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  • Chavez v. Plan Benefit Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50368

    Plan Benefit Services and the Fringe Benefit Group help employers design and administer employee benefit programs offering retirement and health benefits to employees.

  • Nanoventions, LLC v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Mones, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Daniels, (Montgomery State Prison), Mt. Vernon, Bonnie Hutchinson, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0295

    Court reverses order denying damages against a defendant in a RICO case against whom a default judgment was entered, and reverses and remands on an attorney fee issue

  • Pittman v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Valenzuela
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-21-00376-CR

    Appellant Andell Pittman was sentenced to 20 years in prison with credit for time served after a jury found him guilty of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault.

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Schoolcraft, (Circuit Public Defender’s Office), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney’s Office), Fayetteville, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0704

    Business Entity Named as Payor on Stolen Check Was "Person" Within Meaning of Identity Fraud Statute

  • Mueck v. La Grange Acquisitions, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50064

    Plaintiff was hired to work as a plant operator for defendant La Grande Acquisitions in 2015.

  • Hall County v. Cook Communities

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Maine, Marrissa Dunn, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jane Range, (Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0055

    Court affirms an order denying County's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a rezoning decision, finding that the challenge was legislative and not quasi-judicial.

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, Nathan Lee, (Glover & Davis, P.A.), Newnan, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell Berreth, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Max Marks, (The Block Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0438

    Court affirms punitive damages and fee awards for a lessee of farm property after a successor lessor locked the lessee out of the property with malice and in bad faith

  • Mylan Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Federal Government | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clint Carpenter, Arthur T. Catterall, United States Department of Justice Tax Division, Washington, DC; Emily J. Giometti, Cincinnati, OH; Lisa M. Rodriguez, Office of District Council, Internal Revenue Service, Newark, NJ; Mary H. Weber, Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, Cincinnati, OH for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory G. Garre, Eric Konopka, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC; Bryan M. Killian, William F. Nelson, James G. Steele, III, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC for appellee.
    Case Number: 22-1193

    Legal expenses incurred by generic drug manufacturers to defend against patent infringement lawsuits were tax-deductible where they were ordinary and necessary business expenses as patent litigation was separate from the FDA approval process for ANDAs.

  • Nixon v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-21-00295-CR

    Appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole after a jury trial held in an annex courtroom within the Medina County Jail building.

  • Mock v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10319 080123

    Appellants sued for injunctive relief against implementation of a final rule, "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'" 88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (Jan. 31, 2023) which determined when a device marketed as a stabilizing brace turned a handgun into a rifle.