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Laurent v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Publication Date: 2019-12-31
Practice Area: Employment Compliance
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Eli Gottesdiener, Gottesdiener Law Firm, PLLC, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Julia Penny Clark, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Richard W. Mark, Amer S. Ahmed, and Alejandro A. Herrera, on the brief, Daniel J. Thomasch, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York. For Amicus Curiae U.S. Secretary of Labor: Kate O'Scannlain, Solicitor of Labor, G. William Scott, Assistant Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security, and Thomas Tso, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation, on the brief, Brendan Ballard, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the American Benefits Council, the Business Roundtable, and the ERISA Industry Committee: Brian T. Burgess, William M. Jay, Jaime A. Santos, James O. Fleckner, and Alison V. Douglass, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts, and Steven P. Lehotsky, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: 18-487-cv

Pension Plan Violating ERISA May Be Reformed Under §502(a)(3) and Benefits Recalculated

NFTD v. Haynes Boone

Publication Date: 2019-12-30
Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Legal Malpractice
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Hassan
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Case Number: 14-17-00999-CV

The originating lawsuit involved business asset sales between consecutive owners for the Bernardo women's footwear company, investor Miller, attorney Howard, and law firm Haynes and Boone.

James Construction v. Westlake Chemical

Publication Date: 2019-12-30
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Evidence
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Jewell
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Case Number: 14-18-00083-CV

This was a complicated breach of contract action involving a construction agreement and multiple parties.

Ford v. Tate

Publication Date: 2019-12-26
Practice Area: Evidence
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tayo Popoola, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Mark Evan Olive, (Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A.), Tallahassee, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0825

Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That Trial Counsel Was Prejudicially Deficient in Presenting Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing Trial

December 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Narrowing the Bounds of 'Windfall' Restitution Awards in Financial Fraud Cases

In their Second Circuit Review column, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss 'U.S.v. Calderon,' where the Second Circuit limited the availability of "windfall" restitution awards and narrowed its interpretation of the "proximate cause" requirement for financial fraud victims under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996.

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Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. et al.

Publication Date: 2019-12-24
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Coomer
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barr, Jeffrey Lewis, Andrew Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin King, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Cecily McLeod, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Mike Crawford, Bradley Wolff, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Mark Middleton, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for AM.
Case Number: A19A0960

Court denies plaintiff's breach of contract claims because they were barred by the statute of repose

December 23, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Dec. 23, 2019

Yetter Coleman in Houston announced that Grant Martinez will become a partner in the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

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Tower Loan of Mississippi v. Willis

Publication Date: 2019-12-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
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Case Number: 18-60344

In 2016, appellee Willis borrowed money from appellant Tower Loan of Mississippi and purchased insurance policies from Tower Loan subsidiaries.

Weintraub v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-12-19
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Gobeil
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, appellant.
for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
Case Number: A19A1284

Further Findings Necessary to Determine Whether Houseguest's Cell Phone Recording of Householders' Acrimonious Quarrel Was Taken in Private Place

Sweet City Landfill, LLC v. Lyon et al.

Publication Date: 2019-12-18
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Coomer
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mayo, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Brandon Bowen, Robert Walker, Sarah MaCkimm, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Timothy Buckley, Kelly Christopher, (Buckley Christopher & Haff, P.C.), Atlanta, Derrick Bingham, Whitney Edwards, (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A19A1530

County Commission's Actions in Voting Against Proposed Landfill Project Were Within the Scope of its Official Duties