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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: March 17, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Handdown List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: March 17, 2021

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Starosto, (Star Law PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene, (District Attorney), Calhoun, Sharon Fox, (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1889

    Trial Court's Failure to Advise Defendant of Dangers of Proceeding Pre Se Required Reversal of Trial Result

  • Appellate Division, First Department: March 16, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: March 16, 2021

  • March 16, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    The Insurer's Right To Recoupment of Defense Costs

    The question of defense cost recoupment may warrant clarification by the Court of Appeals. In the meantime, the Second Department has spoken as clearly as possible against such attempts at recoupment when it is not specifically provided for in the policy, but, rather, only in a reservation of rights. In this edition of his Insurance Law column, Jonathan A. Dachs discusses the Second Department decision, 'American Western Home Ins. Co. v. Gjonaj Realty & Management Co.'

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  • March 16, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    The Insurer's Right To Recoup Defense Costs

    The question of defense cost recoupment may warrant clarification by the Court of Appeals. In the meantime, the Second Department has spoken as clearly as possible against such attempts at recoupment when it is not specifically provided for in the policy, but, rather, only in a reservation of rights. In this edition of his Insurance Law column, Jonathan A. Dachs discusses the Second Department decision, 'American Western Home Ins. Co. v. Gjonaj Realty & Management Co.'

    1 minute read

  • Sullivan v. Microsoft Corporation

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-20-00046-CV

    Appellant challenged an order granting Microsoft's motion to dismiss based on a forum-selection clause contained within an employment agreement signed by both parties.

  • Champ v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1552

    Court Remands Case for Trial Court to Hold a Hearing and Rule on Appellant's Constitutional Right-to-Be-Present Claim

  • Perkins v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-19-00068-CR

    Appellant struck Santiago Saenz with a golf club and Saenz died days later; a jury convicted appellant of aggravated assault and sentenced him to 22 years' imprisonment.

  • Barron v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-18-00324-CR

    Appellant was indicted for the murders of Hoover and Bruns.

  • In re: The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Carl Bucki
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.: Stephen A. Donato, Esq., Charles J. Sullivan, Esq., Sara C. Temes, Esq., Grayson T. Walter, Esq., of counsel, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, New York.
    for defendant: Joseph W. Allen, Esq., Assistant U.S. Trustee, Office of the U.S. Trustee, Buffalo, New York. Attorneys for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Ilan D. Scharf, Esq., Brittany M. Michael, Esq., of counsel, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, New York, New York. Co-Counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Scott Bogucki, Esq., of counsel, Gleichenhaus, Marchese & Weishaar, PC., Buffalo, New York. Attorneys for Various Claimants: Richard Weisbeck, Esq., and Amy Keller, Esq., of counsel, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, Buffalo, New York. Raymond L. Fink, Esq., Dennis C. Vacco, Esq., of counsel, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Buffalo, New York. John D. Goetz, Esq., of counsel, Jones Day, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Case Number: BK 20-10322

    Bishops May Independently Retain Law Firm in Abuse Suits Leading to Diocese Bankruptcy