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  • August 18, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Another Stellar Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Boies Schiller Flexner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check and Grant & Eisenhofer won more than $600 million in damages for shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at trial against the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

    7 minute read

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: August 18, 2021

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:August 16, 2023

  • August 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Fed. Judge Is Receptive to Police Officer's Suit Seeking Overtime for At-Home Care of K9 Partner, but Calls for More Details

    The court partially sided with a former K-9 police officer after he sued his place of work for overtime for caring for and housing his K-9 outside of work.

    4 minute read

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • August 16, 2023 | Law.com

    Federal Judge in Idaho Puts Disputed Bathroom Bill Against Transgender Students on Hold as Classes Begin

    The suspension of the bill came as the state's public schools started Aug. 16, and the court's decision will allow school districts to continue to choose how to organize their bathrooms and changing facilities. Nye acknowledged that the issues in the case are "'complex' and 'weighty,'" but ultimately asked "what is the status quo that must be preserved pending resolution of Plaintiffs' PI Motion?"

    4 minute read

  • August 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    PHOTOS: Dozens of Georgia Judges Are Up for Reelection

    Click through this Daily Report slideshow to see which jurists may soon be challenged for their seat in the May 2024 nonpartisan primary election.

    1 minute read

  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

  • City of Baytown v. Fernandes

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-22-00924-CV

    Appellee sued the City of Baytown for gross negligence that led to his injuries from the operation of a waterslide at Pirates Bay Waterpark owned by the city.

  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection

  • NexPoint Advisors, L.P. v. United Dev. Funding IV

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Commercial Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-22-00427-CV

    Appellant, an alternative asset manager specializing in high yield credit, sued appellees, a real estate investment trust, for defamation, business disparagement, tortious interference with existing contract, and tortious interference with prospective business relations.