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August 2, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Coming Religion Wars

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties columnist Christopher Dunn writes: Amid the tumult engulfing the White House and Congress, one easily loses sight of ominous developments emanating from the third branch of government. But the judiciary has been busy, and civil rights and civil liberties are under assault on many fronts. One of those fronts is the separation of church and state.

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Virginia Properties v. T-Mobile, 16‐2973

Publication Date: 2017-08-02
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom | Construction
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Calabresi, Pooler, C.JJ., and Vilardo, D.J.1
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant Virginia Properties, LLC: Seth L. Levine, Christos G. Papapetrou, on the brief, Kenneth E. Lee, Levine Lee LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee T‐Mobile Northeast LLC: Darren W. Johnson, on the brief, Roberta Kaplan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY. Also on the brief: Daniel C. Folchetti, Law Office of Lori D. Fishman, Tarrytown, NY, for Third‐Party Defendants‐ Cross‐Defendants‐Cross‐Claimants‐Appellees Innovative Engineering, Inc.; Patrick W. Brophy, McMahon, Martine & Gallagher, LLP, Brooklyn, NY, for Third‐Party Defendants‐Cross‐Defendants‐Cross‐Claimants‐Appellees Skyline Steel Fabricators & Erectors, Inc. For Appellee KMB Design Group, LLC: Joyce E. Boyle, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16‐2973

Second Circuit Junks $700K Sanctions Order Against Pla

In the Matter of I.F.M., 14-15-00781-CV (TexApp Dist 07/18/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-08-02
Practice Area: Family Law
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Date Filed: 2017-07-18
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth
Judge: JOHN DONOVAN, JUSTICE
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: 14-15-00781-CV

The state charged IFM, a 15-year old minor, with theft of property from a department store. A jury returned a verdict of "true." The trial court then conducted a disposition hearing and ent

August 1, 2017 | National Law Journal

Most Memorable Footnote? Here's What a Few Lawyers Told Us.

A federal agency brief that a Washington judge threw out recently might be memorable for what the court called "excessive" footnotes—48 of them, stretching hundreds of lines. We asked a few veteran U.S. Supreme Court and appellate lawyers to share the footnotes that, for them, have stood the test of time.

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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. v. Superior Court (Prime Healthcare La Palma, LLC)

Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Civil Procedure | Health Care Law
Industry: Health Care | Insurance
Date Filed: 2017-07-31
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Gregory N. Pimstone and Joanna S. McCallum for Petitioners.
for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.King & Spalding, Marcia Augsburger and W. Scott Cameron for Real Parties in Interest.
Case Number: No. B272284

Trial court lacked jurisdiction to confirm partial arbitration award (Small, J.)

International v. Lufkin, 12-15-00223-CV (TexApp Dist 07/12/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-08-01
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Date Filed: 2017-07-12
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Twelfth
Judge: JAMES T. WORTHEN, CHIEF JUSTICE
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Case Number: 12-15-00223-CV

Manufacturer Lufkin Industries purchased the Express Solution, a software package for business operations, from appellant IBM. However, several tests of the software failed, pushing back the impleme

USA v. Huertas, 15-4014

Publication Date: 2017-07-31
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Pooler, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: with Marc H. Silverman, on the brief, Alina P. Reynolds, for Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jennifer Mellon, for Terence S. Ward, Federal Defender, District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
Case Number: 15-4014

Suppression's Denial Upheld; Defendant Never Submitted to Police Authority, Was Never

Cavin v. Abbott, 03-16-00395-CV (TexApp Dist 07/14/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-07-28
Practice Area: Family Law
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Date Filed: 2017-07-14
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District
Judge: DAVID PURYEAR, JUSTICE
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Case Number: 03-16-00395-CV

App , husband and wife, filed suit against wife's parents, appellants, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief following numerous attempts by appellants to interrupt their union. Ap

July 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Partner Buy-Outs

In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi discusses a Ninth Circuit decision that presents a number of useful criteria to apply in determining a "shareholder's" or "partner's" status and provides insight into the nature of transitions from equity to non-equity positions and the ramifications of such transitions for both the law partner and the law firm.

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FilmOn.com v. DoubleVerify, Inc.

Publication Date: 2017-07-26
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Date Filed: 2017-06-29
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Baker Marquart, Ryan G. Baker, Jaime W. Marquart, Christian A. Anstett and Blake D. McCay for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Fox Rothschild, Lincoln D. Bandlow and Margo J. Arnold for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number: No. B264074

Presence of adult content and copyright infringing material on websites constituted matters of widespread public interest (Johnson, J.)