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This document is a Law360 New York legal news digest dated August 27, 2019, summarizing various legal developments, court rulings, and corporate transactions. It covers topics such as robocall litigation, employment suits, securities fraud (including mentions of SAC Capital and Harvey Weinstein), and mergers like the Amgen-Celgene deal. The only connection to the name 'Epstein' in this specific document is a reference to the law firm 'Epstein Becker Green' and its attorneys Jeffrey Ruzal and Carly Baratt; there is no direct mention of Jeffrey Epstein the financier or flight logs.

People (14)

Name Role Context
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York
Signed a bill extending the statute of limitations for Martin Act suits.
Letitia James New York Attorney General
Announced $1.2M in fines for dollar stores selling expired products.
Richard Lee Former Portfolio Manager
Ex-SAC Capital exec set for insider-trading trial.
Michael Avenatti Attorney/Defendant
Scheduled for trial in California embezzlement case.
Harvey Weinstein Defendant
Criminal trial delayed until 2020; pled not guilty to new indictment.
Sam Edelman Designer
Subject of a tax challenge case involving New York.
Jeffrey Zwick Attorney
Mentioned in NYC Real Estate Week In Review.
Matthew Biben Partner
Moved from Debevoise to Gibson Dunn to co-chair financial institutions practice.
Jeffrey Ruzal Attorney
Attorney at Epstein Becker reviewing clawback provisions.
Carly Baratt Attorney
Attorney at Epstein Becker reviewing clawback provisions.
Lawrence Spiegel General Counsel
Skadden GC testified regarding Gregory Craig.
Gregory Craig Defendant/Attorney
Former colleague of Spiegel, accused of failing to register as foreign agent.
Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
Announced appointment of Vinson & Elkins attorney to Texas Supreme Court.
Lucy Fato General Counsel
GC at AIG, interviewed about her role.

Timeline (4 events)

2019-08-26
NY Gov. Cuomo signed bill extending Martin Act statute of limitations to 6 years.
New York
2019-12-09
Scheduled trial start for Richard Lee (ex-SAC Capital) for insider trading.
Manhattan
2020-01-01
Delayed trial date for Harvey Weinstein.
New York
2020-05-19
Scheduled trial date for Michael Avenatti in California embezzlement case.
California

Relationships (4)

Matthew Biben Employment Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has swiped a new partner... with Matthew Biben now co-chairing Gibson Dunn's financial institutions practice group
Jeffrey Ruzal Employment Epstein Becker Green
Jeffrey Ruzal and Carly Baratt at Epstein Becker review the types of incentive compensation
Carly Baratt Employment Epstein Becker Green
Jeffrey Ruzal and Carly Baratt at Epstein Becker review the types of incentive compensation
Harvey Weinstein Legal Defendant New York State Court
A New York state judge on Monday delayed the criminal trial of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein

Key Quotes (4)

