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  • Lemon v. Hagood, 08-15-00309-CV (TexApp Dist 07/26/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District
    Judge: ANN CRAWFORD MCCLURE, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-15-00309-CV

    Appellant D. Brent Lemon formed a partnership with fellow attorney Van Shaw, which took a case against Holmes Builders for a 40 percent contingency fee. They contracted with Daniel Hagood to work on

  • Med-Plus, Inc. v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, 16-CV-2985

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Nicholas Garaufis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-CV-2985

    Punitive Damages Threat Entitles Medical Supplier to Independent Counsel in L

  • Busby v. Harvey, 02-16-00311-CV (TexApp Dist 07/27/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-09
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2017-07-27
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District
    Judge: TERRIE LIVINGSTON, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-16-00311-CV

    Appellants owned a barrel-racing horse whom they brought to appellee for treatment. Appellants alleged that the treatment resulted in severe injuries to one of the horse's legs which destroyed h

  • August 8, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    When Email Exchanges Become Binding Contracts

    In their Real Estate Contracts column, Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss when emails will be deemed a real estate contract and how to prevent or create such a binding contract.

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  • DLS Precision Fab LLC v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Richard R. Clifton, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Peder Johnsen (argued), Gallagher & Kennedy P.A., Phoenix, Arizona, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Suzanne Nicole Nardone (argued), Trial Attorney; Anthony P. Nicastro, Acting Assistant Director; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondents.
    Case Number: No. 14-71980

    Employer's misplaced reliance on HR director to comply with INA not grounds for extension of good faith defense (per curiam)

  • Ayala v. Dawson

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-04
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur Samuel Humphrey, Attorney at Law and Arthur Samuel Humphrey for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Terry A. Duree for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. A142830

    Atypical unlawful detainer action decided issues of both possession and title (Streeter, J.)

  • Orange County Water District v. SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-04
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connor Fletcher & Hedenkamp, Edmond M. Connor, Douglas Aaron Hedenkamp; Miller & Axline, Duane C. Miller, Michael Dana Axline and Justin Morgan Massey, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Squire Patton Boggs, Adam R. Fox, Helene Huang Yang and Marisol Corral Mork, for Defendants and Respondents Sabic Innovative Plastics US, LLC, and General Electric Company.
    Case Number: No. D070553

    Water district not required to demonstrate liability for remediation costs caused by groundwater pollution in order to bring private cause of action for indemnity under HSAA (Haller, J.)

  • People v. Echavarria

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-03
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, A. Natasha Cortina and Meagan J. Beale, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Allison H. Ting, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. E065257

    Juror misconduct mandated reversed of murder conviction (Miller, J.)

  • Watson v. United States, 16-655

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Civil Rights
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Jacobs, and Livingston, C.J.J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Davino Watson: Robert J. Burns on the brief, Mark A. Flessner, Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant United States of America: Varuni Nelson, James R. Cho, and Elliot M. Schachner on the brief, Joseph A. Marutollo, for Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Amici Curiae National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild; American Immigration Council, in support of Davino Watson: Trina Realmuto, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Boston, MA; Mary Kenney, American Immigration Council, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 16-655 (L)

  • Watson v. USA, 16-655

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Jacobs, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Davino Watson: Robert J. Burns on the brief, Mark A. Flessner, Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant United States of America: Varuni Nelson, James R. Cho, and Elliot M. Schachner on the brief, Joseph A. Marutollo, for Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Amici Curiae National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild; American Immigration Council, in support of Davino Watson: Trina Realmuto, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Boston, MA; Mary Kenney, American Immigration Council, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 16-655

    Wrongly Detained U.S. Citizen's FTCA Claim Untimely; Government Did Not Act With