Case details

Court: nysd
Docket #: 1:06-cv-08210
Case Name: Rodman & Renshaw, LLC et al v. Murray
PACER case #: 291312
Date filed: 2006-10-06
Date terminated: 2006-12-22
Assigned to: Judge William H. Pauley, III
Case Cause: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)
Nature of Suit: 840 Trademark
Jury Demand: Defendant
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Parties

Represented Party Attorney & Contact Info
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
Plaintiff
Jay S. Auslander
Wilk Auslander LLP 1515 Broadway, 43rd Floor New York, NY 10036 (212)-421-2233 Fax: (212)-752-6380 Email: jauslander@wilkauslander.com
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joseph Zelmanovitz
Stahl & Zelmanovitz 767 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 212-826-6422 Fax: 212-826-6402 Email: Joezelmanovitz@aol.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Natalie Shkolnik
Wilk Auslander LLP 1515 Broadway, 43rd Floor New York, NY 10036 (212)-981-2294 Fax: (212)-752-6380 Email: nshkolnik@wilkauslander.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

John Borer
Plaintiff
Jay S. Auslander
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Natalie Shkolnik
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Edward Rubin
Plaintiff
Jay S. Auslander
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Natalie Shkolnik
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Michael Vasinkevich
Plaintiff
Jay S. Auslander
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Natalie Shkolnik
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Wesley K. Clark
Plaintiff
Jay S. Auslander
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Natalie Shkolnik
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Matthew N. Murray
Defendant
Jeffrey M. Eilender
Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP 26 Broadway New York, NY 10004 (212)344-5400 Fax: (212)344-7677 Email: jme@schlamstone.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Matthew N. Murray
Counter Claimant
Jeffrey M. Eilender
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Wesley K. Clark
Counter Defendant
Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
Counter Defendant
Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

John Borer
Counter Defendant
Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Edward Rubin
Counter Defendant
Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Michael Vasinkevich
Counter Defendant
Joseph Zelmanovitz
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Matthew N. Murray
Counter Claimant
Wesley K. Clark
Counter Defendant
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
Counter Defendant
John Borer
Counter Defendant
Edward Rubin
Counter Defendant
Michael Vasinkevich
Counter Defendant

