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From: New York Law360 <news@law360.com> To: Subject: Sheldon Silver Winds Up With 61/4-Year Prison Term Date: "Cue, 21 Jul 2020 07:29:34 +0000 s i_aw360 New York NEW YORK Tuesday, July 21, 2020 GiFollow Law360 TOP NEWS ;:',,Law360 Practice Groups of the Sheldon Silver Winds Up With 6%-Year Prison Term Year More than four years after he was first sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption charges, former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Monday was resentenced to a 6%-year term, in a rejection of his bid for home confinement. Read full article » For Attys, Flexible Work Arrangements May Be Here To Stay When COVID-19 hit the U.S. in March, law firms grappled with office closures and remote-work arrangements to comply with local stay-at-home orders. Four months later, many attorneys seem to have adapted to working from home and may not need to return to the office anytime soon, experts said during a panel discussion Monday. Read full article » LAW FIRMS Alva & Gleizer Ex-Fox News Host Accused Of Rape In New Harassment Suit Arnold & Porter Fox News fired a producer after she was allegedly raped by ousted host Ed Henry and complained about toxic workplace culture, while a female guest Barclay Damon lost out on a full-time job after refusing an advance from Tucker Carlson and Berger Montague enduring harassment by Sean Hannity, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Berke-Weiss Law PLLC Complaint attached I Read full article » Boies Schiller Cleary Gottlieb 2nd Circ. Upholds Turkish Banker's Conviction Covington & Burling The Second Circuit upheld a Turkish banker's conviction for evading U.S. Cravath Swaine sanctions on Iran, saying in a Monday opinion that strong evidence Davis Wright Tremaine supported the jury verdict, even if one of the government's charging theories missed the mark. Debevoise & Plimpton Opinion attached I Read full article » Dechert Dentons Showtime Beats Cayuga Nation's 'Billions' Defamation Suit Diserio Martin A New York judge has tossed a defamation suit by the Cayuga Nation and a Earthjustice council member over what they called a negative portrayal of the tribal official Eisenberg & Baum in an episode of Showtime's fictional show "Billions," saying they hadn't Garces & Grabler shown the character was based closely enough on the council member. Ghidotti Berger Opinion attached I Read full article » Gibbons PC Sens. Moving Forward On Bill With 65 New Fed. Judgeships Goldberg & Iryami Two Republican senators are putting the finishing touches on a bill that would Goodwin create 65 new district judgeships, a move that would fulfill the federal Harvey & Binnall Haynes & Boone EFTA00025392 judiciary's recommendation for addressing shortages in overworked courts Herrick Feinstein across the country. Hodgson Russ 1 document attached I Read full article » Hogan Lovells 23 AGs Challenge Rollback Of Transgender Health Protections Jenner & Block A coalition of 23 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration Jones Day Monday over a rule eliminating civil rights protections for transgender people Kaplan Fox under the Affordable Care Act, arguing the rule ignored the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision extending Title VII protections to LGBTQ workers. Kirkland & Ellis 2 documents attached I Read full article » Klestadt Winters Kobre & Kim REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT Law Offices of Tim Powers Levi & Korsinsky 5Pointz Owner Tells High Court Art Law Is Unconstitutional Linklaters A New York City real estate developer who destroyed a famed graffiti space McCarter & English known as 5Pointz asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to strike down as unconstitutional a federal law that protects works of art from harm. McCulley McCluer Petition attached I Read full article » McDermott Will Morgan Lewis ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL Norris McLaughlin Orrick EPA Escapes Long Island Sound Dumping Grounds Suit Palazzo Law Firm The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acted within its rights when Parker Ibrahim designating an area of eastern Long Island Sound as a dumping ground for Paul Weiss dredged materials in a long-term plan for the region, a New York federal judge ruled. Peiffer Wolf Order attached I Read full article » Petrillo Klein Rottenberg Lipman Federal Coal Lease Ban Should Be Reinstated, AGs Say Schneider Wallace Several state attorneys general, environmentalists and a Native American Selendy & Gay tribe on Monday regrouped and took another stab at attempting to revive an Shearman & Sterling Obama-era moratorium on federal coal leasing after a federal judge recently shot down their initial attempt. Sullivan & Worcester 2 documents attached I Read full article » Vinson & Elkins Weitz & Luxenberg EMPLOYMENT Wigdor LLP Wilkinson Walsh WeWork Fights Atty's Bid To Appeal Arbitration Ruling WilmerHale A New York federal judge should reject a former WeWork attorney's bid to Winston & Strawn appeal a decision that the federal arbitration law trumps the state's arbitration Ziontz Chestnut rules on allegations of discrimination, as the question is not "exceptional," the shared workspace company has argued. Zumpano Patricios Memorandum attached I Read full article » COMPANIES Advanced Micro Devices Inc. SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR American Bar Association SEC Seeks Sanctions For CEO Of Memorabilia Biz Apple Inc. