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  • Coplin v. Mann

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-20-00076-CV

    Appellant challenged a judgment rendered in favor of appellees on his claim of breach of contract and on the appellees' counterclaims for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

  • U.S. v. Chow

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott Hartman, Max Nicholas, Sarah K. Eddy, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, New York, on the brief, Elisha J. Kobre, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Erin E. Murphy, C. Harker Rhodes IV, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington D.C., Thomas Burnett, Kirkland & Ellis, New York, New York, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 19-0325

    Trial Evidence Held Sufficient to Support Jury's Verdict of Guilt for Insider Trading

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, Daniel Cochran, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Monticello, Tuttle Barksdale, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1998

    Trial Court Erred by Failing to Grant Defendant's Post-Waiver Request for Counsel; Aggravated Assault, Family Violence Battery Conviction Reversed and Remanded

  • Cousin v. Tubbs

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya Graham, (The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Ladin, (Ladin & Associates Attorneys at Law), Kennesaw, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2050

    No Reversible Error in Trial Court's Denial of Request for Reimbursement of Child Support Payments Made While Appeal Was Pending

  • In re Becker

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Siler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-72805

    ERISA does not bar forum selection clauses

  • Truist Bank f/k/a Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Stark

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Levy, Paul Durdaller, (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Christy, Jonathan Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Corporation Service Company Registered Agent Wells Fargo Bank NA, Norcross, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A2000

    Trial Court Erred in Holding That Disposable Earnings Limitation Applied to Disputed Funds in Garnishment Case

  • Murray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Murray, (Dodge State Prison), Chester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, (The Law Offices of Fani T. Willis, LLC), Atlanta, Claude Rudder, (District Attorney), Atlanta, David Getachew-Smith, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1692

    Court vacates denial of defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal and remands for the trial court to hold an evidentiary hearing on claims of ineffective assistance

  • City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant City of New York: Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton, Nwamaka Ejebe, on the brief, John Moore, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY; Steve W. Berman, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Matthew F. Pawa, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Newton Centre, MA. For Appellee Chevron Corporation: Joshua S. Lipshutz, on the brief, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Anne Champion, on the brief, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Herbert J. Stern, Joel M. Silverstein, on the brief, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ. For Appellee ConocoPhillips: John F. Savarese, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Sean C. Grimsley, James R. Jones, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO. For Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Jaren Janghorbani, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, TX. For Appellee Royal Dutch Shell: David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Appellee BP p.l.c.: Nancy G. Milburn, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law: Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae States of New York, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and the District of Columbia: David S. Frankel, Assistant Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors Sarah H. Cleveland, Zachary D. Clopton, William S. Dodge, Harold Hongju Koh, Kermit Roosevelt III, and Christopher A. Whytock: Harold Hongju Koh, Michael J. Wishnie, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, Yale Law School, Rule of Law Clinic. For Amici Curiae New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Point Community Development Corporation, and Uprose: Kimberly Ong, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and International Municipal Lawyers Association: Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation: Corbin K. Barthold, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Eric Grant, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, R. Justin Smith, Christine W. Ennis, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Division, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Peter D. Keisler, C. Frederick Beckner III, Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Steven P. Lehotsky, Michael B. Schon, Jonathan D. Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers: Philip S. Goldberg, Christopher E. Appel, Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, DC; Linda E. Kelly, Peter C. Tolsdorf, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia: Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Kian J. Hudson, Deputy Solicitor General, for Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN. For Amicus Curiae Professor Richard A. Epstein: Yaakov M. Roth, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Robert E. Johnson, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Kelly Holt, Jones Day, Boston, MA.
    Case Number: 18-2188

    Clean Air Act Displaces State Law Claims in City's Suit to Recover Costs of Global Warming

  • USA v. Brune

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-11360

    In charging appellant, a methamphetamine dealer, the government accidentally cited the wrong statutory paragraph.

  • McKey v. Stallings

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-20-00042-CV

    Father argued that the trial court abused its discretion when it modified its possession order to restrict possession of his daughter to supervised visitation based on the recommendation of a counselor who had not seen the child in individual therapy for almost ten months before the final trial.