14 hrs ago | NWCN.com
Feds fight morning-after pill age ruling in NY
Department of Justice lawyers have again asked a federal appeals court in New York to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill.
18 hrs ago | Fox News
Citibank Asks U.S. Court for Argentina Bond-Payment Assurances
Citibank has asked a U.S. district court to confirm that its Argentine banking unit isn't bound by a ruling that bars the Argentine government from making payments on bonds it issued under New York law.
23 hrs ago | Corporate Securities Law Blog
Second Circuit Holds that Allegations of Direct Fraudulent...
In Fezzani v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. , No. 09-4414-cv, 2013 WL 1876534 , a 2-1 majority of a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that plaintiffs' failure to plead direct misrepresentations from defendant to plaintiffs was fatal to their market manipulation claim under Section 10 of the Securities Exchange Act ... (more)
23 hrs ago | Deseret News
No more deportation without representation
Citizenship advocates in the audience listen as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets in a markup session to examine proposed changes to immigration reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013.
Yesterday | Reuters
SUMMIT-Rating agencies alert to Argentina debt ruling, souring economy
Argentina's dismal credit ratings might get a boost if U.S. courts rule in the country's favor in a long-running dispute with creditors over a 2002 default, but souring economic conditions could hold the ratings back, credit analysts said.
Broadcasters Seek Injunction Against Aereokiller in D.C. Court
Fox, ABC, NBC and Allbritton Communications have filed suit against Film On's Aereokiller TV station streaming service in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia .
The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News--May 23, 2013
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to determine whether or not prayers can be offered at government meetings .
Borders Card Holders Left With Squat
A judge ruled on Wednesday that customers who hold $210.5 million in gift cards from the defunct Borders chain aren't eligible for refunds.
Mihalik v. Credit Agricole Cheuvreux: Second Circuit Clarifies...
On April 26, 2013, the Second Circuit held that New York City Human Rights Law claims must be analyzed separately from federal and state discrimination claims and that the severe or pervasive standard of liability no longer applies to NYCHRL claims.
Mayoral hopeful and supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis has to fork over nearly $3.9 million to the lawyers of workers who sued him for shortchanging them at his Gristedes stores, a Manhattan appeals court ruled yesterday.
Rajat Gupta seeks overturning of conviction in insider-trading
NEW YORK: India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta today sought overturning of his insider- trading conviction in a US court here by arguing that the wiretap evidence used by the prosecution in the case should not have been introduced at trial stage.
Copyright Law Reform Engages Both Courts and Congress
Big changes may be afoot in copyright law these days, via both litigation and legislation.
The Second Circuit's Aereo Math: One Copy + One Subscriber ? Public Performance
On May 14, 2013, the controversial broadcast television streaming service filed a motion for summary judgment in the Southern District of New York on copyright claims brought by broadcast television networks that Aereo's service directly infringes the networks' public performance rights and directly and secondarily infringes their reproduction ... (more)
NYC officials spar over right to worship in public schools
City officials took to the podium Tuesday airing grievances against a proposed resolution calling on Albany lawmakers to pass legislation allowing houses of worship in public schools and less than two hours later, a New York City Council committee passed the resolution.
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Legislative Prayers
The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.
Courts - Still more on 'SCOTUS Takes Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings'
Updating yesterday's ILB entry , that includes links to prior coverage of the Indiana legislative prayer case, Dan Carden reports today in the NWI Times , in a story headed "Prayer case set for U.S. Supreme Court similar to Ind.
Gupta challenges insider conviction and use of wiretaps
Rajat Gupta , former Goldman Sachs director and former senior partner at McKinsey & Co., exits Federal court with his lawyer Gary Naftalis after being sentenced to two years in prison on Oct.
Supreme Court to Hear Public Prayer Case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case during its next term about whether a town that opened its public meetings with prayer violated the Constitution.
Ex-Goldman exec seeks insider trading retrial
A lawyer for a former board member at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. has told a federal appeals court that his client deserves a new trial.
Section 1983 and State Criminal Convictions
In his Civil Rights Litigation column, Ilann M. Maazel, a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, writes: May a non-incarcerated plaintiff assert Section 1983 claims that call into question the validity of a state criminal conviction? In the recent case of 'Poventud v. City of New York,' the Second Circuit answered: yes.