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a New York federal Arctic Cat Inc. judge Friday to sanction the CEO of a sports memorabilia auction company Banco Santander SA and his wife for violating a temporary restraining order in a multimillion-dollar Bank of America Corp. fraud suit, saying the couple covertly transferred cash from the U.S. to Barclays PLC Russia, perpetrated two insurance fraud schemes and destroyed communications at the center of the schemes. Celgene Corp. Memorandum attached Read full article » Center for Biological Diversity Chevron Corp. Textron Escapes Investor Suit Over Arctic Cat Buy China International Economic and Textron Inc. slipped a proposed securities class action Monday after a New Trade Arbitration Commission York federal judge found that its shareholders hadn't properly alleged a single Citigroup Inc. EFTA00025393 misrepresentation regarding Textron's purchase of a snowmobile company in Dell Technologies Inc. 2017. Deutsche Bank AG Opinion attached I Read full article » El Paso Corporation GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FedEx Corp. Federation for American Judge Says DOD Freight False Claims Suit Should Proceed Immigration Reform A New York federal magistrate judge recommended that most of the U.S. FibroGen Inc. Department of Defense's allegations in a False Claims Act suit accusing a freight carrier of systematically overcharging the department move forward, Ford Motor Co. while refusing to transfer the case. Fordham University Report attached I Read full article » Fox News Network LLC Henry Schein Inc. BANKRUPTCY Hertz Global Holdings Inc. ICAP Cancer Center Beats Ex-Lobbyist's $6M Claim At 2nd Circ. Immigration Reform Law Institute The Second Circuit on Monday upheld a bankruptcy court finding that an ex- Intel Corp. lobbyist for 21st Century Oncology Holdings Inc. is not owed $7 million in bonus pay, saying the letter of the law allows the bankrupt cancer chain to JPMorgan Chase & Co. cap his bonus. Los Angeles Dodgers Opinion attached I Read full article » Mylan NV National Women's Law Center BANKING New York City Bar Association New York Civil Liberties Union $12.6M Deal In Forex Rigging Suit Gets Initial OK Nike Inc. A $12.6 million allocation plan between a class of investors and several major banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Standard Chartered PLC and Bank Partnership for New York City of America Corp. got preliminary approval by a New York federal judge to Pivotal Software Inc. resolve foreign exchange market rigging claims against the financial QUALCOMM Inc. institutions. RFR Realty LLC Order attached I Read full article >> Roku Inc. Santander Investment Securities TAX Inc. Servotronics Inc. NYC Biz Execs Oppose Competitive Regional Tax Incentives Showtime Networks Inc. New York City business leaders asked political leaders Monday to consider cutting tax subsidies, ending regional tax incentive competition and Sierra Club eliminating commercial rent taxes on some businesses in light of the Southern Poverty Law Center economic hit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Standard Chartered PLC Report attached I Read full article » State Bar of California Sunoco LP PROJECT FINANCE TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. Tencent Holdings Ltd. Vale Wins Bid For Docs In $500M Guinean Mining Project Fight A New York judge on Monday allowed Brazilian mining company Vale SA to Textron Inc. seek information on the whereabouts of $500 million it invested in a doomed The Boeing Co. Guinean mining project to be used in U.K. litigation accusing Israeli billionaire The Coca-Cola Co. Beny Steinmetz of fraudulently inducing it to enter into the venture. The Walt Disney Co. Order attached I Read full article ” Thoratec Corporation Twitter Inc. IMMIGRATION Vale SA NYCLU Sues For Info On Child Refugee Atty Policy Change WeWork Co. Inc. The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a freedom-of-information suit Witkoff Group Monday seeking details from the Trump administration about what the rights YRC Freight Inc. group calls a stealth move to cut back on access to lawyers for unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Complaint attached I Read full article » Administration for Children and Families EFTA00025394 NATIVE AMERICAN Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Native Cig Co. Says NY Judge Should Snuff Out State's Suit Bureau of Land Management King Mountain Tobacco Co. has opposed the state of New York's request that California Supreme Court a federal court keep jurisdiction over the state's suit against the Native Confederated Tribes and Bands of American tobacco maker, saying claims King Mountain might have resumed the Yakama Nation shipping illegal cigarettes to New York are "flatly wrong." European Commission 1 document attached I Read full article » Executive Office for Immigration Review EXPERT ANALYSIS Federal Bureau of Investigation Despite 2nd Circ. Ruling, Discovery Statute's Reach Grows Georgia Supreme Court The Second Circuit's recent Guo ruling barring the use of cross-border Judicial Conference of the United discovery under Section 1782 in private, international commercial arbitration States is the exception to the rule of broad circuit-level interpretation as this statute New York Attorney General's Office becomes an increasingly powerful tool for litigators, say attorneys at Dechert. New York City Council Opinion attached I Read full article » New York State Assembly Northern Cheyenne Tribe Mediator Confidentiality Promises Carry Serious Risks U.S. Army A mediation agreement that promises to keep evidence confidential could U.S. Army Corps of Engineers result in a legal malpractice case for the mediator, and the risk has increased in the COVID-19 era of online sessions, says mediator Jeff Kichaven. U.S. Attorney's Office Read full article » U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Court of Appeals for the LEGAL INDUSTRY District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth 'Men's Rights' Atty Named As Killer Of Federal Judge's Son Circuit The deceased gunman suspected of killing U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth son and wounding her husband at their New Jersey home was identified Circuit Monday as Roy Den Hollander, a solo "men's rights" attorney who has U.S. Court of Appeals for the argued before her, according to the FBI and U.S. attorney's office. Second Circuit Read full article » U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Judge Whose Son Was Gunned Down Made History In NJ U.S. Department of