• Klick v. Cenikor Found.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Class Actions | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Douglas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-20434

    Appellant is a nonprofit rehabilitation center assisting individuals with alcohol and/or drug addiction and had a program where adult long-term inpatient individuals were assigned jobs and required to work.

  • August 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Denies Fulton County's Motion for $38K in Attorney Fees in Election Challenge Case

    "This court does not find that the plaintiffs' petition was frivolous since it presented a clear issue of fact the court had to resolve. The court also does not find any party acted in bad faith in regard to any matters raised in this issue," Senior Fulton County Superior Court Judge David Emerson wrote in his order.

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  • Alpha Genomix Laboratories, Inc. et al. v. Crandall

    Publication Date: 2023-08-25
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Foust, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1096

    Court affirms breach of contract claim by former employee where defendants failed to pay severance, and partially vacates and remands for consideration of other issues

  • Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeffrey M. Benjamin, The Linden Law Group, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Roy A. Mura, Scott D. Mancuso, Mura Law Group, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 22-349-cv

    RICO Suit for Business, Property Injury Not Barred by Personal Injury Preceding Action

  • Seneca Lake Guardian v. Greenidge Generation LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-25
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6:21-CV-06063

    Permit Renewal Application's Deficiency Not Plausibly Alleged; EPA Permit Was Focus

  • August 23, 2023 | National Law Journal

    Do 'Fail Safe' Class Definitions Automatically Derail Certification?

    Hilton Hotels Retirement Plan asks U.S. Supreme Court to decide class action certification issue that has divided lower courts.

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  • Rush v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brock Johnson, (Johnson Law Firm LLC), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Blair Mahaffey, (Assistant District Attorney Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office), Dahlonega, for appellee,

    Case Number: A23A0637

    Court affirms drug convictions over defendant's challenge to legality of a traffic stop and the prolonging of that stop, and contentions of an illegal search

  • Arkansas Teacher Ret. Sys. v. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Kevin K. Russell, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD; Spencer A. Burkholz, Joseph D. Daley, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, James W. Johnson, Michael H. Rogers, Irina Vasilchenko, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD. For Defendants-Appellants: Richard H. Klapper, David M.J. Rein, Benjamin R. Walker, Julia A. Malkina, Jacob E. Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Morgan L. Ratner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellants: Audra J. Soloway, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington D.C. For Amicus Curiae Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission Officials and Law Professors in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Todd G. Cosenza, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Economic Scholars in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Victor L. Hou, Jared Gerber, on the brief, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Property Casualty Insurance Association in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Craig S. Waldman, Joshua C. Polster, Daniel H. Owsley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Ira D. Hammerman, Kevin Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, D.C.; Thomas Pinder, American Bankers Association, Washington, D.C.; Gregg Rozansky, Bank Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.; Tyler S. Badgley, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Stoller, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Society for Corporate Governance in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Jeremy C. Marwell, James T. Dawson, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Darla C. Stuckey, Randi V. Morrison, Society for Corporate Governance, New York, NY, on the brief, Christopher E. Duffy, Vinson & Elkins LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Defendants-Appellants: George Anhang, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C.; William Marsh, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Dallas, TX; Cory L. Andrews, John M. Masslon II, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Lyle Roberts, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Financial Economists in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeremy Lieberman, Emma Gilmore, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Andrew L. Zivitz, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Stacey M. Kaplan, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Fransisco, CA, on the brief, Ernest A. Young, Apex, NC. For Amicus Curiae Securities Law Scholars in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Linnet R. Davis-Stermitz, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Salvatore J. Graziano, Jai K. Chandrasekhar, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Joseph E. White, III, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Better Markets, Inc. in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Former SEC Officials in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Daniel P. Chiplock, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Carolyn E. Shapiro, Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 22-484

    Misrepresentations Did Not Impact Stock Price; Shareholder Class Decertified

  • Sinvany v. The Metropolitan Transit Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Patria Frias-Colon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 512449/2017

    Motion to Name Unnamed Defendant in Tort Action Denied as Untimely, Court Rules

  • August 22, 2023 | Law.com

    Joining 'Majority of Courts,' Federal Judge Finds Cellphones Entitled to TCPA Protection, OKs Case to Proceed

    "The parties dispute whether Tessu's cellphone qualifies for protection because Congress intended the Do-Not-Call Registry 'to protect residential subscribers' privacy rights.' 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(1). AdaptHealth contends that a cell phone cannot be a residential telephone under the TCPA. Plaintiff argues that it can, citing the 2003 FCC Order," Gallagher wrote.

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