Legal Research

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest March 24, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Business Law
Free With Registration: Appeal of Challenge to NYSE, NASD Merger Moot After Ninth Circuit Dismiss of SEC Review Bid
Standard Investment Chartered Inc., plaintiff-appellant v. National Association of Securities Dealers Inc., defendants-appellants

NEW YORK COUNTY
Criminal Practice
Court Denies Motion to Quash AG's Subpoena Seeking List of Merrill Lynch Bonus Recipients
People v. John A. Thain

BRONX COUNTY
Civil Practice
Port Authority De Jure Resident of Each New York City County; Venue Change Denied
Espada v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

KINGS COUNTY
Administrative Law
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Enjoining City From Planned Expansion of Brooklyn Jail
Matter of STOP BHOD v. City of New York

KINGS COUNTY
Civil Practice
Guardian's Motion to Renew and Reargue, Vacate Default Judgment Against Her Denied
Matter of Spagnoletti

NASSAU COUNTY
Criminal Practice
Court Rules Town's Amended Leafleting Law Invalid, Dismisses Charges Against Defendant
People v. Susan C. Mendelson

ROCKLAND COUNTY
Civil Practice
Homeowners Granted Leave to Serve Late Notice Of Claim on Adjacent Town For Flooding Damage
Fishman v. Town of Clarkstown

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Evidence
DA's Office Need Not Certify Grand Jury Testimony Transcripts for Use in Arrestees' Civil Rights Suits
Rechtschaffer v. The City of New York

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Charges Law Firm Stole Client's Secrets for Use by Another Client
Gurvey v. Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman PC

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Court Rules on Evidence Admissibility in Contract Breach Action Over Promotional Debit Cards
Ventura Associates Inc. v. International Outsourcing Services Inc.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Business Law
Claims Law Firm Helped to Perpetrate Refco's Accounting Fraud Dismissed; 'Stoneridge' Cited
In re Refco Securities Litigation

U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Bankruptcy
Court Rules as to Effect of Florida Sanction In Lawyer's Application for Chapter 7 Relief
Schatzman & Schatzman PA v. Greason

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).