News - Litigation - Practices

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May 1, 2013	Kramer Levin Names Barry Berke Co-Chair of Litigation Department
April 11, 2013	First Department Affirms Dismissal of Howard Stern’s Suit Against Kramer Levin Client Sirius XM
April 8, 2013	Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Civil Securities Claim Against Kramer Levin Client Rajat K. Gupta
April 3, 2013	Kramer Levin is a Finalist for the Chambers USA 2013 Awards for Excellence
March 25, 2013	Naftalis Named One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America
March 14, 2013	Chambers Global 2013 Highly Ranks Ten Kramer Levin Attorneys and Six Practice Areas
February 28, 2013	Kramer Levin Files Briefs in Historic Supreme Court LGBT Rights Cases
February 19, 2013	Kramer Levin Wins Dismissal of Shareholder Lawsuit Before California Court of Appeal
February 14, 2013	Kramer Levin Represents Bank of New York Mellon and Law Debenture in Connection with Support Agreement for American Airlines Restructuring
January 30, 2013	Kramer Levin Successfully Represents Unsecured Creditors’ Committee as AES Eastern Energy, L.P. Confirms Chapter 11 Plan
January 9, 2013	Kramer Levin Client Starbucks Corporation Prevails At The National Advertising Division
January 2, 2013	Kramer Levin Announces that Dominique Penin Has Been Elected Partner and Confirms the Growth Momentum of Its Restructuring and Litigation & White-Collar Crime Practices
December 3, 2012	Kramer Levin Successfully Defends Client Globecomm Systems Inc. In Proxy Disclosure Suit
November 20, 2012	Kramer Levin Client Société Générale Victorious Before Second Circuit
November 2, 2012	Gary Naftalis Selected As One of the Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon 500
November 1, 2012	U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers' Best Law Firms Rankings Recognize Kramer Levin Practices, Many in Top Tier of National and/or New York Rankings
November 1, 2012	Kramer Levin's Litigation Practices Ranked in National and New York Top Tiers by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers' Best Law Firms
October 10, 2012	Lenoir Appointed Ethics Officer of the French National Assembly
October 10, 2012	2013 Benchmark Litigation Names Kramer Levin to the Top Tier of New York Litigation Firms and for Appellate Experience
October 8, 2012	Kramer Levin Has More “Top 100” Attorneys On the 2012 New York Super Lawyers List Than Any Other Firm: Gary P. Naftalis, Chair of Firm’s Litigation Department, Receives Top Ranking
September 28, 2012	Federal Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Against Kramer Levin Client Terry Allen Kramer
August 21, 2012	43 Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers 2013
June 19, 2012	Kramer Levin Represents Joint Venture of Toll Brothers and Starwood Capital Group in Connection with Winning Bid to Develop Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 7, 2012	Chambers USA 2012 Recognizes Kramer Levin's Leading Practices and Lawyers
June 7, 2012	Kramer Levin’s Advertising Practice Ranked in Top Tier by Chambers USA 2012
June 7, 2012	Kramer Levin’s Commercial Litigation Practice Cited by Chambers USA 2012 in its Elite Section; White Collar Practice Also Highly Ranked
June 4, 2012	Kramer Levin's Advertising Practice Ranked in Top Tier by Legal 500 U.S. 2012
June 4, 2012	Legal 500 U.S. 2012 Recognizes Kramer Levin's Leading Practices and Lawyers
June 4, 2012	Eight Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Leading Lawyers by Legal 500 U.S. 2012
May 30, 2012	Kramer Levin Represents Lender of Mortgage Note Secured by 55 Gansevoort
May 29, 2012	Appellate Division, First Department Unanimously Affirms NYS Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Kramer Levin Client Conor Medsystems Inc.
April 17, 2012	Court Grants Summary Judgment Motion of Kramer Levin Client Sirius XM Radio Dismissing With Prejudice "Howard Stern" Law Suit
April 4, 2012	Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Action Against Kramer Levin Client Sirius XM Radio Inc.