"AGs, Carriers' Cooperation Won't Stem Robocall Litigation"
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"Dollar Stores Will Pay $1.2M For Selling Expired Products"
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"Harvey Weinstein Again Denies Charges, Trial Moved To 2020"
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"Jeffrey Ruzal and Carly Baratt at Epstein Becker review the types of incentive compensation often subject to such provisions"
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From: New York Law360
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Subject: AGs, Carriers' Cooperation Won't Stem Robocall Litigation
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:05:03 +0000
Law360 New York
NEW YORK
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
TOP NEWS
Analysis
AGs, Carriers' Cooperation Won't Stem Robocall Litigation
A new information-sharing partnership between major phone carriers and attorneys general across the country is expected to expedite the tracking and prosecution of robocall scammers and the networks that enable them, but questions remain about how it will work in practice, experts said.
Read full article »
NY Judge Dodges Most Of Ex-Clerk's Bias, Retaliation Suit
A New York state judge has beaten a former chief clerk's allegations that he was bullied for being gay, but not his claim that he was illegally demoted after reporting that she kept improperly meddling in the administration of criminal matters while her husband was Staten Island's district attorney, according to a recent federal court ruling.
Opinion attached | Read full article »
Religious Parents Can't Get Freeze On NY Vaccination Law
A New York state judge has denied a bid from a group of parents to block a recent law repealing a religious exemption to mandatory vaccinations in Empire State schools, finding they haven't shown they are likely to eventually succeed in the case.
Decision attached | Read full article »
NY Extends Clock For Bringing Martin Act Suits To 6 Years
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Monday a bill that brings back a six-year time window for the state's attorney general to bring financial fraud claims under the Martin Act, undoing a landmark decision from the state's highest court that had held a three-year statute of limitations applied.
Bill attached | Read full article »
Dollar Stores Will Pay $1.2M For Selling Expired Products
Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree have agreed to pay $1.2 million in fines after an undercover investigation caught the discount retailers selling expired drugs and useless motor oil, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday.
Read full article »
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Shuttered Golf Co. Owner Must Pay Rival $8.9M In Patent Suit
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LAW FIRMS
Aidala Bertuna
Alston & Bird
Arnold & Porter
Baker Botts
Ballard Spahr
Boutin Jones
Bryan Cave
Cadwalader Wickersham
Clyde & Co
Cohen & Frankel LLP
Davis Polk
Debevoise & Plimpton
Duval & Stachenfeld
Eagan Avenatti
Epstein Becker Green
Eversheds Sutherland
Freshfields Bruckhaus
Friedman Suder
Gair Gair
Gibson Dunn
Goldstein & Russell
Goodwin
Greenberg Traurig
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The owner of a shuttered golf company must pay a rival nearly $8.9 million for infringing a golf bag patent, a New York federal judge has ruled, almost 10 years after he stashed the company's money in a personal bank account and declared bankruptcy.
1 document attached | Read full article »
EMPLOYMENT
Kennedys Beats Appeal In Client Poaching Suit
An attorney failed to establish that a Kennedys lawyer poached his clients in a freight business dispute, as he didn't back up his "bald assertions" that his former clients were fed lies, a New Jersey state appellate court held Monday.
Read full article »
SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR
December Insider-Trading Trial Set For Ex-SAC Capital Exec
Former SAC Capital portfolio manager Richard Lee will stand trial on insider trading charges beginning Dec. 9, a Manhattan federal judge said Monday, scheduling a swift conclusion in a six-year-old case that has been reshaped by changes in controlling law.
Read full article »
Avenatti Gets May Trial Date In Calif. Embezzlement Case
Michael Avenatti will get his day in court next spring, a California federal judge decided Monday, scheduling a May 19 trial date in the government's embezzlement case against the embattled attorney.
Read full article »
Harvey Weinstein Again Denies Charges, Trial Moved To 2020
A New York state judge on Monday delayed the criminal trial of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein until January, after Weinstein pled not guilty to a new indictment accusing him of predatory sexual assault.
Read full article »
Zebra Gets Investor Suit Over $3.5B Motorola Buy Sent To Ill.
A New York federal judge has transferred a proposed class action brought by Zebra Technologies Corp. investors over the data technology company's $3.45 billion buy of a Motorola division, sending the case to Illinois, where Zebra is headquartered.
Order attached | Read full article »
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
5 Firms Shape Amgen's $13.4B Celgene Drug Buy
Amgen will shell out $13.4 billion in cash to snap up Celgene's psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis drug, a deal shaped by five law firms that is aimed at lessening competition concerns with Bristol-Myers Squibb's Celgene takeover.
Read full article »
BANKRUPTCY
US Trustee Skeptical As Aegerion Creditors OK Ch. 11 Plan
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has reported that the overwhelming majority of its creditors have approved its Chapter 11 plan, while a government bankruptcy watchdog said he was awaiting proof the vote was set up fairly.
2 documents attached | Read full article »
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Harris Beach
Hodgson Russ
Kahn Swick
Kennedys Law LLP
Kirkland & Ellis
Kobre & Kim
Levi & Korsinsky
Littler Mendelson
Lowenstein Sandler
Manatt Phelps
McDermott Will
Meunier Carlin
Morgan & Morgan
Orrick Herrington
Paul Weiss
Quinn Emanuel
Reed Smith
Robbins Geller
Serrins & Associates
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Snell & Wilmer
Sullivan & Cromwell
Thompson Hine
Troutman Sanders
Venable LLP
Vinson & Elkins
Wachtell Lipton
Watson Farley
Willkie Farr
Zuckerman Spaeder
COMPANIES
A.W. Chesterton Co.
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
American Civil Liberties Union
American International Group Inc.
Amgen Inc.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate
Apple Inc.
BB&T Corp.
BlackBerry Ltd.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Brookfield Properties Corp.
CBRE Group Inc.
Celgene Corp.
Center for Constitutional Rights
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV
Citigroup Inc.
Columbia Sportswear Co.
Community Bank
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CONTRACTS
Conoco Details Venezuela Service Efforts In $8.75B Award Suit
ConocoPhillips on Monday outlined its attempts to serve Venezuela with a suit seeking to enforce an $8.75 billion award, responding to a New York federal court order that asked for details on its efforts.
1 document attached | Read full article »
TAX
NY Urges Justices To Skip Designer Edelman's Tax Challenge
New York's tax department has told the U.S. Supreme Court it shouldn't hear designer Sam Edelman's challenge to its taxation of intangible income of dual residents without an offsetting credit because there's no conflict with court precedent.
Brief attached | Read full article »
IMMIGRATION
