By B. Colby Hamilton | June 23, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit added a valuable point of clarity in securities cases dealing with material omissions this past week, even if 'Stadnick v. Vivint Solar' did little to change how most attorneys say they plan to approach the law.
By Marcia Coyle | June 22, 2017
Adam Jed, a 2008 Harvard Law School graduate and former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, has joined Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's legal team in the investigation of Russia's interference with the U.S. presidential election. At the DOJ, Jed defended the Affordable Care Act and helped implement the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling.
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 22, 2017
In a split with other circuits, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not allow consumers to demand that they stop receiving automated calls if they agreed to provisions opting them in.
By Jason Grant | June 21, 2017
A Manhattan judge has struck a defendant's answer in a media-based breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition suit, after finding that 2,000 emails, including attorney-client privileged information possessed by plaintiffs, had been hacked and stolen.
By Jason Grant | June 21, 2017
In a retrial that allowed additional plaintiff-side expert testimony, a Manhattan jury has awarded $14 million to a former New York Times interior designer…
By Andrew Denney | June 21, 2017
The new case management order for New York City's asbestos courts, released Tuesday and set to take effect on July 20, contains provisions that both defense and plaintiffs' attorneys can either support or loathe.
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 21, 2017
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel Wednesday rejected attempts by a plaintiff to assert a First Circuit standard for securities fraud cases dealing with the disclosure of information to investors.
By Marcia Coyle | June 21, 2017
Big-business advocates are lining up with the Trump administration's new position in the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace arbitration agreements banning class actions do not violate federal labor law.
By Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. | June 20, 2017
In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss an appeal arising out of the proposed development at the former Shea Stadium site. The majority ruled that the development known as "Willets West" cannot proceed because the legislature has not clearly and expressly provided that the parkland underlying the development site can be freed from serving as a park space, as is required under the public trust doctrine, while Chief Judge Janet DiFiore reached the opposite conclusion.
By B. Colby Hamilton | June 19, 2017
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's push to compel ExxonMobil to produce additional documents as part of its fraud case against the energy company has been clipped, at least for the time being, by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager.
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