In the case before Judge Liman, Cohen was suing for damages, primarily by asserting so-called Bivens claims against the federal government. The Court finds that Respondents’ purpose in transferring Cohen from release on furlough and home confinement back to custody was retaliatory in response to Cohen desiring to exercise his First Amendment rights to publish a book critical of the President and to discuss the book on social media. In July 2020, Judge Hellerstein granted Cohen release via an Order stating: In an opinion yesterday, Judge Liman granted - albeit with clear reluctance - the government’s motion to dismiss a case brought by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen against various government offices who allegedly retaliated against him for planning to publish a book critical of former President Trump.Ĭohen was placed on furlough during his prison sentence, but then suddenly, while negotiating the terms of a transition to home confinement with probation officials, was remanded to prison. In dismissing the Second Amended Complaint, the Court focused on Plaintiffs’ reliance on the Hindenburg report without having verified the information contained in the report: Continue Reading Judge Engelmayer Dismisses Putative Securities Class Action Because Allegations Were Based On Unconfirmed Allegations in Short Seller’s Report That day, DraftKings’s shares fell 4.17%. Plaintiffs argued that DraftKings’s shares traded at artificially inflated prices until June 15, 2021, when a short seller, Hindenburg Research published a report that revealed SBTech’s ostensible operations in black market jurisdictions and the risks to which the merger with SBTech allegedly exposed DraftKings. It further alleged that DraftKings made materially false and misleading statements about, and failed to disclose, SBTech’s violations of foreign law and their potential consequences. Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint alleged that a company that DraftKings had acquired in the course of going public, SBTech (Global) Limited (“SBTech”), had secretly operated in “black-market” jurisdictions, thereby exposing DraftKings to regulatory and criminal risks. His victories include securing more than USD 400 million for state and federal governments through a lawsuit connected to Novartis Pharmaceuticals gaining USD 590 million in settlements from LIBOR in an ongoing price-fixing class action and achieving a USD 100 million judgment in a federal residential mortgage-backed securities case against Flagstar Bank after the crisis of 2008.Today, Judge Engelmayer dismissed with prejudice a putative securities class action filed against DraftKings, Inc., and denied Plaintiffs’ leave to replead. He currently serves as a partner with Susman Godfrey where he’s spent his career defending consumers and individuals injured by unfair and illegal practices, including public entities and whistleblowers. ![]() Three years later, he earned his law degree from Columbia Law School as a James Kent & Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. ![]() Subramanian’s nomination was first announced by the White House in September 2022.īorn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1979 to immigrant parents from India, Subramanian graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and English. He will follow the law where it takes him, in the pursuit of fair and impartial justice,” Schumer said. “I am confident he will bring remarkable legal talent and experience, integrity and professionalism to the federal court. ![]() He has also protected whistleblowers and defended victims of trafficking in child pornography,” Schumer added. “Subramanian is a first-rate legal mind and a steadfast consumer protection expert who has spent his legal career defending consumers and individuals injured by unfair and illegal practices. ![]() Subramanian’s name for the top appointment was championed by Senator Schumer to the Biden-Harris administration.
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