United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd. v. Ficeto

White Collar Crime, Corp. Governance, Securities Law
In an action asserting fraud claims under the federal securities laws, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is: 1) reversed insofar as it...

In re Coudert Bros. LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Legal Malpractice
In a law firm's bankruptcy proceedings in federal district court in New York, in which a corporation filed a claim based on a pending legal...

Raedle v. Credit Agricole Indosuez

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a financial analyst against his former employer and his supervisor at that firm for tortious interference with a job offer from another...

Zheng v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
On petition for review of BIA decision affirming an immigration judge's finding that the petitioner had filed a frivolous asylum application, the...

BlackRock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Securities Law
In a New York state Article 77 proceeding brought by a bank to confirm that it had the authority to enter into a settlement under governing trust...

Guamanrrigra v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
On petition for review of a BIA decision affirming an immigration judge's denial of the petitioner's application for cancellation of removal, the...

Crocock v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In removal proceedings in which an Irish national was found ineligible for adjustment of status for having made a false claim to US citizenship on an...

US v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Constitutional Law
On appeal of the district court's denial of a motion to suppress a confession, judgment of conviction after plea is affirmed, where: 1) the...

US v. Banki

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
In a prosecution for offenses involving transfers of money from Iran, the convictions are: 1) affirmed as to two counts, where: a) the indictment was...

In re Parmalat Securities Litigation

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In bankruptcy proceedings in which state-law claims were asserted, the district court's decision not to abstain from hearing the claims is reversed...