Defense U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed and husband U.S. Department of Health and wounded in a shooting at their New Jersey home Sunday, has had a history- Human Services making judicial career marked by some of the most high-profile cases in the U.S. Department of Justice Garden State, including a recent suit against Deutsche Bank AG over its ties to millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. Department of the Interior Read full article » U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Analysis U.S. District Court for the District of Salas Attack Highlights Importance Of Judicial Security Delaware Past violent attacks on judges and their families have spurred attempts to U.S. District Court for the Eastern address weaknesses in judicial security, but following a fatal shooting at the District of New York home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in New Jersey on Sunday, experts U.S. District Court for the Eastern say that even more can be done to ensure the safety of judges and those District of Texas close to them. Read full article » U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Haynes And Boone Eyes Expansion With New Leader U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York A new managing partner will take the helm at Haynes and Boone LLP in January as the Texas-based firm sets lofty goals to expand at home in Texas U.S. District Court for the Western and in its national and international offices, the firm announced Monday. District of Texas Read full article » U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Coca-Cola, Ford Each Name New General Counsel U.S. Navy EFTA00025395 The Coca-Cola Co. and Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that they will U.S. Securities and Exchange both have new general counsel, with the automotive giant's top attorney Commission shifting over to the beverage company. U.S. Supreme Court Read full article » United States District Court for the Gun-Toting St. Louis Attys Charged Over Anti-Protest Standoff District of Montana Husband-and-wife attorneys who run a prominent St. Louis personal injury firm were charged with a felony apiece in Missouri state court Monday as prosecutors say they brandished an assault rifle and a handgun while confronting protesters marching outside their home last month. Read full article » Allow Menstrual Products At Bar Exam, Thousands Tell NCBE Thousands of law professors, lawyers and law students on Monday urged the National Conference of Bar Examiners to clarify that examinees must be permitted to bring menstrual products to the Multistate Bar Examination, characterizing some states' practice of banning them as "illogical" and "shaming." Read full article » Ga. Is Latest State To Delay Bar Exam And Move Online Georgia's high court on Monday canceled the in-person bar examination scheduled for September and moved the test online, joining a growing list of states that have changed plans for the exam as a result of COVID-19. Read full article » Survey Finds Most Judges Say Systemic Racism Is An Issue A National Judicial College poll released Monday found that 65% of the judges who responded believe systemic racism is part of the U.S. criminal justice system, with many leaving comments that suggested the problem was one the judiciary should be paying close attention to. Read full article » 2 Ex-High Court Clerks Exit BigLaw For The MacArthur Center The appellate practices at Orrick and Jenner & Block each lost a former Supreme Court clerk this month to the MacArthur Justice Center, a Chicago public interest law firm aimed at criminal justice reform. Read full article » Flynn Says Trial Judge 'Hijacked' Case With En Banc Bid President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn accused a federal judge Monday of hijacking his criminal prosecution by refusing to immediately grant the government's request to end his case and urged the full D.C. Circuit to allow a recent ruling ordering his case's dismissal to stand without a review. Read full article » Avenatti Is Out Of Money For Legal Fees, Lawyer Says Michael Avenatti is out of money and can't afford the legal fees for his upcoming embezzlement trial, his counsel told a California federal judge over the weekend, asking to continue representing the embattled attorney on a publicly funded basis. Read full article » Expert Witness Sues Levi & Korsinsky For Unpaid Fees Securities and consumer litigation law firm Levi & Korsinsky LLP has not paid a financial industry consulting firm for its work as an expert witness in a proposed class action against TD Ameritrade Inc. and has refused to respond to a demand for arbitration, according to a suit filed in Connecticut state court. EFTA00025396 Read full article » Ex-FAIR Research Director Among 46 New Immigration Judges Former immigration judges said Monday that the Trump administration's recent appointments of 46 immigration judges are "a fraud on American justice" and that the appointment of a former leader of an immigration restrictionist organization will make it "impossible for one to receive a fair hearing." Read full article Interview 15 Minutes With Geometer's Chief Legal Officer After in-house stints at EMC and a cloud software company spun out by Dell EMC and VMware, Andrew Cohen earlier this year helped establish a software incubator that dedicates a quarter of its projects to furthering the social good. Here, the head lawyer shares more about the challenges at Geometer, and the ways he has seen the general counsel role change. Read full article » JOBS Search full listings or advertise your job opening Not sure if your firm subscribes? Ask your librarian. We hope you found this message to be useM. However, if you'd rather noi receive future mails of this son, you may unsubscribe here. Please DO NOT reply to this email. For customer support inquiries, please call + I -646-781.7ICO or visit our Contact Us page. Privacy Policy Law360 I Portfolio Media. Inc. Ill West 19th Street. 5th Floor, New York, NY I 0DI I EFTA00025397