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  • January 2, 2020 | Daily Business Review

    Rubio Among 39 US Senators Asking SCOTUS to Review Roe Abortion Rights

    More than 50 amicus briefs have been filed in recent weeks as the justices prepare to hear a Louisiana case March 4.

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  • January 2, 2020 | National Law Journal

    39 Senate Republicans Ask SCOTUS to Reconsider 'Roe' Abortion Rights Ruling

    Abortion rights advocates and their counterparts have filed collectively more than 50 amicus briefs over the past several weeks, as the justices prepare to hear a Louisiana case March 4.

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  • January 1, 2020 | National Law Journal

    January Editor's Note - A Key Network Helps African American Firm Leaders Excel

    Editor-in-Chief Lisa Helem shares highlights from the NLJ's January magazine, including a cover story on the African American Managing Partners Network and an interview with Washington D.C. attorney general Karl Racine.

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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
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    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
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    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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