U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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ChatGPT's mistakes could cost N.Y. lawyer an $8K punishment
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who cited a nonexistent lawsuit dreamed up by ChatGPT not only had her client’s case dismissed, but may face disciplinary action and have to pay $8,000 in the other side’s legal bills. -
Lawyer's client fakes text messages when pushing sexual harassment claim
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court reversed more than $100,000 in sanctions against a lawyer whose client lied under oath and fabricated text messages at the center of a sexual harassment suit, ruling the trial judge failed to find he acted in bad faith. -
Robbins Geller appeals loss of vax class action against AstraZeneca
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers at Robbins Geller are appealing a loss in their lawsuit against AstraZeneca over statements it made during clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine. -
No money, no problem: Navient settlement approved by Second Circuit
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has rejected objections to a $2.2 million class action settlement that provided no money to class members or their lawyers. -
Social Security lawyers earned $1,600 an hour, Second Circuit rules
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A law firm that specializes in Social Security cases deserved its large hourly rate for quickly and efficiently winning disability benefits for its client, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, reversing a lower court decision that declared a 25% contingency fee to be excessive and a “windfall” for the lawyers. -
Court finds challenge to Cuomo's eviction moratorium pointless now
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – In what turned out to be one of his last victories as governor, Andrew Cuomo prevailed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in July in a lawsuit that challenged his eviction moratorium. -
New York's climate change lawsuit is 'artful pleading' that failed, Second Circuit rules
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of New York City’s climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and four other major oil companies, saying the city’s “artful pleading” couldn’t hide the fact New York was trying to use state law to regulate international carbon emissions. -
Worker wins lawsuit against restaurant but loses chance to pursue class action
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A man who won his lawsuit against Joe’s Shanghai restaurant over wage violations lost a subsequent appeal of a judge’s order dismantling a class action on behalf of his fellow workers. -
Second Circuit reinstates jury's fraud verdict against Hunter Biden's former business partner
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court reinstated a jury’s fraud verdict against Devon Archer, former business partner of presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, on Oct. 7. -
Landlords appeal loss to challenge of New York's ban on evictions during coronavirus
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – New York landlords tired of the state’s moratorium on evictions are appealing a court loss in their challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s directive. -
Second Circuit seeks answers to questions in pesticide lawsuit by foreign banana workers against Occidental
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal appellate court has sent questions to the New York Court of Appeals in a lawsuit filed by more than one hundred former plantation workers and owners allegedly injured by the use of a pesticide across banana plantations in Central and South America for two decades. -
DOJ urges appeals court to throw out NYC's global warming lawsuit
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – In a brief filed March 7 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it supports the dismissal of New York City's climate change lawsuit against the oil industry. -
Lawsuit over empty space in Junior Mints boxes dismissed; Judge said persons of 'ordinary intelligence' would not have been tricked
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A lawsuit against candy maker Tootsie Roll over alleged misrepresentation regarding the amount of Junior Mints per box and which was previously dismissed by a New York judge has been closed during an appeal. -
Citizens United loses challenge of N.Y. law requiring disclosure of donors
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that dismissed claims filed by Citizens United that challenged a New York law that requires nonprofit organizations to reveal the names of donors. -
Second Circuit: Plaintiff lacks standing to bring two Truth in Lending Act claims
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- In the Strubel v. Comenity Bank case, the plaintiff has challenged the way Comenity issued disclosures with a retail store credit card. -
Watch those market definitions in antitrust claims after Second Circuit decision, attorney advises
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs in antitrust lawsuits need to be even more mindful than ever of their case's geographic market after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision dismissed a Sherman Act complaint, an antitrust attorney said in a recent interview.