March 22, 2012	Chambers Global 2012 Highly Ranks Eleven Kramer Levin Attorneys and Six Practice Areas
March 21, 2012	Berke Named Finalist in Litigation – White Collar for Chambers USA Awards for Excellence 2012
March 12, 2012	Kramer Levin Co-Chair Gary Naftalis Receives the Norman S. Ostrow Award from the New York Council of Defense Lawyers
March 5, 2012	Kramer Levin Elects New Partners in New York and Paris Offices
February 17, 2012	Kramer Levin Helps Achieve Confirmed Plan in Washington Mutual Bankruptcy
January 25, 2012	Kramer Levin Secures Appellate Victory for Client Procter & Gamble
January 4, 2012	Eckstein, Naftalis Selected as Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon 500
December 27, 2011	Court Dismisses Short-Swing Trading Claim Against Kramer Levin Client Rajat Gupta
November 15, 2011	Berke Named to Law360's 2011 MVP List for White Collar
November 15, 2011	NY Court of Appeals Affirms Arbitration Award for Kramer Levin Client Sirius XM Radio
November 15, 2011	2012 Benchmark Litigation Names Kramer Levin to the Top Tier New York Litigation Firms
November 1, 2011	U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers' Best Law Firms Rankings Recognize Kramer Levin Practices, Many in Top Tier of National and/or New York Rankings
November 1, 2011	Kramer Levin's White Collar Defense Practice Ranked in National and New York Top Tiers by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers' Best Law Firms
November 1, 2011	Kramer Levin's Litigation Practices Ranked in National and New York Top Tiers by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers' Best Law Firms
October 24, 2011	Kramer Levin Client Conor Medsystems Cannot be Sued for Lost Profit Damages Over Stent Recall
September 30, 2011	Kramer Levin Wins Summary Judgment in a Breach of Contract Case Brought Against Client Societe Generale
September 20, 2011	Kramer Levin Lands 62 Attorneys on the 2011 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List
September 15, 2011	Kramer Levin Defeats Motion for Class Certification in a False Advertising Case Brought Against Client Procter & Gamble
September 12, 2011	Kramer Levin's Successful Strategy in Disciplinary Proceeding: Matter Dismissed Prior to Empanelling of a Grievance Committee
August 31, 2011	32 Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers 2012
August 12, 2011	NYLJ Reports on Kramer Levin Win of New Hearing for Client Deprived of Right to Counsel
August 8, 2011	SEC Drops Administrative Proceeding Against Kramer Levin Client Rajat Gupta
July 22, 2011	Federal Court Rules for Kramer Levin Client Rajat Gupta in His Action against the SEC
June 8, 2011	Kramer Levin Defeats Suit for Permanent Injunction Against Client Neutrogena
May 27, 2011	Barry H. Berke Named Litigator of the Week by Am Law Litigation Daily
May 24, 2011	Former Deutsche Bank Banker Acquitted of All Nine Criminal Charges in Major Tax Shelter Fraud Case
May 5, 2011	Kramer Levin Wins Summary Judgment for Client ACE American Insurance Company, Dismissing Perkins Eastman Suit
April 27, 2011	Kramer Levin Represents American Capital in Connection with Orchard Brands Corp. Bankruptcy
April 20, 2011	Kramer Levin Scores Appellate Victory for Client PBM Products in False Advertising Case
April 14, 2011	Kramer Levin Client Answers.com Acquired by AFCV Holdings LLC
February 24, 2011	Kramer Levin Secures Victory in NY Court of Appeals on Lease Renewal Options for Client Bleeker Jones LLC
February 23, 2011	Kramer Levin Wins Criminal Appeal for Indigent Defendant
February 11, 2011	Tirschwell to Testify before U.S. Sentencing Commission
November 29, 2010	Gary P. Naftalis Named to Super Lawyers Advisory Board
November 2, 2010	Another Victory for Langbord Family in Illegal Confiscation Case
November 1, 2010	Oberman Becomes Fellow of College of Commercial Arbitrators
November 1, 2010	Kramer Levin Announces the Election of Eight Special Counsel
October 20, 2010	2011 Benchmark Litigation Names Kramer Levin a Top Tier New York Litigation Firm and a Leading National Litigation Firm
October 20, 2010	13 Kramer Levin Attorneys Named to AVENUE’s Legal Elite
September 29, 2010	Tirschwell Appointed Vice Chair of Sentencing Commission Advisory Group
September 1, 2010	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action Against Kramer Levin Client United Rentals, Inc.