Documents

Date Filed Document # Attachment # Short Description Long Description Upload date SHA1 hash
2006-10-06 1 0 COMPLAINT against Matthew N. Murray. (Filing Fee $ 350.00, Receipt Number 592869)Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich.(mbe, ) Additional attachment(s) added on 10/17/2006 (ae, ). (Entered: 10/10/2006)
2006-10-12 2 0 ENDORSED LETTER addressed to Judge William H. Pauley III from David J. Katz dated 10/11/2006 re: requesting an adjournment of the conference. ENDORSEMENT: Application Granted. The initial pretrial conference is adjourned to 10/20/2006 at 10:15 a.m. So Ordered. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 10/11/2006) (lb, ) (Entered: 10/13/2006)
2006-10-12 3 0 CONSENT ORDER: Defendant Matthew N. Murray agrees to the entry of a preliminarily injunction, pursuant to Rule 65(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, enjoining Murray as set forth in this order. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 10/11/2006) (lb, ) (Entered: 10/13/2006)
2006-10-13 4 0 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Natalie Shkolnik on behalf of John Borer (Shkolnik, Natalie) (Entered: 10/13/2006)
2006-10-13 5 0 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Natalie Shkolnik on behalf of Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich (Shkolnik, Natalie) (Entered: 10/13/2006)
2006-10-17 6 0 ANSWER to Complaint with JURY DEMAND., COUNTERCLAIM against all plaintiffs. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray.(Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 10/17/2006)
2006-10-19 7 0 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Joseph Zelmanovitz on behalf of Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich (Zelmanovitz, Joseph) (Entered: 10/19/2006)
2006-11-03 8 0 STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO DEFENDANT'S COUNTERCLAIMS: Plaintiffs are not required to answer defendant's counterclaims until the Court's determinations on the motions that the parties are planning to file (subject to the Court's permission to allow the parties to file either or both motions)...In lieu of currently answering defendant's counterclaims if the Court denies plaintiff's motion to stay or dismiss defendant's counterclaims, within 20 days of the court's action. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 11/2/2006) (lb, ) (Entered: 11/06/2006)
2006-11-08 9 0 AFFIDAVIT of Matthew N. Murray re: 3 Consent Order, Regarding Compliance With Consent Order. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray, Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/08/2006)
2006-11-14 10 0 AMENDED ANSWER to 1 Complaint with JURY DEMAND., COUNTERCLAIM against all plaintiffs. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/14/2006)
2006-11-17 11 0 MOTION to Sever and Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaims. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich. (Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 12 0 DECLARATION of Jay S. Auslander, Esq. in Support re: 11 MOTION to Sever and Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaims.. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 (Complaint)# 2 Exhibit 2 (Amended Answer and Counterclaims)# 3 Exhibit 3 (Form U4)# 4 Exhibit 4 (NASD statement of claim by Rodman against Murray)# 5 Exhibit 5 (Plaintiffs' Counsel's letter to Court of 10/19/06)# 6 Exhibit 6 (Defendant's Counsel's letter to Court of 10/23/06)# 7 Exhibit 7 (Plaintiffs' Counsel's letter to Court of 10/30/06))(Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 13 0 MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 11 MOTION to Sever and Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaims.. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich. (Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 14 0 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 15 0 DECLARATION of David J. Katz Exhibits A-B in Support re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 16 0 DECLARATION of David J. Katz, Exhibit C in Support re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 17 0 DECLARATION of David J. Katz, Exhibits D-E in Support re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-11-17 18 0 MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 11/17/2006)
2006-12-07 19 0 MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Opposition re: 11 MOTION to Sever and Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaims.. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 12/07/2006)
2006-12-07 20 0 DECLARATION of Donald V. Moorehead in Opposition re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich. (Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 12/07/2006)
2006-12-07 21 0 MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Opposition re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich. (Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 12/07/2006)
2006-12-14 22 0 REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 11 MOTION to Sever and Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaims.. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich. (Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 12/14/2006)
2006-12-14 23 0 REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 14 MOTION to Stay and Preliminarily Enjoin NASD Arbitration.. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray. (Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 12/14/2006)
2006-12-20 24 0 SCHEDULING ORDER: Motions due by 11/17/2006. Responses due by 12/7/2006. Replies due by 12/14/2006. Oral Argument set for 12/21/2006 at 04:00 PM before Judge William H. Pauley III. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 11/6/2006) (lb, ) (Entered: 12/20/2006)
2006-12-22 25 0 ORDER: For the reasons set forth on the recordon December 21, 2006, Plaintiffs' motion to server and dismiss Defendant's counterclaims is denied. Defendant's motion to stay this civil action during the pendency of NASD arbitration proceedings is granted. Defendant's motion, in the alternative, to stay and/or preliminarily enjoin the srbitration is denied. Counsel shall submit quaterly reports briefly summarizing the status of the NASD Arbitration between the parties. The first quaterly report is due March 30, 2007. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case administratively. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 12/22/06) (js, ) (Entered: 12/26/2006)
2007-01-26 26 0 TRANSCRIPT of proceedings held on 12/21/06 before Judge William H. Pauley III. (tro) (Entered: 01/26/2007)
2007-01-26 27 0 ENDORSED LETTER addressed to Judge William H. Pauley III from Jay S. Auslander dated 1/17/2007 re: to we respectfully request the Court to schedule a hearing on this matter concering appropriate mitigation, not the least of which should be a public apology on the website including an acknowledgement of the deliberate misrepsentation and a correction of the record. ENDORSEMENT: Application Denied. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 1/26/2007) (jmi) (Entered: 01/30/2007)
2007-01-22 28 0 LETTER addressed to Judge Pauley from Jay S. Auslander dated 1/17/07 re: counsel requests that the court schedule a hearing on this matter concerning appropriate mitigation, not the least of which should be a public abpology on the webside including an acknowledgment for the deliberate misrepresentation and a correction of the record, together wth an E-mail to all recipients of the E-mail blast, in which Mr. Murray similarly acknowledges that he misrepresented the proceedings in this Court.. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich.(djc) (Entered: 02/01/2007)
2007-01-22 29 0 LETTER addressed to Judge Pauley from David J. Katz dated 1/18/07 re: response to letter sent to Your Honor by plaintiffs' counsel in which he requests a hearing about Dr. Murray's involvement in the publishing on the Internet of an account of the December 21 proceedings before this Court...; Document filed by Matthew N. Murray.(djc) (Entered: 02/01/2007)
2007-03-30 30 0 STATUS REPORT. REGARDING NASD ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS Document filed by Matthew N. Murray.(Eilender, Jeffrey) (Entered: 03/30/2007)
2007-03-30 31 0 STATUS REPORT. REGARDING NASD ARBITRATION PROCEEDING Document filed by Rodman & Renshaw, LLC.(Auslander, Jay) (Entered: 03/30/2007)
2007-10-05 32 0 ORDER: the parties have submitted separate quarterly status reports regarding the arbitration proceedings. In the future, the parties are directed to submit to the Court one joint quarterly report. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley III on 10/4/07) (kco) (Entered: 10/05/2007)
2007-10-09 33 0 LETTER addressed to Judge Pauley from David J. Katz dated 10/1/07 re: counsel submits this letter on behalf of Dr. Murray in response to the court's instructions. Document filed by Matthew N. Murray.(djc) (Entered: 10/10/2007)
2007-10-09 34 0 LETTER addressed to Judge William H. Pauley from Jay S. Auslander dated 10/1/07 re: submission of plaintiffs' third quarterly status report. Document filed by Wesley K. Clark, John Borer, Edward Rubin, Michael Vasinkevich.(djc) (Entered: 10/10/2007)
2008-04-10 35 0 ORDER Status Conference set for 10/23/2008 at 11:15 AM before Judge William H. Pauley III. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley, III on 4/3/2008) (jmi) (Entered: 04/10/2008)
2008-05-23 36 0 ENDORSED LETTER addressed to Judge William H. Pauley from Natalie Shkolnik dated 5/20/2008 re: Counsel for plaintiffs writes to respectfully request that Your Honor adjourn the status conference from 5/23/2008 to 5/27/2008, 6/13/2008, 6/16/2008, or 6/19/2008. ENDORSEMENT: Application granted. SO ORDERED. The conference is adjourned to 5/27/2008 at 2:30 p.m. ( Status Conference set for 5/27/2008 at 02:30 PM before Judge William H. Pauley III.) (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley, III on 5/23/2008) (tve) (Entered: 06/05/2008)