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  • February 21, 2022 | Law.com

    UK Law Firm Now Accepts Crypto as Payment

    The move follows a growing trend in the U.S., where a handful of firms currently accept payment in cryptoassets.

    2 minute read

  • February 21, 2022 | Legaltech News

    UK Law Firm Gunnercooke Starts Accepting Cryptocurrency as Payment

    The move matches the firm's client base, which includes around 100 cryptocurrency developers, platforms and exchanges, it says. For payment, the firm is partnering with cryptoasset firm Coinpass.

    2 minute read

  • Ex Parte Moore

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
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    Case Number: 08-20-00064-CR

    The state charged appellant with harassment under section 42.01(a)(7) of the Texas Penal Code.

  • State v. Ryan

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Smith, Jr. (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr., of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Daniel A. Finkelstein, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Daniel A. Finkelstein, of counsel and on the briefs)
    Case Number: a_65_20_020722

    Because Three Strikes Law Was Merely Enhancement on Most Current Offense, Use of Prior Juvenile Conviction as Predicate Offense Was Constitutional

  • State v. Gonzalez

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret McLane, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Margaret McLane, of counsel and on the briefs, and Richard Sparaco, Designated Counsel, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Steven K. Cuttonaro, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Steven K. Cuttonaro, of counsel and on the briefs, and Paul H. Heinzel, Assistant Somerset County Prosecutor, on the briefs)
    Case Number: lisab

    Statements Should Have Been Suppressed Where Suspect Made Ambiguous Invocation of Counsel, Requiring Investigators to Confirm Whether Suspect Wanted Counsel

  • Nettye v. BlueStone

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 20-0639

    A natural resource company, that paid noninterest royalties to an owner based upon the deed language, successfully proved on appeal why that was correct.

  • Monroe Guaranty v. BITCO General

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 21-0232

    The Texas Supreme Court, in answering certified questions by the federal court, ruled that under Texas law, stipulated extrinsic evidence could be used despite an absence in pleadings.

  • In the Matter of JJ

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Landau
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    Case Number: 01-19-00712-CV

    A criminal defendant, who was assessed a twenty-year determinate sentence for capital murder, successfully had the matter reversed on appeal.

  • In re Christianson Air

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 20-0384

    In a suit involving water leaks from plastic pipes, the parties failed to agree on the scope of two corporate representative depositions and the trial court granted a motion to compel the depositions on a list of thirty topics proposed by the plaintiffs.

  • February 18, 2022 | The Recorder

    Who Got the Work?: Proposed Class Action Claims Wells Fargo Continues to Discriminate Against Black Borrowers

    Here's your weekly round-up of the law firms and lawyers being tapped to handle key California cases and close major deals for their clients.

    5 minute read