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  • T.W. v. N.Y.S. Bd. of Law Examiners

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William J. Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael Steven Stein, on the brief, Mary C. Vargas, Stein & Vargas, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jo Anne Simon, Jo Anne Simon, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Dennis Fan, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York. For Amici Curiae National Disability Rights Network et al., in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Bridget A. Clarke, Andrew J. Dhuey, Berkeley, CA.
    Case Number: 22-1661

    State Board of Law Examiners Is Arm of the State Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity

  • Kaziu v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Betim Kaziu: Yoav M. Griver, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Breon Peace, United States Attorney, Saritha Komatireddy And Robert M. Pollack, Assistant United States Attorneys, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York.
    Case Number: 121-1247-pr

    District Court Exceeded Its Discretion in Declining Full De Novo Resentencing Proceeding

  • Horton v. The Kansas City S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Government | Transportation | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-0769

    A Kansas City Southern Railway Company train collided with decedent's pickup truck as she drove across a railroad track on a rural road near her home.

  • Deblase v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 522689/2023

    Court Orders Amicus Briefs in Case Involving Emotional Distress of Deceased Dog

  • Upstate Jobs Party v. Kosinski

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Edward Wenger & Phillip Michael Gordon, on the brief, Shawn Toomey Sheehy, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, Haymarket, VA; Michael Burger, Santiago Burger LLP, Rochester, NY, on the brief.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Jeffrey W. Lang, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Sarah L. Rosenbluth, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 21-2518

    Parties, Independent Bodies Not Similar; Judgment as to Campaign Limits Partly Upheld

  • Paxton v. Dettlebach

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10802

    Appellants, three individuals and the State of Texas, sought to enjoin federal statutes that criminalize making silencers for personal use without paying a $200 excise tax, applying for permission from the federal government, and registering the silencer in a federal database.

  • Drabinsky v. Actor's Equity Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jarod Bona, Bona Law PC, La Jolla, CA; Molly Donovan, Bona Law PC, New York, NY; Aaron Gott, Bona Law PC, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Alan Roth, The Roth Law Firm, PLLC, New York, NY; Joshua D. Wright, Lodestar Law & Economics, PLLC, McLean, VA, on the brief, Luke Hasskamp, Bona Law PC, La Jolla, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: David L. Greenspan, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Evan Hudson-Plush, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Jeffrey L. Kessler, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae AFL-CIO in support of Defendant-Appellee: Andrew Lyubarsky, Matthew Ginsburg, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 23-795-cv

    Antitrust Claims Barred; Union Acted in Self-Interest of Protecting Its Members' Wages

  • Comstock v. New York State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    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 Plaintiffs: Dennis C. Vacco, Scott S. Allen, Jr., Lippes Mathias LLP, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants New York State, Letitia James, the New York State Senate, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the New York State Assembly, Carl Heastie, and Crystal Peoples-Stokes: Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Aimee Cowan, Assistant Attorney General, Syracuse, NY. For Defendants Robert Ortt and William Barclay: William B. Hunt, Stephen T. Helmer, Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Syracuse, NY.
    Case Number: 3:23-CV-907

    Jurisdiction Lacking in Challenge to Law Limiting State Legislators' Outside Income

  • Fossil Group, Inc. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-0376

    In 2018, petitioner hired respondent to work as a seasonal sales associate at its store in Frisco, Texas.

  • Braidwood Mgmt., Inc. v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
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    Case Number: 23-10326

    The Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires private insurers to cover certain preventive care, including contraception, human papilloma virus vaccines, and drugs preventing the transmission of HIV without cost sharing.