20 State AGs Challenge Trump Rule To Detain Migrant Kids
California and 19 other states announced Monday that they will sue the Trump administration over its move to eliminate a 20-day limit on the detention of immigrant children, claiming it ignores standards of care established in a decades-old settlement agreement.
Read full article »
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL
Investor Suit Over CB&I Failed Nuke Projects Trimmed
Engineering and construction firm Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV dodged one of four fraud claims brought by investors over its "disastrous" acquisition of Shaw Group Inc. and the decline of its nuclear business Friday when a New York federal judge ruled it time barred.
Order attached | Read full article »
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
NYC Real Estate Week In Review
Jeffrey Zwick, Keusch Law and Ballard Spahr were among more than half a dozen law firms that steered the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a group of transactions led by a $95 million Brooklyn deal.
Read full article »
Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, RREEF, Ill. Condo Complex
A Brookfield Properties venture has reportedly landed $807 million in financing for the Crown Building in Manhattan, Deutsche Bank arm RREEF is said to have paid $178 million for a Florida industrial property and an Illinois residential condo complex is for sale and could be converted to apartments.
Read full article »
PEOPLE
Gibson Dunn Grabs Banking Partner From Debevoise
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has swiped a new partner from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's banking team, with Matthew Biben now co-chairing Gibson Dunn's financial institutions practice group in New York.
Read full article »
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ConocoPhillips Co.
Credit Suisse Group AG
Deutsche Bank AG
Dollar General Corp.
Dollar Tree Inc.
Dynamex, Inc.
Eaton Vance Corporation
Enterprise Holdings Inc.
Equifax Inc.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
HP Inc.
Habib Bank Ltd.
Hearst Corp.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Landau Uniforms Inc.
Levi Strauss & Co.
LexisNexis Group
LinkedIn Corp.
Los Angeles Times
Major Lindsey & Africa
Manulife Financial Corp.
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
Morgan Stanley
Nardello & Co.
New York Times Co.
New York University
Nike Inc.
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Paypal Holdings Inc.
Point72 Asset Management LP
RELX PLC
Rent-A-Center Inc.
S&P Global Inc.
S.A.C. Capital Advisors LP
SVB Financial Group
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
State Bar of California
Sterling National Bank
Tax Foundation
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
The Kraft Heinz Co.
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
Trader Joe's Co.
University Bancorp Inc.
Vornado Realty Trust
Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Investment Company Act Circuit Split Exposes Mutual Funds
The Second Circuit's opinion in Oxford University Bank v. Lansuppe Feeder that mutual fund investors can bring private actions to rescind contracts they allege violate the Investment Company Act creates an unconventional circuit split, and poses litigation risk for mutual funds, say attorneys at Goodwin.
Opinion attached | Read full article »
The Growing Trend Of State Transfer Pricing Scrutiny
Taxpayers that are prepared with contemporaneous, Internal Revenue Code Section 482-compliant documentation supporting the arm's-length nature of their transactions will be in the best position to defend against the increasingly aggressive and coordinated state taxing authority attacks on intercompany transaction pricing, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
Read full article »
LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR
Using Clawback Provisions For Employee Incentive Pay
An employer's ability to use clawback or forfeiture provisions in employee compensation agreements depends on applicable state wage-and-hour laws. Jeffrey Ruzal and Carly Baratt at Epstein Becker review the types of incentive compensation often subject to such provisions and provide drafting considerations for incentive compensation agreements.
Read full article »
LEGAL INDUSTRY
Analysis
As Demand For Contract Attys Grows, Firms Outsource Risk
As the federal government and states like California split over who might qualify as independent contractors, law firms and businesses are turning to legal services agencies to provide a layer of protection between themselves and their hired legal help.
Read full article »
Georgia Says It's Not Trying To Copyright Law Itself
The state of Georgia has filed its opening shot in a U.S. Supreme Court case over whether annotations to legal texts can be protected under copyright law, stressing it was not asking the justices to rule that "the law can be copyrighted."
Read full article »
Texas Free Speech Law Doesn't Apply In Fed. Court: 5th Circ.
A Texas free speech law that contains a provision to bring an early end to lawsuits aimed at curbing public participation is in conflict with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and therefore cannot be used in federal court, the Fifth Circuit has ruled.
Read full article »
Skadden GC: Craig Defied Calls To Register As Foreign Agent
Skadden general counsel Lawrence Spiegel told a Washington, D.C., federal jury Monday that his former colleague Gregory Craig had repeatedly defied calls to register his work for the Ukrainian government because it would cause him and others at the law firm to lose out on future potential job opportunities with the U.S. government.
Read full article »
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Yahoo! Inc.
Zebra Technologies Corp.
iFinex Inc.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
California Supreme Court
Chicago Department of Aviation
European Union
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Georgia Department of Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
National Labor Relations Board
New York Attorney General's Office
New York State Department of Financial Services
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
New York State Unified Court System
North Carolina Department of Revenue
Rhode Island Division of Taxation
Securities and Exchange Commission
State of Rhode Island Department of Revenue
Texas Supreme Court
U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
U.S. Supreme Court
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Vinson & Elkins Atty Tapped For Texas High Court
A seat on the Texas Supreme Court that will soon be vacated by a justice who has been confirmed to the federal bench will be filled by a former state appellate judge and current Vinson & Elkins LLP attorney, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday.
Read full article »
Former Bryan Cave Partner Appointed Cred General Counsel
Cryptocurrency lending and borrowing company Cred has hired as its general counsel an attorney who previously served as head of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's fintech practice, the company announced on Monday.
Read full article »
Interview
15 Minutes With AIG's General Counsel
When people ask Lucy Fato how she spends her time as the general counsel at AIG, she says she connects dots for others within the finance and insurance corporation to complete tasks more quickly and efficiently. Here, she shares the importance of her law firm experience, a lesson about leadership, and how she helped Tilda Swinton win an Oscar.
Read full article »
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