July 14, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS' CLIENT AMPERION SUES OVER PATENT INFRINGEMENT FOR BROADBAND OVER POWERLINE TECHNOLOGY IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL PATENT LAW AND THE LAWS OF UNFAIR COMPETITION (COMPLAINT).
July 14, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS LLP FILES AMENDED COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF CLIENT ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, INC. vs. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION, INC. and NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION (COMPLAINT).
July 12, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS LLP EXPERT ANALYSIS ON CLASS ARBITRATIONS AFTER STOLT-NIELSEN APPEARS ON BLOOMBERG LAW REPORTS.
April 27, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS LLP FORMS A SPECIALTY ARM OF FIRM DEVOTED TO CLASS ARBITRATIONS AND THE CLAUSE CONSTRUCTION AWARD PHASE OF ARBITRATIONS CONSEQUENT TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN STOLT-NIELSEN S.A. V. ANIMALFEEDS INT'L CORP.
March 29, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS FEATURED IN FORBES MAGAZINE.
March 16, 2010 Managing Partner Blair C. Fensterstock to participate as faculty in the New York City Bar and its City Bar Center for a CLE program entitled 16-Hour Bridge the Gap: Litigation.
March 9, 2010 NYU's Wasserman Center for Career Development: Fensterstock Associate Michael Phillips to speak on a panel discussing, "Exploring a Legal Career."
March 3, 2010 Managing Partner Blair C. Fensterstock spoke at the Bar Association on "Business Arbitration: Addressing the Practical Concerns of In-House Counsel."
March 1, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS BRINGS $500 MILLION CLASS ACTION ARBITRATION AGAINST LEXIS NEXIS AND REED ELSEVIER, INC.
February 22, 2010 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: MANAGING PARTNER BLAIR C. FENSTERSTOCK AND TEAM WIN ADIDAS GOLF INTERNATIONAL PRO AM
February 2, 2010 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS' CLIENT JOHN SHALAM DEFEATS SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION OF HVB BANK IN TAX SHELTER LITIGATION. Today, Judge Bernard J. Fried of the Commercial Part of the Supreme Court of New York denied HVB's motion for summary judgment finding that BLIPS is a criminally fraudulent tax shelter; the defendants were involved in a conspiracy; KPMG and Presidio devised a plan to use opinion letters issued by KPMG and Sidley Austin as a marketing tool to induce KPMG's clients to enter into the transaction; KPMG and HVB have admitted that the opinion letters did not meet the requirements of being independent; the BLIPs transaction involved two distinct frauds; BLIPS was orchestrated by Presidio; and the underlying loans were shams.
January 25, 2010 Reid Davis LLP and Fensterstock & Partners LLP have been retained by the governments of Colombia to prosecute a civil Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act claim and related common law claims against major liquor distributors including Diageo North America, Inc, United Distillers Manufacturing Inc., Seagram Export Sales Company, Inc. and Pernod Ricard. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants are members of a racketeering enterprise composed of illegal narcotics traffickers and Defendants’ distributors for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of illegal narcotics sales and illegally smuggling liquor into Colombia.
January 13, 2010 Managing Partner Blair C. Fensterstock awarded New York American Inn of Court Leadership Award.
January 4, 2010 MANAGING PARTNER BLAIR C. FENSTERSTOCK ACHIEVES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF AV RATING, THE PINNACLE OF EXCELLENCE ACHIEVED THROUGH PEER REVIEW.
December 11, 2009 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS' CLIENT, VERUS PHARMACEUTICALS, DEFEATS ASTRAZENECA'S MOTION FOR A STAY OF DISCOVERY. TODAY, CHIEF MAGISTRATE PITMAN OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DENIED ASTRAZENECA'S MOTION FOR A STAY OF DISCOVERY PENDING ASTRAZENECA'S MOTION TO DISMISS, SAYING "IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT...CLAIMS WILL SURVIVE ASTRAZENECA'S MOTION TO DISMISS."
