• Smith v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Andrew Childers Childers, Schlueter Smith LLC, and Jonathan Johnson, Atlanta, for Smith. John Strauss, Covington, for Chupp. Lee Gillis and Duke Groover James Bates Brannan Groover LLP, Macon, for Georgia Farm Bureau.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A1824; A14A1825

    The Court of Appeals erred in holding, as a matter of first impression, that personal injury claims arising from lead poisoning due to lead-based paint ingestion were not excluded from coverage purs

  • JAMS, Inc. v. Superior Court (Kinsella)

    Publication Date: 2016-07-28
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-27
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long & Levit, Joseph P. McMonigle, Jessica R. MacGregor, Jonathan Rizzardi; Reed Smith, Paul D. Fogel and Dennis P. Maio for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Bravo Law Group, Gregory L. Cartwright; Goode Hemme & Peterson, Jerry D. Hemme; Jenkins and Erik C. Jenkins for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. D069862

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 8086 JAMS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN D

  • Henry Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. S. G.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Megan Pearson and Andrew Welch Smith, Welch, Webb White, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Tafelski Georgia Legal Services Program, Robert Ashe Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Phyllis Holmen, and Lisa Krisher, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0201

    The local board of education abused its discretion in failing to properly apply self-defense standards when it expelled a student for fighting on school gr

  • ConocoPhillips Company v. Koopmann, 13-14-00402-CV (TexApp Dist 05/19/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-07-25
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2016-05-19
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth
    Judge: ROGELIO VALDEZ CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-14-00402-CV

    On appeal from the 24th District Court of De Witt County, Texas.Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and LongoriaMemorandum

  • July 21, 2016 |

    MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

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  • Microsoft Corporation. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Lynch and Carney, C.JJ., and Bolden, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant: Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA; The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, James F. Tierney, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett‐Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett‐Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGarr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202762745398, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 14, 2016)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Amer

  • Gregge v. Hugill

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-13
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Edward Bennett Gregge, Kenneth W. Kossoff, Donna M. Klugman, Panitz & Kossoff, LLP
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent, Michael Hugill, as Trustee, Paul D. Fogel, Dennis Peter Maio, Reed Smith LLP, Sheri Lynn Sudweeks, Sugai & Sudweeks, LLP

    Case Number: No. H040663

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7567 EDWARD BENNETT GREGGE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MICHAEL HUGI

  • ESG Capital Partners, LP v. Stratos

    Publication Date: 2016-07-11
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Otis D. Wright II, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret A. Grignon (argued) and Paula M. Mitchell, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California; William C. Nystrom, Michael Paris, and Jack I. Siegal, Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Kevin S. Rosen (argued), Matthew S. Kahn, and Bradley J. Hamburger, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee Venable LLP.

    Case Number: No. 13-56684

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7335 ESG CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership and Limited Partners, Plaintiff-Appella

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  • Brooks v. Clark County

    Publication Date: 2016-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cal J. Potter, III (argued) and C.J. Potter, IV, Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Matthew Christian (argued), Deputy District Attorney; Steven B. Wolfson, District Attorney; Clark County District Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 14-16424

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7246 ADAM BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, and JOHN KEVIN SMITH, Plain