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  • Pauwels v. Deloitte LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-10-18
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joshua I. Schiller, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Deloitte LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP, and Deloitte USA LLP: John P. Del Monaco, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Matthew D. Rowan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, John F. Hartmann, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL. For Defendants-Appellees Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon: Keri L. Engelman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Catherine L. Eschbach, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Houston, TX, on the brief, Michael L. Banks, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA.
    Case Number: 22-21-cv

    Independent Contractor Fails to Allege That His Valuation Tool Was a Trade Secret

  • United States v. Shah

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-10292

    Three men decided to open an "out-of-network" hospital not affiliated with insurance carriers to capitalize on the high rates paid for reimbursing out-of-network facilities.

  • Greenberg v. Lehocky

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-1733

    Continuing legal education presenter lacked standing to challenge Rule of Professional Conduct prohibiting harassment or discrimination where presenter's lectures involving academic discussions of offensive speech and epithets did not constitute harassing or discriminatory behavior directed toward a person. Order of the district court reversed.

  • Hebrew v. Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-20517

    Plaintiff followed the Hebrew Nation religion. As part of his religion, he took a Nazarite vow to keep his hair and beard long.

  • NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust v. Acis Capital Mgmt. LP

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust: Griffin S. Rubin, on the brief, Mazin A. Sbaiti, Sbaiti & Company PLLC, Dallas, TX.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Acis Capital Management, L.P. and Joshua N. Terry: Jonathan E. Pickhardt, William B. Adams, on the brief, Blair A. Adams, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Brigade Capital Management, LP.: Jason C. Hegt, Alexis K. Godfrey, on the brief, Samir Deger-Sen, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY. For Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Highland CLO Funding, Ltd.: Jennifer E. Poon, on the brief, Uri A. Itkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22-1912

    Contract Rescission Action Does Not State Claim; Does Not Violate IAA

  • United States v. Montalvo-Flores

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Arkel and Saverio A. Viggiano (Office of Federal Public Defender)
    for defendant: Mark E. Coyne and Richard J. Ramsay (Office of United States Attorney)
    Case Number: 22-1752

    Defendant Had Subjectively Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Rental Car Possessed with Renter's Permission

  • Unique Auto Sales, LLC et al. v. Dunwody Insurance Agency et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reuben Akin, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Ernest Satterfield, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Kenneth Jones, (Five Star Automotive), Atlanta, other party.
    Case Number: A23A0697

    Court affirms summary judgment that an insurer was not liable for an insured party's losses due to plain language of exclusions in a policy

  • Valdez v. Cisneros

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rios
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-22-00213-CV

    Appellant, individually and as executor of the estate of Josefina Leonor Trevino Gonzalez, brought health care liability claims against appellees for the negligent care they provided to Trevino Gonzalez while she was a patient at Laredo Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, negligence that ultimately that led to Trevino Gonzalez' death.

  • Houston ANUSA, LLC v. Shattenkirk

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-20-00446-CV

    Appellant Houston Auto Nation operates a car dealership in Houston.

  • Abraham v. Acton

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Soto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-22-00079-CV

    Appellant entered into an agreement with Maratza to purchase title to a piece of property for which Maratza had mortgages with due-on-sale clauses.