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  • Cameron County v. JLM Games

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Perkes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-17-00653-CV

    Appellee JLM is engaged in the development and ownership of "amusement machines" and appellee GGL is engaged in the ownership, leasing, franchising, and operation of amusement facilities in South Texas.

  • Smale v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-19-00038-CV

    Self-represented litigant, Smale, who was a beneficiary of a living trust, sued the trustee for an accounting of trust assets and asserted claims for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud for failing to list and distribute all trust assets.

  • Appellate Division, First Department:November 19, 2019

    Publication Date: 2019-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Cases Decided
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:November 19, 2019

  • November 13, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    Florida Lawyers Embellished Client's Statement—To Praise Themselves

    "The trial court's reaction, and ours, to such hyperbole is a teaching point and a caution that a client's personal knowledge, however imperfect, is not to be gilded, excessively bolstered, or embellished by her counsel in the hope of improving a case," Third District Court of Appeal Judge Vance E. Salter wrote.

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  • Biocad JSC v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche

    Publication Date: 2019-11-12
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Gregory G. Rapawy and Julius P. Taranto, on the brief, David C. Frederick, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C, Washington, DC, and Albert Feinstein, Feinstein & Partners, P.L.L.C., New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Genentech, Inc.: Amanda P. Reeves, Roman Martinez, Benjamin W. Snyder, and Lawrence E. Buterman, on the brief, Daniel M. Wall, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, New York; San Francisco, California; and Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Roche Holding AG: Andrew S. Gehring, on the brief, Paul Spagnoletti, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Appellee R-Pharm JSC: Caitlin J. Halligan, Eric J. Stock, and Alejandro A. Herrera, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 17-3486

    Foreign Nature of Drug Firm's Claims Placed Them Beyond Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws

  • In the Matter of AJF

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-19-00414-CV

    The state filed three petitions alleging that A.J.F., a juvenile, engaged in delinquent conduct, including that he committed aggravated robbery, possessed methamphetamine, and harassed a public servant.

  • November 8, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Recent 'Frye' 'Gatekeeping' Rulings

    In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses a recent trial court decision that teaches valuable lessons for lawyers as it wrestles on how to decide an exquisite battle of expert opinions by well-qualified neurologists. Litigators may well take sides on this interesting one.

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  • November 4, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Social Media, Jurors and Jury Instructions

    In his State E-Discovery column, Mark A. Berman uses the recent decision in 'People v. Neulander' as a basis for his discussion of the significance of a juror's improper use of social media, which can rock the foundation of a party's right to a fair trial. He touches upon the various ethical and privacy issues that are tangled into the issue.

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  • In Re Crocker

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-20254

    A debtor from Texas and another from Virginia separately obtained loans from the same lender to pay education expenses.

  • In Re Estate of Robert A. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donsbach, (Donsbach Law Group, LLC), Martinez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Troy Lanier, (Troy A. Lanier, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1537

    Sons of deceased father cannot seek a declaration to interpret his will without violating the in terrorem clause in that will