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From: New York Law360 <[email protected]> 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 Sheldon Silver Winds Up With 6%-Year Prison Term 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 » Ex-Fox News Host Accused Of Rape In New Harassment Suit 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 lost out on a full-time job after refusing an advance from Tucker Carlson and enduring harassment by Sean Hannity, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Complaint attached I Read full article » 2nd Circ. Upholds Turkish Banker's Conviction The Second Circuit upheld a Turkish banker's conviction for evading U.S. sanctions on Iran, saying in a Monday opinion that strong evidence supported the jury verdict, even if one of the government's charging theories missed the mark. Opinion attached I Read full article » Showtime Beats Cayuga Nation's 'Billions' Defamation Suit A New York judge has tossed a defamation suit by the Cayuga Nation and a council member over what they called a negative portrayal of the tribal official in an episode of Showtime's fictional show "Billions," saying they hadn't shown the character was based closely enough on the council member. Opinion attached I Read full article » Sens. Moving Forward On Bill With 65 New Fed. Judgeships Two Republican senators are putting the finishing touches on a bill that would create 65 new district judgeships, a move that would fulfill the federal ;:',,Law360 Practice Groups of the Year LAW FIRMS Alva & Gleizer Arnold & Porter Barclay Damon Berger Montague Berke-Weiss Law PLLC Boies Schiller Cleary Gottlieb Covington & Burling Cravath Swaine Davis Wright Tremaine Debevoise & Plimpton Dechert Dentons Diserio Martin Earthjustice Eisenberg & Baum Garces & Grabler Ghidotti Berger Gibbons PC Goldberg & Iryami Goodwin Harvey & Binnall Haynes & Boone EFTA00025392 judiciary's recommendation for addressing shortages in overworked courts across the country. 1 document attached I Read full article » 23 AGs Challenge Rollback Of Transgender Health Protections A coalition of 23 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration Monday over a rule eliminating civil rights protections for transgender people under the Affordable Care Act, arguing the rule ignored the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision extending Title VII protections to LGBTQ workers. 2 documents attached I Read full article » REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT 5Pointz Owner Tells High Court Art Law Is Unconstitutional A New York City real estate developer who destroyed a famed graffiti space 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. Petition attached I Read full article » ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL EPA Escapes Long Island Sound Dumping Grounds Suit The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acted within its rights when designating an area of eastern Long Island Sound as a dumping ground for dredged materials in a long-term plan for the region, a New York federal judge ruled. Order attached I Read full article » Federal Coal Lease Ban Should Be Reinstated, AGs Say Several state attorneys general, environmentalists and a Native American tribe on Monday regrouped and took another stab at attempting to revive an Obama-era moratorium on federal coal leasing after a federal judge recently shot down their initial attempt. 2 documents attached I Read full article » EMPLOYMENT WeWork Fights Atty's Bid To Appeal Arbitration Ruling A New York federal judge should reject a former WeWork attorney's bid to appeal a decision that the federal arbitration law trumps the state's arbitration rules on allegations of discrimination, as the question is not "exceptional," the shared workspace company has argued. Memorandum attached I Read full article » SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR SEC Seeks Sanctions For CEO Of Memorabilia Biz The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a New York federal judge Friday to sanction the CEO of a sports memorabilia auction company and his wife for violating a temporary restraining order in a multimillion-dollar fraud suit, saying the couple covertly transferred cash from the U.S. to Russia, perpetrated two insurance fraud schemes and destroyed communications at the center of the schemes. Memorandum attached Read full article » Textron Escapes Investor Suit Over Arctic Cat Buy Textron Inc. slipped a proposed securities class action Monday after a New York federal judge found that its shareholders hadn't properly alleged a single Herrick Feinstein Hodgson Russ Hogan Lovells Jenner & Block Jones Day Kaplan Fox Kirkland & Ellis Klestadt Winters Kobre & Kim Law Offices of Tim Powers Levi & Korsinsky Linklaters McCarter & English McCulley McCluer McDermott Will Morgan Lewis Norris McLaughlin Orrick Palazzo Law Firm Parker Ibrahim Paul Weiss Peiffer Wolf Petrillo Klein Rottenberg Lipman Schneider Wallace Selendy & Gay Shearman & Sterling Sullivan & Worcester Vinson & Elkins Weitz & Luxenberg Wigdor LLP Wilkinson Walsh WilmerHale Winston & Strawn Ziontz Chestnut Zumpano Patricios COMPANIES Advanced Micro Devices Inc. American Bar Association Apple Inc. Arctic Cat Inc. Banco Santander SA Bank of America Corp. Barclays PLC Celgene Corp. Center for Biological Diversity Chevron Corp. China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Citigroup Inc. EFTA00025393 misrepresentation regarding Textron's purchase of a snowmobile company in 2017. Opinion attached I Read full article » GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Judge Says DOD Freight False Claims Suit Should Proceed A New York federal magistrate judge recommended that most of the U.S. Department of Defense's allegations in a False Claims Act suit accusing a freight carrier of systematically overcharging the department move forward, while refusing to transfer the case. Report attached I Read full article » BANKRUPTCY Cancer Center Beats Ex-Lobbyist's $6M Claim At 2nd Circ. The Second Circuit on Monday upheld a bankruptcy court finding that an ex- 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 cap his bonus. Opinion attached I Read full article » BANKING $12.6M Deal In Forex Rigging Suit Gets Initial OK A $12.6 million allocation plan between a class of investors and several major banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Standard Chartered PLC and Bank of America Corp. got preliminary approval by a New York federal judge to resolve foreign exchange market rigging claims against the financial institutions. Order attached I Read full article >> TAX NYC Biz Execs Oppose Competitive Regional Tax Incentives New York City business leaders asked political leaders Monday to consider cutting tax subsidies, ending regional tax incentive competition and eliminating commercial rent taxes on some businesses in light of the economic hit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Report attached I Read full article » PROJECT FINANCE Vale Wins Bid For Docs In $500M Guinean Mining Project Fight A New York judge on Monday allowed Brazilian mining company Vale SA to seek information on the whereabouts of $500 million it invested in a doomed Guinean mining project to be used in U.K. litigation accusing Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz of fraudulently inducing it to enter into the venture. Order attached I Read full article ” IMMIGRATION NYCLU Sues For Info On Child Refugee Atty Policy Change The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a freedom-of-information suit Monday seeking details from the Trump administration about what the rights group calls a stealth move to cut back on access to lawyers for unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody. Complaint attached I Read full article » Dell Technologies Inc. Deutsche Bank AG El Paso Corporation FedEx Corp. Federation for American Immigration Reform FibroGen Inc. Ford Motor Co. Fordham University Fox News Network LLC Henry Schein Inc. Hertz Global Holdings Inc. ICAP Immigration Reform Law Institute Intel Corp. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Los Angeles Dodgers Mylan NV National Women's Law Center New York City Bar Association New York Civil Liberties Union Nike Inc. Partnership for New York City Pivotal Software Inc. QUALCOMM Inc. RFR Realty LLC Roku Inc. Santander Investment Securities Inc. Servotronics Inc. Showtime Networks Inc. Sierra Club Southern Poverty Law Center Standard Chartered PLC State Bar of California Sunoco LP TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. Tencent Holdings Ltd. Textron Inc. The Boeing Co. The Coca-Cola Co. The Walt Disney Co. Thoratec Corporation Twitter Inc. Vale SA WeWork Co. Inc. Witkoff Group YRC Freight Inc. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Administration for Children and Families EFTA00025394 NATIVE AMERICAN Native Cig Co. Says NY Judge Should Snuff Out State's Suit King Mountain Tobacco Co. has opposed the state of New York's request that a federal court keep jurisdiction over the state's suit against the Native American tobacco maker, saying claims King Mountain might have resumed shipping illegal cigarettes to New York are "flatly wrong." 1 document attached I Read full article » EXPERT ANALYSIS Despite 2nd Circ. Ruling, Discovery Statute's Reach Grows The Second Circuit's recent Guo ruling barring the use of cross-border discovery under Section 1782 in private, international commercial arbitration is the exception to the rule of broad circuit-level interpretation as this statute becomes an increasingly powerful tool for litigators, say attorneys at Dechert. Opinion attached I Read full article » Mediator Confidentiality Promises Carry Serious Risks A mediation agreement that promises to keep evidence confidential could 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. Read full article » LEGAL INDUSTRY 'Men's Rights' Atty Named As Killer Of Federal Judge's Son The deceased gunman suspected of killing U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' son and wounding her husband at their New Jersey home was identified Monday as Roy Den Hollander, a solo "men's rights" attorney who has argued before her, according to the FBI and U.S. attorney's office. Read full article » Judge Whose Son Was Gunned Down Made History In NJ U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed and husband wounded in a shooting at their New Jersey home Sunday, has had a history- making judicial career marked by some of the most high-profile cases in the Garden State, including a recent suit against Deutsche Bank AG over its ties to millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read full article » Analysis Salas Attack Highlights Importance Of Judicial Security Past violent attacks on judges and their families have spurred attempts to address weaknesses in judicial security, but following a fatal shooting at the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in New Jersey on Sunday, experts say that even more can be done to ensure the safety of judges and those close to them. Read full article » Haynes And Boone Eyes Expansion With New Leader 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 and in its national and international offices, the firm announced Monday. Read full article » Coca-Cola, Ford Each Name New General Counsel Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau of Land Management California Supreme Court Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation European Commission Executive Office for Immigration Review Federal Bureau of Investigation Georgia Supreme Court Judicial Conference of the United States New York Attorney General's Office New York City Council New York State Assembly Northern Cheyenne Tribe U.S. Army U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Attorney's Office U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. District Court for the Central District of California U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Navy EFTA00025395 The Coca-Cola Co. and Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that they will both have new general counsel, with the automotive giant's top attorney shifting over to the beverage company. Read full article » Gun-Toting St. Louis Attys Charged Over Anti-Protest Standoff 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. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. Supreme Court United States District Court for the District of Montana 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