• Sanders v. City of Saratoga Springs

    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Brian C. Mahoney, Caitlin E. O'Neil, Lippes Mathias LLP, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Saratoga Casino Holdings, LLC and Saratoga Casino Hotel: David M. Cost, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendants Moore and Cotter: Kevin P. Burke, Burke, Scolamiero & Hurd LLP, Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 1:22 CV 01154

    Conspiracy Plausibly Alleged in Rights Action Over Efforts to Recover $850 Payment

  • Portfolio Media, Inc. v. New York State Off. of Ct. Admin.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lisa S. Headley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 159592/22

    FOIL Request Denied as Appeal Was Outside the Statute of Limitations Period

  • September 4, 2023 | The Recorder

    Challenges to Corporate Decision-Making in the Face of Increasingly Polarized Responses to ESG Initiatives

    A wave of "conservative" political lawsuits and advocacy campaigns seeking to advance "anti-ESG" or "anti-woke" themes have resulted in certain companies de-emphasizing disclosure of their ESG initiatives, according to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's Stephen Blake and Sareen Armani.

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  • Pizza Hut L.LC. v. Pandya

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-40555

    A franchisee, who was sued by the franchise for failing to fulfill his contractual obligations, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court erred in denying a jury trial.

  • Steward Health Care Sys. LLC v. Tenet Bus. Serv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony Bongiorno, Jessica Reese, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA; Rollo C. Baker IV, Eric White, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lewis H. Lazarus, K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy W. Knapp, Brendan E. Ryan, Kent J. Hayden, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0289-SG

    Finding that that the asset purchase agreement executed by the parties had created a scheme for prorating Medicaid reimbursement distribution payments relating to the year in which closing on the hospitals occurred consistent with defendants' construction of the agreement, the court granted partial summary judgment to defendants.

  • Data Logger Solutions, LLC v. Digi Smartsense, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Retail | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A. Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: K. Tyler O’Connell, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric C. Liebeler, Kevin Kitchen, Connor Shaull, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-10-121-EMD

    Concluding that the facts alleged for the breach of contract claim in the original complaint were similar to those pled in the claim for tortious interference in the amended complaint, the court denied defendant's motion to dismiss finding that defendant was provided sufficient notice of the tortious interference claim to relate back to the original complaint.

  • In the Interest of R.R.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Longoria
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-23-00145-CV

    On November 16, 2020, following a referral for neglectful supervision, the Department of Family Protective Services filed a petition for the protection of Ricky and Randy and for the termination of parental rights of their mother and father.

  • Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jimmy C. Chong, Chong Law Firm, PA, Wilmington, DE; Ronald W. Burns, Frisco, Texas for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Suri, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy Douglas Anderson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ricardo J. Bonilla, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-572-CFC

    Court imposed a civil contempt sanction upon plaintiff's owner for her failure to appear for questioning by the court as ordered, as the court had the inherent authority to impose contempt to enforce its lawful orders.

  • In the Interest of D.M.-H

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rambin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-23-00031-CV

    The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services sued to terminate the parental rights of D.M.-H's mother pursuant to Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§161.001(b)(1)(I), (M), (N), and (O), and 161.001(b)(2).

  • September 1, 2023 | Daily Business Review

    Who Will Rise to the Bench? 12 Candidates Vie for Broward Judgeship

    The candidates hope to fill vacancies left by Circuit Judges Dale Cohen and Elizabeth Scherer.

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