The elementary and middle schools included in the litigation had a 16 percent proficiency rate in English in the last school year, while the citywide average was 42 percent.
Although New Balance was not named in the original litigation, the company worried it might be swept up in the flurry of litigation, including in the case before the I.T.C.
The results included $14.2 million in litigation expenses for a patent-infringement dispute with TiVo Inc. EchoStar had 12.46 million customers at the end of the quarter, an 8.8percentt increase from a year ago.
In 2008, the governments of Ontario and Canada agreed to negotiate a settlement for the central portion of the lands included in the 1997 litigation.
The new G.M., which would continue to be led by Fritz Henderson, would leave behind several undesirable sets of claims in bankruptcy court, including asbestos litigation and some product liability claims.
The banks have followed or otherwise been involved in the Clear Channel litigation including the litigation involving the Clear Channel TV station sale.
"While we do not normally comment on active litigation, the claims included in Mr. Poppa's complaint are false and totally without merit and we intend to vigorously defend against them," the representative told HuffPost in an email.
In some cases, including the Kohn litigation, Judge Rakoff has already rejected the trustee's claims for damages, ruling that he doesn't have the legal right to sue the giant banks and other financial institutions that did business with Mr. Madoff and his feeder funds.
JPMorgan did say yesterday it had estimated $5 billion to $6 billion in transaction costs, including any potential litigation, saying it needs a "cushion" for its own shareholders.
Eatinger has held a series of posts at the CIA, including director of litigation, a job in which he defended the agency from lawsuits; and lawyer for the Counterterrorism Center, where he played a role in approving the CIA's lethal drone strikes.