August 4, 2010	33 Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers 2011, Representing 19 Practice Areas
July 20, 2010	Kramer Levin and Co-Counsel ACLU Accept Publicly Filed Judgment from Mississippi School to Revise Policy and Pay Damages in High Profile Prom Case
June 29, 2010	Kramer Levin Obtains Dismissal of Action on Behalf of Client Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp.
June 18, 2010	Tirschwell to Speak on Panels on Federal Sentencing and Federal Criminal Discovery
June 1, 2010	Kramer Levin Announces Newly Elected Partners
May 11, 2010	Kramer Levin Client Sirius XM Radio Wins Appeal
March 29, 2010	Kramer Levin Goes Above and "Beyond" for Wear Me, Beyonce
March 17, 2010	Eric A. Tirschwell Testifies before U.S. Sentencing Commission
March 17-18, 2010	Simon to Speak at ANA Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference
March 12, 2010	Kramer Levin Wins Permanent Injunction on Behalf of Client PBM Products
January 27, 2010	Kramer Levin Wins Asylum for Tibetan Man Persecuted for Religious and Political Beliefs
January 21, 2010	Kramer Levin False Advertising Win for PBM Ranks as Largest Verdict in Virginia for 2009
December 2, 2009	Kramer Levin Obtains Historic Jury Verdict for Client in False Advertising Case
November 19, 2009	Kramer Levin Helps Lambda Legal Secure New York Court of Appeals Victory for Marriage Rights of Same-Sex Couples
October 31, 2009	Guantánamo Uighurs Released to Palau: Six Men Flown to Temporary Home on Island Nation
October 19, 2009	Kramer Levin Wins Pro Bono Case on Behalf of Veterans Assistance Project
October 14, 2009	Kramer Levin Wins Asylum for Gay Man Persecuted in Ecuador
October 5-6, 2009	Weinberger to Speak at the National Advertising Division Annual Conference 2009
September 8, 2009	Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul H. Schoeman Rejoins Kramer Levin
September 1, 2009	Bally Total Fitness Emerges from Chapter 11
August 28, 2009	Arbitrator Grants Kramer Levin Client XM’s Motion to Dismiss Contract Claim as a Matter of Law
August 25, 2009	District Judge Dismisses With Prejudice Class Action Securities Litigation Against United Rentals, Inc.
August 13, 2009	Kramer Levin Chosen to Represent Unsecured Creditors Committee for Cooper-Standard
July 30, 2009	Kramer Levin Wins Major Constitutional Victory in Case Involving Illegal Confiscation of 1933 Double Eagle Coins
July 30, 2009	34 Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers 2010, Representing More Than 20 Practice Areas
July 14, 2009	Kramer Levin Scores Another Victory for Procter & Gamble in Tampon Advertising Saga
June 11, 2009	Eric Tirschwell, Attorney for Four Uighurs Still Imprisoned, Reacts to Bermuda Release
June 4, 2009	Kramer Levin Represents GM Unsecured Creditors
May 8, 2009	Kramer Levin Closes Deloitte LLP’s Purchase of BearingPoint Public Services Business
May 5, 2009	Kramer Levin Wins Seventh Circuit Reversal of United Airlines Bankruptcy Valuation
April 17, 2009	Kramer Levin Client Deloitte Receives Bankruptcy Court Approval for Purchase of BearingPoint Public Services Assets
April 3, 2009	Kramer Levin Amicus Brief Helps Secure Victory for Real Estate Developers
March 27, 2009	Kramer Levin Advises Deloitte LLP in Proposed Purchase of BearingPoint Public Service Business
March 25, 2009	Kramer Levin Closes Aladdin Knowledge Systems Merger
March 5, 2009	Kramer Levin Client Sirius XM Radio Scores Another Victory
February 26, 2009	Another Atlantic Yards Win for Kramer Levin Client Forest City Ratner
February 3, 2009	Kramer Levin Scores Victory for Client Leaseholder of Mark Hotel
