• February 15, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    Revenue Up 11.2%, PEP Up 22.1% at Akin, as Aggressive Hiring Pays Off

    Chairperson Kim Koopersmith said Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's record year is due to strategic hiring in important practices.

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  • February 15, 2024 | The Recorder

    9th Circuit Vacates Arbitration Decision, Citing California High Court's Decision Correcting the Supreme Court

    In a California's Private Attorneys General Act case involving a former Lowe's employee, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered how the California Supreme Court's "Adolph" decision affected nonindividual PAGA claims, and if "Adolph" was inconsistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's "Viking River" ruling.

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  • February 15, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Choosing the Right Path: Selecting Your Practice Area as a New Lawyer

    Regardless of the pathway to your practice area, it should ultimately be your choice, one that you make deliberately, and one that will lead you down a path of personal career fulfillment.

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  • Appellate Term, Second Department: February 15, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, Decision & Order on Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders on Motions decided on:January 23 & 24, 2024

  • U.S. v. Sims

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Myrna Perez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Emmet O'Hanlon, Assistant United States Attorney for Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: James P. Egan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 21-3015

    Court's Reasoning for Special Condition Inadequately Explained, Not Supported by Record

  • C.D.V.D. v. B.K.T.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0310-22

    Plaintiff appealed the award of custody and child support in the parties' final judgment of divorce.

  • Revitalize Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust v. National Grid USA

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Beth Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Laura E. Jensen, on the brief, Jeffrey D. Talbert, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Alan J. Knauf, Linda R. Shaw, Amy K. Kendall, Jonathan R. Tantillo, Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Lockheed Martin Corporation: Steven T. Miano, Peter V. Keays, on the brief, Robert A. Wiygul, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant-Appellee General Electric Company: Dean S. Sommer, Kristin Carter Rowe, Young/Sommer LLC, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Northeast Management Services, Inc.: Douglas H. Zamelis, The Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis, Cooperstown, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC and Hauler's Facility LLC: Gregory M. Brown, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees National Grid USA and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation: Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Verizon New York Inc. as successor to Telesector Resources Group, Inc.: Philip H. Gitlen, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Honeywell International Inc.: Geoffrey Michael, Lauren C. Daniel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, and Syracuse LePage LLC: Michael A. Fogel, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, Syracuse LePage LLC, Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC, Hauler's Facility LLC: Patrick D. Donnelly, McGivney, Kluger Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Amparit Industries, LLC: Lori E. Petrone, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak, LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellee B&B Family Limited Partnership: Joseph R. Talarico, II, Talarico Law Firm, Fayetteville, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Jagar Enterprises, Inc.: Linda E. Alario, Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Magna Powertrain USA, Inc., and New Process Gear, Inc.: John J. Kuster, Sidney Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Onondaga Pottery Company, Inc.: Andrew C. Rose, Nixon Peabody LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Metalico New York, Inc. and Metalico Syracuse Realty, Inc.: Albert J. Millus, Jr., Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton, NY. For Defendants-Appellees C&S Engineers, Inc. and Calocerinos and Spina: Paul D. Sylvestri, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Corporation, Carlyle Air Conditioning Company Inc., and Raytheon Technologies Corporation f/k/a United Technologies Corporation: Elizabeth C. Barton, Erick M. Sandler, Day Pitney LLP, Hartford, CT. For Defendant-Appellee Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company: Glen R. Stuart, Adina D. Bingham, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, and Bernard J. Garbutt, III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Nokia of America Corporation and Western Electric Company, Incorporated: Meaghan G. Boyd, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, and David Venderbush, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Gardner Denver, Inc.: Daniel T. Flaherty, Daniel C.W. Narvey, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee

    Case Number: 22-1589-cv

    Consent Decree Resolved Only RACER's CERCLA Liability as to Plant, Pollutants Therefrom

  • New York County, Surrogate's Court: February 15, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, New York County
    Judge: Surrogate Hillary Gingold and Rita Mella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision and Orders & Decree and Orders signed between: January 7, 2023 - February 13, 202

  • February 14, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Appellate Division Upholds Legislative Exemption for Court Reporters Under Unemployment Compensation Law

    "Although we agree a sensible reading of N.J.S.A. 43:21-19(i)(10) provides an exemption for court reporters, to the extent the statutory language results in more than one reasonable interpretation, the legislative history unequivocally establishes the Legislature intended to dispense with the requirement to establish a FUTA exemption," Judge Joseph J. Marczyk said.

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  • February 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Anti-SLAPPed: Lawyer Ordered to Pay Opposing Counsel $21K

    "I would hope these fees are paid without further delay so that we can finally put this matter behind us," said appellant counsel Jay Eidex of Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex in Duluth.

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