• Poole v. State of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Claims, New York
    Judge: Judge Javier E. Vargas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimant by: Nick Gjelaj, Esq., Zaremba Brown, PLLC.
    for defendant: For Defendant by: John U. H. Blumenstock, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York.

    Case Number: 136649

    Claimant Proves He Suffered Permanent Injury or Significant Limitation From Accident

  • Lund v. State of Connecticut

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Connecticut Superior Court, Ansonia/Milford J.D.
    Judge: Judge Welch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-23-6051787

    Court Grants State's Motion to Dismiss Police Dog Attack Suit Due to Sovereign Immunity

  • McClelland v. Katy Indep. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-22-00432-CV

    Appellant, a high school football player, was disciplined for making a racially charged video and later for possessing marijuana.

  • U.S. v. Suquilanda

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jane Y. Chong, on the brief, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: S. Isaac Wheeler & Allegra Glashausser, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA.
    for defendant: For Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Justice Strategies, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Legal Aid Justice Center, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and National Immigration Law Center, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Nicholas D. Espiritu, Los Angeles, CA & Max S. Wolson, Washington, DC, National Immigration Law Center; Ghita Schwarz, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. For Legal Service Providers and Immigrant Rights Organizations, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Ann Garcia, Khaled Alrabe, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Washington, DC; Charles Roth, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL. For Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Human Rights First, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Michele A. McKenzie, McKenzie Scott PC, San Diego, CA. For Critical Race and Nation Studies, and Professor Eric Fish, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Alexander G. Tievsky, Edelson PC, Chicago, IL, for the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, the Aoki Center. For Dr. S. Deborah Kang, amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. For Immigration Scholars, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Amanda Valerio, Washington, DC & Alexia D. Korberg, Melina Meneguin Layerenza, Patrick McCusker, New York, NY, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

    Case Number: 22-1197-cr

    Defect in NTA Did Not Strip Immigration Court of Jurisdiction to Order Initial Removal

  • In re Krystal Christon

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-24-00158-CV

    The parties' final decree of divorce included a residential geographic restriction to Bezos County, Montgomery County or a contiguous county imposed upon the mother who was granted the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child.

  • September 22, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Is the Global Elite Bigger Than We Think?

    The Global Elite is merely a concept—one that is ill-defined and may not actually exist. But Big Law is behaving as if it does, and everyone wants to be a part of it, writes The Global Lawyer.

    5 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Federal Judge Rejects Shook, Hardy & Bacon's Attempt to Reschedule Upcoming Trial Against Panera's Charged Lemonade

    "Defense counsel's whimsical treatment of scheduled trial dates as tentative and subject to change is why the parties are now in a difficult—but not insoluble—position,'" said U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

    5 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Armstrong Teasdale Faced Regulatory Inquiry Before Shuttering in London

    The firm's London office—which opened in 2021—brought in $14 million in revenue in 2022 but recorded less than $250,000 in profits.

    5 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | Legaltech News

    Legaltech Rundown: UC Law San Francisco's Justice Tech Accelerator, New Steno and UnitedLex Hires and More

    An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

    3 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | Daily Business Review

    Judge Gives Green Light to Bal Harbour Developer in Legal Dispute

      A Miami Circuit Court judge just gave a Delaware company some hope in a dispute over building a major project that hinges on a relatively…

    4 minute read