November 30, 2009 BLAIR C. FENSTERSTOCK TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION ON A PANEL MODERATED BY PROFESSOR DAVID BARNARD OF COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL - PRINCETON CLUB
November 17, 2009 FENSTERSTOCK & MCDONALD HOLD A COCKTAIL PARTY KICKING OFF THE NEW LITIGATION PARTNERSHIP - FT. WORTH, TX
October 4, 2009 BLAIR C. FENSTERSTOCK SELECTED TO NEW YORK SUPER LAWYERS - METRO EDITION 2009
September 20, 2009 FENSTERSTOCK & MCDONALD WIN $15 MILLION JURY VERDICT
July 9, 2009 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS COMMENCES $750 MILLION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST VERIFIED IDENTITY PASS INC. (VIP) OVER SUSPENDED 'CLEAR' AIRPORT SCREENING
July 9, 2009 CLEAR CLASS ACTION SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
May 26, 2009 FENSTERSTOCK & PARTNERS COMMENCES $1.3 BILLION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF CLIENT VERUS PHARMACEUTICALS AGAINST ASTRAZENECA AB AND TIKA LAKEMEDEL AB FOR FRAUD, BREACH OF CONTRACT, CONVERSION AND UNJUST ENRICHMENT BASED ON THREE AGREEMENTS TO PURSUE THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUDESONIDE, A STEROID FOR THE TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC ASTHMA IN THE UNITED STATES.
May 26, 2009 VERUS FILED SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT.
May 2, 2008 FENSTERSTOCK'S CLIENT SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSES MOTION TO DISMISS SUIT OVER EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SUIT TO ENFORCE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. Today, Judge Paul Crotty of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York denied Swett & Crawford's motion to dismiss the lawsuit commenced by Thomas Comer, Swett's President and Chief Executive Officer, for approximately $14 million in payments owing under an employment agreement.
Apr 29, 2008 FENSTERSTOCK'S STEERING COMMITTEE IN WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING CASES WINS AFFIRMANCE FROM APPELLATE COURT. Today, the Appellate Division, in a world precedent setting decision, affirmed the jury verdict and the lower court's denial of post-trial motions aimed at setting aside the jury verdict against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
Feb 20, 2008 FENSTERSTOCK CLIENT SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSES MOTION TO DISMISS TAX CASE by KPMG. Today, Justice Bernard Fried of the Supreme Court of the State of New York denied KPMG's motion to dismiss Sean Tayebi's complaint against KPMB in BLIPS tax shelter case.
Feb 15, 2008 FENSTERSTOCK RACE CAR CLIENT JUSTIN WILSON SUCCESSFULLY HAS DISMISSED case invoking non-competition clause, commenced in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California.
Sep 25, 2007 FENSTERSTOCK CLIENT SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSES MOTION TO DISMISS IN BLIPS TAX CASE. Today, the Appellate Division upheld the Supreme Court's denial of a motion to dismiss this tax shelter case brought by John Shalam against HVB Bank, upholding the complaint alleging conspiracy to defraud.
Jun 29, 2007 FENSTERSTOCK CLIENT KINLOCH HOLDINGS successfully prevents injunction sought by HRH for soliciting clients and employees. Justice Moskowitz of the Supreme Court, New York County, today, after a full hearing on the merits, denied HRH an injunction attempting to prevent Kinloch Holdings from soliciting clients and employees of HRH.
Jun 14, 2007 APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMS FENSTERSTOCK CLIENT WIN ON CONSPIRACY ISSUES. Today, the Appellate Division of the State of New York affirmed Justice Fried's decision holding HVB Bank potentially liable for their conspiratorial conduct in connection with the promotion of a tax shelter to Fensterstock's client.
Apr 27, 2007 FENSTERSTOCK CLIENT WINS INJUNCTION PROCEEDING. Today, Justice Kenneth Rudolph denied Plaintiff USI Holdings an injunction against Fensterstock clients Genatt Associates and Kinloch Holdings in this litigation claiming breach of confidentiality agreements, non-competition agreements, and non-solicitation agreements.
Feb 28, 2007 NEW YORK JUDGE DENIES POST TRIAL MOTIONS ON 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING. New York Justice Nicholas Figueroa denied all of defendant Port Authority's post trial motions relating to the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Cases, leaving in tact the jury verdict finding the Port Authority liable for the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.
Sep 11, 2006 FENSTERSTOCK CLIENT VICTORIOUS ON MOTION TO DISMISS TAX LITIGATION. New York State Justice Bernard Fried today upheld Fensterstock's client's claims against Byerische-Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG, in this tax shelter litigation, based on HVB's complicity, in a conspiracy to defraud taxpayers, in a Bond Linked Issue Premium Structure tax transaction, with KPMG and others.
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