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The article presents information on the U.S. District Court case Agnesini v. Doctor's Associates, Inc. in which diversity action against the defendant was filed by the plaintiffs who claimed for their alleged injuries by the negligence of defendant under the New York state law. The defendant moved to sever the claims of the plaintiffs, and it was held by the Court that the judicial resources would be wasted by the severance. The defendant's motion was denied by the Court.

The article discusses a case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Galleon Management LP. As stated, civil enforcement action was taken against securities and fraud conspiracy, on which defendant filed interlocutory appeal. After federal civil procedure, the court granted the motion of SEC's right to overweigh any remaining privacy interest.

The article discusses an employment discrimination case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by Julie Kamps, a female attorney against Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson LLP. As stated, the case was filed due to non-promotion of the plaintiff from associate to partner including awards of expenses for attorney fees and travels. The court concluded plaintiff's motion for reasonable expenses.

The article discusses a fraud case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York by pipeline closure manufacturer Robbins and Myers Inc. against companies J.M. Humber Corp. and H. Milton Hoff. As stated, J.M. Humber sold pipelines business seeking damages, declaratory judgments and rescission. After federal civil procedure court granted the defendant motion due to manufacturer's duty to supplement previous discovery response.

The article discusses the court case Pelman v. McDonald's Corp. wherein the action was filed against the fast-food restaurant chain due to the violation of the New York statutes regarding consumer protection. The plaintiffs claimed that the fast food of the restaurant lead to obesity and health problems in children. The motion to class certification was denied by the district court of the U.S.

The article discusses a court case of Spicer v. Pier Sixty LLC wherein part-time banquet servers of private events spaces organizing company filed the case due to violation of New York labor law and the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It discusses the plaintiff's motion of conditional certification and defendant's motion for summary judgment. It also informs the ruling of the case by the U.S. district court.

The article discusses a court case of In re Amaranth Natural Gas Commodities Litigation wherein purchasers of natural gas contracts brought class action against commodities trader due to market manipulation and violation of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act. It discusses the plaintiff's motion for class certification. It further informs about New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the granting of motion for class certification by the U.S. district court.

The article discusses a case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by the U.S. against financial service company J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. related to money fraud. As stated, billion dollars of Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff were in accounts of investor who was net winner overweighing net losers. According to court, the permissive intervention was not warranted.

The article focuses on the filing of guilty plea by steel manufacturing firm Bethlehem Steel Corp. at the U.S. Federal District Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City. It mentions that the company has pleaded guilty for a criminal offence it has committed of bribing shipowner during the building and repair of an oil tanker following the Arab oil embargo in 1973-1974. The federal lawyers have claimed that shipyard managers of the company were involved in illegal transactions.

The article reports on the decision of Judge Deborah Batts of the U.S. District Court, Southern District related to the Bigger Bottle Bill in New York. It states that she lifts many of the limitations from the injunction against the bill such as the additional bottled water to the list of covered beverage containers. In addition, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has applauded the decision of the judge.

On 8 January 2014, the National Music Publishers Association of America (the US trade association for music publishers ('NMPA')) and Fullscreen, announced that they had had settled a lawsuit brought by certain NMPA members against the online service and its principal, George Strompolos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the U.S. District Court's decision in New York to dismiss the challenge among Westchester Airport tenant's to the county administrator. It mentions that the county administrators plans to lease the hangar space to one of the county's largest corporations instead of renewing the tenant's current lease. Moreover, The JP Morgan Chase and Co. will occupy one of the two leased hangars as Avista's lease expires in March in which the county officials refuse to offer a renewal.

The article discusses the court case Hickok v. Orange County Community College, wherein the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York ruled in favor of the college on the First Amendment free speech claims by Green Party activist Neil Hickok. Hickock claimed that he was deprived of his free speech rights when he was removed from the lecture hall for speaking about the college's allegedly discriminatory actions against the Green Party. The court agreed that restrictions on speech could not be discriminated under a limited public forum policy.