanded; Entitlement to Relief Due to Gang Violence Correct

  • Utica Mut'l Ins. Co. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barrington Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee: Thomas D. Cunningham, on the brief, William M. Sneed, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Ill.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant: Steven C. Schwartz & Erin E. Valentine, on the brief, Peter R. Chaffetz, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 18-828

    Reinsurance Contract Terms Show FFIC Did Not Owe Utica Obligations Allegedly Breached