January 22, 2009	Kramer Levin Helps Secure Another Appellate Decision Respecting the Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
January 12, 2009	Kramer Levin Client Aladdin Announces Merger
December 18, 2008	Tribune Banks Pick Kramer Levin As Counsel
November 11, 2008	Benchmark: Litigation Recognizes Kramer Levin Litigation Practice as One of Best in New York
October 7, 2008	Kramer Levin Wins Order Commanding Release of Uighurs Held at Guantanamo
September 29, 2008	54 Kramer Levin Attorneys Recognized in Third Annual New York Super Lawyers, Three in Top 100, and Naftalis Receives Top Point Getter Status for all NY Metro Area
September 23, 2008	27 Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers in America 2009
September 2, 2008	AmLaw Litigation Daily Profiles Kramer Levin Arbitration Victory for Sirius
September 2, 2008	Kramer Levin Helps Secure Decision Respecting the Marriages of All New York Same-Sex Couples
July 22, 2008	Kramer Levin Scores Another Victory for Forest City Ratner and the Nets
July 3, 2008	New York Appeals Court Dismisses Attorney General's Case Against Kenneth Langone; Gary Naftalis Leads Langone Defense Team
July 2, 2008	Kramer Levin Client David Pinkerton Cleared of All Bribery Charges
June 23, 2008	Another Litigation Success for Kramer Levin Client Forest City Ratner Companies
April 3, 2008	First District Appoints Jeremy Cohen to Judicial Screening Panel
April 2, 2008	Chambers Global 2008 Selects Two Kramer Levin Practice Areas and Six Firm Attorneys as Some of the Best in the Legal Field
March 3, 2008	James G. Greilsheimer Joins Kramer Levin’s Land Use Department: Firm Establishes Multi-disciplinary Condemnation Practice
February 8, 2008	Kramer Levin Wins Motion for Client Procter & Gamble to Modify a Lanham Act False Advertising Permanent Injunction
February 5, 2008	Kramer Levin Represents Forest City Ratner in Defeating Litigation Challenges to the Atlantic Yards Project
January 15, 2008	Kramer Levin Counsels Forest City Ratner in Gaining Dismissal of Article 78 Proceeding
January 9, 2008	Best Lawyers in America for 2008 Recognizes 22 Kramer Levin Attorneys
January 2, 2008	Kramer Levin Announces the Election of Three New Partners in its Corporate, Litigation, and Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practices
November 14, 2007	Benchmark: Litigation Recognizes Kramer Levin Litigation Practice as One of Best in New York
September 18, 2007	Gary Naftalis Hired by New York City in Deutsche Bank Investigation
July 31, 2007	54 Kramer Levin Attorneys Recognized in Second Annual New York Super Lawyers
July 12, 2007	Paris Office Wins Competition Case for France Telecom
July 1, 2007	19 Kramer Levin Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers in America 2007
January 2, 2007	Berke Named One of American Lawyer's Top 50 Young Litigators
January 2, 2007	Kramer Levin Announces the Election of a New Partner in its Land Use Practices and Six Special Counsel
December 5, 2006	Kramer Levin Represents Family in Suit Against United States for Return of World's Most Valuable Coins
November 30, 2006	NYC Bar Association Urges Stronger Role For Lawyers in Corporate Governance
November 8, 2006	Judge Rules that State Wrongly Denied Operating License for Children's Home - St. Basil Academy in Garrison Seeks Integration Into Community
October 27, 2006	Kramer Levin Submits Amicus Curiae Brief in Immigration Appeals to US Court of Appeals Second Circuit
September 19, 2006	Former Surrogate Judge Eve Preminger Joins Kramer Levin as Counsel
September 7, 2006	Kramer Levin Helps League of Women Voters Block Florida's Voter Registration Law: New York Law Journal Recognizes Firm's Pro Bono Role
