• C.M. v. E.M.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (redacted)

    Euthanizing of Pet Companion During Matrimonial Case Deemed Not in Violation of Orders

  • Oasis Tooling Inc. v. Siemens Indus. Software, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Electronics | Manufacturing | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul J. Andre, Lisa Kobialka, James Hannah, Timothy Layden, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Aaron M. Frankel, Cristina L. Martinez, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Karen Jacobs, Cameron P. Clark, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; John D. Vandenberg, Kristin L. Cleveland, Mark W. Wilson, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR; Kristina R. Cary, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Boston, MA; Gregg F. LoCascio, P.C., Michael A. Pearson, Jr., Matthew J. McIntee, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC; Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Clement Naples, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Gabriel K. Bell, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Thomas W. Yeh, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Brett M. Sanford, Daniel S. Todd, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-151-CJB

    Court rejected assertion that patent claims were indefinite where intrinsic record provided enough explanation for a person of ordinary skill in the art to understand the scope of the claim and when a product would fall within that scope.

  • C.P. v. The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Firko
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: K & L Gates, LLP (Anthony P. La Rocco, Dana Beth Parker, and Reymond E. Yammine, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Rayna Elizabeth Kessler (Robins Kaplan LLP) and Elizabeth Cate (The Zalkin Law Firm, PC) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice (Rayna Elizabeth Kessler and Elizabeth Cate, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-1779-22

    ECD Did Not Bar Claims Against Religious Organizations Not Cognizable When Sexual Abuse Victim Pursued Negligence Claims Against Family Members

  • Pacho v. The State of New York

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Claims, New York
    Judge: Judge Ruth Shillingford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimant by: Nora Constance Marino, Esq. and Joseph W. Murray, Esq., Law Offices Of Nora Constance Marino.
    for defendant: For Defendant by: Felice V. Torres, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Hon. Letitia James, New York State Attorney General.

    Case Number: 132700

    City Had Notice of DMV Employee's Sexual Assault of Claimant; Liability Found

  • Appellate Term, Second Department: December 4, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth JudicIal Districts & Ninth and Tenth JudicIal DisTRICTS
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders on Motions decided on:November 20 & 22, 2023

  • December 1, 2023 | Law.com

    Maryland Court Blocks Non-Dependent's Wrongful Death Suit Against Late Father's Employer

    "Although neither this Court nor the Supreme Court of Maryland has considered the exact issue presented here, i.e., whether the Workers' Compensation Act's exclusivity provision applies to a non-dependent, our Courts have considered whether a wrongful death plaintiff is permitted to bring a wrongful death claim when a covered employee is killed in the course of his or her employment," said Senior Judge Alexander Wright Jr., who was specially assigned to the case.

    5 minute read

  • December 1, 2023 | Law.com

    Maine Judge Rejects Thomas Keller Restaurant Group's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Ex-Employee Worked Without Pay

    "An employee who has been forced to go to court to get paid should not be faced with the peril of picking and choosing the 'one correct' statutory provision as between equally applicable statutory provisions, particularly at the pleading stage, when the purpose of the statutory scheme is to protect pay," said the plaintiffs attorney Sally Morris of Portland.

    7 minute read

  • December 1, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    'Trailblazing' Court of Appeals Judge Returns to Co-Chair Williams Judicial Commission

    Court of Appeals Judge Shirley Troutman has returned as co-chair of the longtime blue-ribbon committee that promotes racial and ethnic fairness in New York courts.

    3 minute read

  • December 1, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    Will the New Safe Harbor Policy Create a Safe Haven for Companies Reporting Misconduct Discovered in M&A?

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is adding to its toolkit to encourage voluntary self-disclosures in the corporate criminal enforcement space—this time in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Under the new M&A Safe Harbor Policy, such acquiring firms will receive the presumption of a declination, presuming the acquiring company timely self-reports the misconduct, cooperates in the investigation, and engages in appropriate and timely remediation.

    8 minute read

  • December 1, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Three Legal Nonprofits Raise $60K on Georgia Gives Day

    "It was amazing. We set a goal of raising $10,000 and we reached that goal by Monday, the day before Giving Tuesday, so we upped the goal to $15,000, [and] it blew it out of the park," she said, adding donors were allowed to contribute prior to Georgia Gives Day while counting as donations for that day.

    4 minute read