Robert Sweet found no proof that Roseanne Zito, who was let go from the firm in 2008, was fired because she was an older woman.
BEAR STEARNS COLLAPSE - S.E.C. v. Cioffi
MEMORANDUM - The federal district court reluctantly approved the SEC’s civil settlement with Ralph R. Cioffi and Matthew M. Tannin after their acquittal in criminal prosecution. Current law requires the settlement to take into account the gains by defendants and not the losses to victims of wire fraud and securities fraud, in this case allegedly more than a billion dollars. (E.D.N.Y.)
RECUSAL - DaSilva Moore v. Publicis Groupe
OPINION – U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, who recently issued a first-of-its-kind order directing the use of predictive coding in discovery in a gender-discrimination class action, has refused to recuse himself from the case over the alleged “appearance of partiality.” (S.D.N.Y.)
New York Decision Roundup - June 20, 2012
This daily roundup provides links to summaries of the latest New York state and federal court decisions.
A lease is considered "neither marital nor separate property" wrote John Leventhal in a Second Department unanimous decision.
Litigator Herbert Washer joins Cahill Gordon & Reindel as partner; Herrick, Feinstein adds Leslie Chervokas as counsel.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to remove the distinction between public and private possession of the drug, but the GOP-led Senate said they have "no plans" to take up the bill this legislative year.
Members of the judicial commission tasked with finding the next Court of Appeals judge urged qualified candidates to apply during a public discussion at the New York City Bar Association.
The First Department ordered a new trial for a man convicted of drug possession, finding that the jury was improperly instructed on a New York law known as the "drug factory presumption."
The ruling, by U.S. Judge Paul Crotty, could strengthen claims by insurers seeking to hold banks responsible for losses on the risky loans.
A retired police lieutenant who spent months sifting through debris at Ground Zero deserves full disability pension benefits, a New York appeals court ruled.
The one-week trial in Manhattan Criminal Court pitted the church, once a strong ally of the movement, against Occupy supporters, who pressured church leaders not to cooperate with the prosecution.
The firm's unsecured creditors' committee says it will investigate the actions of JPMorgan Chase and other lenders and bondholders ahead of the its collapse last month.
The firm becomes the latest U.S. shop to apply for an outpost in South Korea following a 2011 free trade agreement.
The First Department suspended John O'Brien after finding he had committed a "serious crime" in failing to pay $2.5 million in taxes.
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