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  • August 7, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Capitol Report

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of July 31. The Pennsylvania Senate was in session as of press time. The state House of Representatives is scheduled to reconvene Sept. 26.

    8 minute read

  • August 7, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    Dead Reckoning: A Titanic Investigation

    A massive investigation regarding the Titan submersible is underway that could lead to regulatory changes to improve safety at sea and potentially yield civil and criminal referrals.

    9 minute read

  • August 7, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

    Ruling Against Company That Called a Lawsuit 'Without Merit' Could Sideline Widely Used Phrase

    Massachusetts federal Judge William Young held software company Pegasystems accountable for pooh-poohing a theft-of-trade-secrets lawsuit that actually had legitimacy.

    4 minute read

  • United States v. Vargas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-20140

    Appellant pled guilty to conspiring to possess cocaine after he and his co-conspirator were arrested in a Wal-Mart parking lot where they had agreed to meet an undercover agent to pay $125,000 in exchange for 5 kg of cocaine.

  • People v. Valdez

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Criminal Court, Kings
    Judge: Judge Patrick Hayes Torres
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Kings County, Molly Sheehan, Esq., Assistant District Attorney.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Kiersten Reider, Esq., of counsel, Brooklyn Defender Services.
    Case Number: CR-034714-22KN

    Defendants Must Timely Inform Prosecution of Defects in Certificate of Compliance

  • Enriquez v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-21-00424-CR

    Appellant was a passenger in a car stopped for an expired license plate and displaying the wrong registration insignia.

  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan S. Kanter, Doha Mekki, Maggie Goodlander, David B. Lawrence, Daniel E. Haar, Nikolai G. Levin, Peter M. Bozzo, Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Amanda P. Reeves, Lindsey S. Champlin, David L. Johnson, Charles S. Dameron, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Christopher S. Yates, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy G. Cameron, Peter T. Barbur, David R. Marriott, Daniel K. Zach, Michael K. Zaken, Lindsey J. Timlin, Hannah L. Dwyer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Amanda L. Wait, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Daniel K. Hogan, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for defendant-appellees.
    Case Number: 22-2806

    Rather than employ the hypothetical monopolist test analysis for determining product market under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's analysis using the actual market for refined sugar as the product market definition.

  • Son v. U.S. Army

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff, Pro Se: Christian Son, of counsel, General Delivery, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: John D. Hoggan, Jr., Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, of counsel, Hon. Carla B. Freedman, U.S. Attorney for the N.D.N.Y., James T. Foley Courthouse, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 1:22-CV-1388

    Suit Against Army Dismissed; FTCA Misrepresentation Claim Barred by Sovereign Immunity

  • In re Ryan C.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
    Judge: Judge Prescott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: AC 45979

    Trial Court Erred in Permitting Intervention of Foster Parent During Neglect Portion of Proceeding

  • S. Cent. Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church v. SMU

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goldstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-21-00151-CV

    Appellee, Southern Methodist University, was founded in 1911 and its original charter stated that it was "to be forever owned, controlled and managed" by a predecessor conference of appellant South Central Jurisdiction Conference of the United Methodist Church.