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  • Burke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Timothy Douds, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, Jeff Preston Burks, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Madison for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A1318

    Court Affirms Murder Conviction, Rejecting Defendant's Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Counsel Claims

  • Hoffer v. Tellone

    Publication Date: 2025-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Discovery | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John M. Walker, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: C. Mitchell Hendy, Mayer Brown LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Brian D. Ginsberg, Harris Beach PLLC, White Plains, NY.
    Case Number: 23-1377

    'Intent to Deprive' Party of Lost Information Must Be Found Before Rule 37(e)(2) Sanctions

  • Murray v. UBS Sec. LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-02-20
    Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Michael H. Park
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Robert B. Stulberg, Patrick J. Walsh, Stulberg & Walsh LLP; Scott A. Korenbaum, Scott A. Korenbaum, Esq.; Benjamin J. Ashmore, Sr., Herbst Law PLLC on the brief, Robert L. Herbst, Herbst Law PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Eugene Scalia, Andrew G.I. Kilberg, Gabrielle Levin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP on the brief, Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 20-4202

    Jury Instruction Strayed From §1514A, Expanded Definition of 'Contributing Factor'

  • Ashley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Chase, Brookhaven, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, Clayton Fuller, John Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Circuit District Attorney’s Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1706

    Court Affirms Convictions for Methamphetamine Possession and Trafficking Despite Defendant's Sufficiency and Other Evidentiary Challenges

  • Perry v. Emory Healthcare Services Management, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Careton Matthews, (Attorney at Law), Stone Mountain, Jessica Austin, (Law Offices of Careton Matthews), Stone Mountain, Theresa Mahfood, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Jacquelyn Clarke, Courtney Walker, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Kawania James, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, James Dean, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1435

    Court Vacates Dismissal of Sexual Assault Claim, Noting that Statute of Limitations May Not Have Tolled in View of Criminal Prosecution of Defendant

  • Mallet v. NYSDOCCS

    Publication Date: 2025-01-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Caner Demirayak, Law Office of Caner Demirayak, Esq.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Daniel S. Magy, Office of the New York State Attorney General.
    Case Number: 22-2884

    Judgment Partly Vacated; Constitutional Claims' Timeliness Plausibly Asserted

  • Mallet v. New York State Dep't of Corr. and Cmty. Supervision

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Caner Demirayak, Law Office of Caner Demirayak, Esq.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Daniel S. Magy, Office of the New York State Attorney General.
    Case Number: 22-2884

    Issue of Fact Exists as to When Prisoner Should Have Known Condition Could Be Cancer

  • Diaz v. Cantu

    Publication Date: 2025-01-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwich
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 24-50088

    Appellee sought damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for false imprisonment and bystander liability against appellants, a judge and three county commissioners.

  • Envt. Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-20545

    In a per curium order, the court noted the en banc court heard oral argument more than 18 months prior and the parties had already endured multiple appeals and remands back to the district court over the course of nine years.

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Surinder Chadha Jimenez, (The Chadha Jimenez Law Firm, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, John Fowler, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Hallie Dixon, (Office of the District Attorney, Coweta Judicial Circuit- Troup Office), LaGrange, for appellee; Thomas Clyde, Kurtis Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A1125

    Trial Court Erred in Closing Courtroom to Public and Media During Jury Selection Voir Dire Without Issuing Written Order