By B. Colby Hamilton | June 13, 2017
Harold Levine and a co-defendant pleaded guilty to charges that they failed to report collectively more than $4 million in income, according to the Southern District U.S. Attorney's office.
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 13, 2017
The Second Circuit reversed a ruling that found a pollution settlement with several oil companies and a district attorney in California precluded legal action by the local water board.
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By Tom McParland | June 12, 2017
Employees of TransPerfect Global who said they faced "increased risk" of identity theft after their personal information was stolen in a January 2017 data breach lack standing to sue because they had not suffered an actual or impending injury, attorneys for the company said last week in filings in New York federal court.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 12, 2017
A couple whose property was damaged by Hurricane Sandy has sued FEMA for denying them access to the agency's Hurricane Sandy Claims Review process, which allowed all claimants to reopen their flood insurance claims so FEMA could investigate whether any additional money was owed to victims.
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 12, 2017
Southern District Judge Kenneth Karas was "perplexed" by a defendant's failure to comply with court-ordered disgorgement calculations, he said in a ruling last week.
By George M. Heymann | June 12, 2017
George M. Heymann writes: How often have trial judges been confronted with a rule of law that seems out of touch with the realities of the facts before them but are "constrained" to abide by it because of appellate court decisions. One such situation is the ongoing debate regarding the strict liability "vicious propensities" rule with respect to injuries caused by domestic animals, as a direct result of the owner's conduct, which prohibits recovery on the theory of negligence.
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 9, 2017
An antitrust suit filed in the Southern District Thursday seeks to push major financial institutions toward greater transparency in the credit default swap market, potentially opening the door to more investor litigation in the space.
By Michael Hoenig | June 9, 2017
Complex Litigation columnist Michael Hoenig writes: In case readers haven't noticed, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy issuing recent rulings that can affect litigation practice. In the last month, the justices issued a significant decision rejecting general jurisdiction over a defendant in a state where that defendant was neither incorporated nor headquartered; held that service of process of a foreign defendant by mail is permitted by the terms of the Hague Service Convention, provided the foreign country has not objected to such service by mail; and ruled that a nursing home's arbitration agreement had to be enforced as preempting tort claims for injuries filed in Kentucky courts.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker and Katelyn Polantz | June 8, 2017
President Donald Trump tweeted his choice for the new FBI director Wednesday morning – former prosecutor Christopher Wray, now with Atlanta's King & Spalding.
By Jason Grant | June 8, 2017
A woman's negligence claim against a Manhattan seafood restaurant, brought after she choked on a nearly one-inch fishbone, must be dismissed under the "reasonable expectation" doctrine, a First Department panel ruled Thursday.
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