August 8, 2006	New York State Tax Litigation Win
July 18, 2006	42 Kramer Levin Attorneys Nominated to Appear in First Edition of New York Super Lawyers, Four in Top 100
June 9, 2006	Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Action Against Michael D. Eisner; Gary Naftalis Leads Eisner Appellate Team
April 24, 2006	Kramer Levin Wins AAA Boxing Arbitration for Jermain Taylor, the Undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World
April 4, 2006	Kramer Levin Helps ACLU Protect Privacy and Due Process Rights of Pregnant Women
April 3, 2006	Kramer Levin Helps Families of Fallen Firefighters Access Additional 9/11 Materials
March 24, 2006	Kramer Levin Clears Former Brooklyn State Assemblyman Clarence Norman
November 29, 2005	Kramer Levin Team Secures Dismissal of Consumer Class Action Suit for Procter & Gamble
August 9, 2005	Chancery Court Finds That Disney Chief Michael D. Eisner Did Not Breach His Fiduciary Duties Or Waste Corporate Assets: Gary Naftalis Leads Eisner Trial Team
June 10, 2005	Kramer Levin Helps Secure Major Patent Victory for Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
June 10, 2005	Kramer Levin Files Amicus Brief in First Amendment Case
March 2005	Despins Wins Political Asylum for Torture Victim From Democratic Republic of Congo
February 2005	Kramer Levin Helps Lambda Legal Obtain Historic Ruling on Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples
January 7, 2005	Kramer Levin Prevails in Significant False Advertising Case Regarding Dental Floss and Mouthwash
October 13, 2004	Jean-Pierre Mattout Joins the Paris Office of Kramer Levin
October 2004	Eisenstein Assists Former Tibetan Monk to Obtain Political Asylum
March 2004	Kramer Levin Assists Lambda in Filing Historic Lawsuit Seeking Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples in New York
February 2004	Sena and Polatsch Win Asylum For Tibetan Survivor of Chinese Torture
January 2004	Tirschwell Wins New Trial For Long-Incarcerated Pro Bono Client
June 2003	Kramer Levin Plays Role in Historic Sodomy Ruling
April 2003	Kramer Levin Wins Settlement on Behalf of Homeless Children with Asthma
March 2003	Kramer Levin Attorneys Notch Victories in Two More Political Asylum Cases
February 2003	Coch and Simon Score Copyright Victory
January 2003	Kramer Levin Succeeds in Separate Political Asylum Cases on Behalf of Clients from Liberia and Tibet
January 2003	Trachtman and Simon File Brief in Historic Gay Rights Case
November 2002	Kramer Levin Prevails in Political Asylum Case
October 1, 2002	Busa Secures Political Asylum for Ugandan Refugee
April 19, 2002	Unique Coin, and Unique Mystery
January 2002	Mandatory Detention of Aliens Found Unconstitutional
September 2001	Moreland Chairs Committee for Association of the Bar of the City of New York
February 9, 2001	Berke and Neveloff Represent Well-Known Art Gallery Against Fraudulent Art Dealer
February 5, 2001	Kramer Levin Wins for DeGeorge Financial Corporation Creditors' Committee
December 22, 1999	Kramer Levin Team Wins Ruling: TV Commercial Is False Advertising
November 29, 1999	GT Interactive Software Litigation Dismissed
October 27, 1999	Kramer Levin Establishes Paris Office
November 9, 1998	Dow Corning Reaches Settlement on Breast Implant Claims - One of the Largest Product-Liability Settlements to Date
September 11, 1998	Oberman Represents GT Interactive — Defeats Micro Star in Precedent-Setting Cyber-Law Case

Litigation

Kramer Levin Names Barry Berke Co-Chair of Litigation Department

2013 Benchmark Litigation Names Kramer Levin to the Top Tier of New York Litigation Firms and for Appellate Experience