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  • Bernard-Moses v. Chick-Fil-A Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Jared B. Dubin, of counsel, Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm, P.C., New York City.
    for defendant: For Defendant Crown 144 Fulton LLC and non-party Melbo Franchise Holdings, Inc.: Kristen E. John, of counsel, Rende, Ryan & Downes, LLP, White Plains.
    Case Number: 506371/2022

    Relation Back Inapplicable; Defendants Were Not United in Interest

  • In the Matter of Sharon L. Barksdale.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Barclay Brown, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, William Thomas Davis, (Naggiar & Sarif LLC), Newnan, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0016

    Court imposes a public reprimand in an attorney disciplinary matter for violations of Rules 1.3 and 1.4 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • The Estate of Margaret Alechko

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Damaris E.Torrent
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Joseph L. Ciaccio, Esq., Napoli Shkolnick, PLLC, Melville, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Anna Borea, Esq., Steven V. Debraccio, Esq., Wilson Elser Mos Kowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains, New York.
    Case Number: 59472/2022

    Statute Applied Retroactively, Defendant Immune from Being Sued

  • In the Matter of R. Dale Perry.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Dale Perry, Gainseville, for appellee; Patrick H. Head, Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0071

    Court disbars attorney for multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in various client matters

  • February 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Making the Right to Education a Reality for All Our Children

    Last week we gathered in the Capitol in Harrisburg with other advocates, parents, educators, and students who are part of a statewide coalition called PA Schools Work to celebrate the anniversary of that pivotal ruling and to advocate for a proposed remedy to bring our school funding system into constitutional compliance.

    6 minute read

  • February 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Decision of the Day: Court Preserves Claim in Class Action Suit That Laundry Cards Carry Hidden Fee Structure

    This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

    2 minute read

  • February 12, 2024 | Legaltech News

    The Future of Tech-Enabled Law Practice: Balancing AI's Precision with Human Insight

    The legal field stands at a critical crossroads where it needs to balance the rule-based, algorithmic, and data-driven logic of LLMs against the human lawyer's ability to interpret, strategize, and empathize, applying AI-generated results in tandem with human insight to address clients' issues comprehensively.

    12 minute read

  • February 12, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Law Firms' Debt Secret

    Using debt to fund expansion and investments make sense, but it also points to a possible lack of financial planning, writes the Global Lawyer

    5 minute read

  • Hernandez v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kennedy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-23-00058-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of aggravated assault following a bench trial, successfully proved on appeal that he was entitled to a new trial because he did not waive his right to trial.

  • In re Delaware Pub. Sch. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Wilson B. Davis, New Castle County Law Department, New Castle, DE; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Craig T. Eliassen, Gary E. Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Richard H. Morse, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Dwayne Bensing, ACLU Foundation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Saul P. Morgenstern, Peta Gordon, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 138, 2023

    Chancery court erred in awarding fee shifting in public interest litigation where the case effectively obtained a benefit no greater than simply compelling the government to properly perform its duties.