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  • Wharton v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-22-00178-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of capital murder and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for life without parole.

  • Cerame v. Slack

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Margaret A. Little, on the brief, Richard A. Samp, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Emily Gait, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Michael K. Skold, Deputy Solicitor General, on behalf of William Tong, Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 22-3106

    Lawyers Can Mount Pre-Enforcement Challenge to CT Rules of Professional Conduct

  • December 13, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Class Gifts and NY’s 'Adoption Out' Statute: Guidance for NY Fiduciaries on Minimizing Litigation Risks

    Should the fiduciary permit those individuals to share in the class gift? Missteps in this decision can, and often do, lead to the assertion of claims against the fiduciary followed by costly, protracted litigation. This article aims to assist fiduciaries of New York trusts and estates in navigating this dilemma while minimizing the risk of litigation.

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  • LKF v. MTF

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (redacted)

    Court Orders Plaintiff to Put Money Back into 529 Accounts

  • StoneX Financial, Inc. v. Mazza

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Ingrid Joseph
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 527032/2022

    Arbitration Awards Upheld, No Manifest Disregard of The Law Found

  • Williams et al. v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Dreyer, Quinton G. Washington, Deana Holiday Ingraham, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., (Law Offices of Gerald Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Ebony Jervonnè Brown, Megan Toomer, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Zack Greenamyre, (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, , for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Deborah Nolan Gore, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, Justin Thomas Golart, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0591

    Court constitutionality of statute that places restrictions on disruptive conduct in legislative spaces

  • December 11, 2024 | Law.com

    Justice on the Move: The Impact of 'Bristol-Myers Squibb' on FLSA Forum-Shopping

    Savvy plaintiffs-side attorneys are leveraging this split to avoid bringing their FLSA collective action where the employer is located if that jurisdiction is deemed unfavorable, and instead identifying a putative plaintiff located in a “friendlier” jurisdiction that allows anyone with similar claims to opt-in, regardless of where they live or work.

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  • December 10, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Judge Awards $200K in Attorney Fees Following $80K Employment Discrimination Award

    "Taking an employment discrimination case to trial is labor-intensive and entails a lot of risk for both the employee and counsel," the plaintiff's attorney said.

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  • Northside Hospital, Inc. v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rozier, Sanford Moore, Charlotte Combre, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, (Highsmith V. Highsmith), Baxley, Robert Highsmith, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1081

    Court remands Certificate of Need decision in a challenge brought by competing health care centers and directs Department of Community Health to apply the proper standard

  • December 9, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Union Leader Awarded $662K Judgment Against Employer in Decade-Old Wiretap Suit

    "The lesson is, in New Jersey, unions have the right to elect leadership who will represent you, and it's a civil rights violation when you're retaliating against somebody for doing so," plaintiffs lawyer Charles Sciarra said.

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