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OPINION & ORDER DENISE COTE, District Judge. On August 30, 2013, the defendants filed this motion to compel FHFA to produce documents it is currently withholding from discovery on the basis of the bank examination and deliberative process privileges. For the following reasons, the bank examination privilege applies to FHFA. The defendants’ request for a blanket order that all withheld docum

OPINION & ORDER DENISE COTE, District Judge: Before the Court is an August 13, 2013 motion for partial judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(c), Fed.R.Civ.P., filed by certain of the individual defendants in these actions. The motion requires the Court to decide whether the SEC radically altered Section 11 liability for individuals who sign registration statements in the context of the shelf

OPINION & ORDER DENISE COTE, District Judge: Before the Court are a September 27, 2013 motion for partial summary judgment by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) and a related November 1, 2013 motion to certify a question of law to the Supreme Court of Virginia filed by the defendants. Both motions concern the issue of whether a loss causation defense exists under the Virginia and Washington, D.C.

OPINION & ORDER COTE, District Judge. This Document Relates to: The Director Defendants,1 the SSB Defendants,2 and Athur Adersen, LLP (“Adersen”) have each moved to dismiss Weinstein v. Ebbers, No. 03 Civ. 2841 (the ‘Weinstein Action”), a putative nationwide class action brought on behalf of “holders” of Worl

WRIGHT, District Judge: *1099 Plaintiff Judith Berger ("Mrs. Berger") 1 sued Philip Morris USA, Inc. ("Philip Morris") for intentional and unintentional torts, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for smoking-related injur

OPINION & ORDER DENISE COTE, District Judge: This Opinion addresses a motion in li-mine brought by plaintiff Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) to prohibit defendants1 from presenting, in connection with its Section 11 claims, evidence to the jury of principal and interest payments made on the certificates at issue in this action (the “Certificates”) a

MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge: On December 6, 1977, the defendant in this case, Nathan Lang, also known as “Cool Breeze,” made the mistake of visiting Rikers Island, a New York City penal institution and the situs of a former incarceration. His hegira was prompted not by nostalgia but in order to retrieve some personal effects. Oddly enou

24-2196-cv Santos v. Kimmel United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term, 2024 (Argued: March 24, 2025 Decided: September 15, 2025) Docket No. 24-2196-cv _____________________________________ GEORGE SANTOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

OPINION & ORDER DENISE COTE, District Judge: Plaintiff Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), as conservator for the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) (together, the GovernmenNSponsored Enterprises or “GSEs”), brings this action against financial institutions involved in the packaging, marketing, and sale of resid

24-2196-cv Santos v. Kimmel United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term, 2024 (Argued: March 24, 2025 Decided: September 15, 2025 Amended: October 6, 2025) Docket No. 24-2196-cv _____________________________________ GEORGE SANTOS, Plaintiff-Appel

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OPINION & ORDER ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Plaintiff TufAmerica, Inc. (“TufAmerica”) brings this copyright infringement action against Defendants Michael Diamond (“Mike D”), Adam Horovitz (“Ad-Rock” or “King Ad-Rock”), Adam Yauch (“MCA”) (collectively, the “Beastie Boys”), Universal Music Publishing, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Brooklyn Dust Music, and Capitol Records, LLC (

336 F.Supp.2d 310 (2004) In re WORLDCOM, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION Grace Weinstein and Sylvia Carraway, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Bernard J. Ebbers, et al., Defendants. No. 02 Civ.3288 DLC, No. 03 Civ.2841. United States District Court, S.D. New York. September 17, 2004. Brian Murray, Eric Belfi, Murray, Frank &

581 F.3d 1358 (2009) Donald PHILLIPS, Claimant, and Dejuanna Harris, Movant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. Nathan J. Davis, Claimant-Appellant, and Valerie Stanback, Movant-Appellant, v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. Nos. 2008-7124, 2008-7142. United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

957 A.2d 960 (2008) 2008 ME 161 Vivian HARVEY v. H.C. PRICE COMPANY et al. Docket: WCB-07-612 Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Argued: April 8, 2008. Decided: October 21, 2008. *961 Anne-Marie L. Storey, Esq. (orally), Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, ME, for H.C. Price Company. James

954 A.2d 449 (2008) 2008 ME 140 Dragoslav AVRAMOVIC v. R.C. MOORE TRANSPORTATION, INC., et al. Docket: WCB-07-680. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Argued: June 16, 2008. Decided: September 9, 2008. *450 James J. MacAdam, Esq., Nathan A. Jury, Esq. (orally), David E. Hirtle, Esq., MacAdam

25-1162 Mueller v. Deutsche Bank AG United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2025 Argued: December 11, 2025 Decided: August 3, 2026 No. 25-1162 RICHARD MUELLER II, individually and for the estate of Kayla Mueller, MARSHA MUELLER, ERIC MUELLER, DIANE FOLEY, individually and for t

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RODNEY GILSTRAP, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Before the Court is the Joint Renewed Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Declaring All Asserted Patent Claims Invalid Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Dkt. No. 539 in the -1112 case; Dkt. No. 191 in the -61 case) (“Mot.”) filed by Defendants Motorola Mobility, • LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., Apple Inc., .Google, Inc., Huawei Technol

MEMORANDUM & ORDER JAMES L. COTT, United States Magistrate Judge. Defendants Verizon Services Corp. (“VSC”) and Verizon Communications Inc. (together, “Defendants”) seek costs, including attorney’s fees, in connection with the filing of a motion to compel, pursuant to Rule 37(a)(5)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. After an eight-month pursuit by Defendants to obtain tax records and