Author Archives: Christopher Baiamonte

United States ex. rel. Grupp v. DHL Express, Inc.

In this qui tam suit, Kevin Grupp and Robert Moll appealed the district court’s decision to dismiss their action for failure to satisfy a statutory notice requirement. Grupp and Moll,… Read more »

Starr Int’l Co., Inc. v. Fed. Reserve Bank of N.Y.

The appeal considered whether a breach of fiduciary duty cause of action could be brought against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”) over its rescue of American International… Read more »

Union Square Park Community v. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

This case arose when Plaintiff challenged Defendant’s agreement with Chef Driven Market, LLC (“CDM”) permitting CDM to operate a seasonal restaurant in Union Square Park for a term of fifteen… Read more »

Kalyanaram v. Am. Ass’n of Univ. Professors at N.Y. Inst. of Tech., Inc.

The plaintiff, Gurumurthy Kalyanaram (“Kalyanaram”), was a professor in the School of Management at the New York Institute of Technology (“NYIT”) and a union member of the American Association of… Read more »

Hillside Metro Associates, LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank

On September 25, 2008, the Office of Thrift Supervision appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as Washington Mutual’s receiver, and the FDIC entered into a Purchase and Assumption Agreement… Read more »

In re Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y., Inc.

This petition for writ of mandamus addressed the purported lack of personal jurisdiction that the District of Vermont had over Defendant-Petitioner, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y. (“Diocese”). The… Read more »

Ramos v. SimplexGrinnell LP

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A group of workers who installed, maintained, repaired, tested, and inspected fire alarm and suppression systems in New York for SimplexGrinnell LP (“Simplex”) brought suit against their employer. Plaintiffs claimed… Read more »

People v. Lamont

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In November 2008, a Wendy’s employee in Rochester, New York, was preparing food for the day when he heard knocking on the back door. Through the security camera, the employee… Read more »