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  • Poor v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
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    Case Number: 11-22-00221-CR

    Appellant was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a young child and compelling prostitution and was sentenced to a total of 35 years.

  • Caris MPI, Inc. v. UnitedHealthcare, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Health Care Law | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10901

    Appellee insurance company sought to recoup money it paid to appellant healthcare provider for services provided to appellee's Medicare Advantage enrollees.

  • In the Interest of L.F.W.N. & K.L.N.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Benavides
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-23-00465-CV

    The parties divorced in 2013 and the attendant orders concerning custody and child support had been modified several times and, with the rendition of the penultimate order occurring in 2021.

  • L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al. v. Burroughs

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Dennis Ellis, Katherine Murray, Nicholas Begakis, (Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP), Los Angeles, David Clarke, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nkosi Bey, (Bey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Elizabeth Stone, Darren Summerville, Alison Currie, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Tina Bullock, (Bullock Ward Mason), Acworth, Danielle Mason, (Bullock Ward Mason), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Lori Leskin, (Arnold & Porter), Newyork, Leah Schultz, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Rhonda Trotter, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Ronald Masterson, Candis Jones, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Donna Welch, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Chicago, Sierra Elizabeth, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0313

    Court addresses statute of repose and preemption issues and affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands product liability and fraud claims in chemical hair relaxer product liability case

  • Ex parte A.V.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
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    Case Number: 11-24-00005-CV

    In 2016, appellant A.V. was adjudicated delinquent for aggravated robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity and received a thirty-year determinate sentence.

  • Chavez v. Plan Benefit Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
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    Case Number: 22-50368

    Appellees sought to represent a class in a lawsuit against appellants for the alleged mismanagement of funds that appellees contributed to benefit plans through their employers.

  • Vera Punin v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William J. Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Aadhithi Padmanabhan, Supervising Attorney, Alexis Turner-Lafving, Rule 46.1(e) Law Student, Hannah Wardell, Rule 46.1(e) Law Student, on the brief, Rafael Moreno, Rule 46.1(e) Law Student, Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD; John H. Peng, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Kohsei Ugumori, Senior Litigation Counsel, Sarah K. Pergolizzi, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief, Christopher G. Gieger, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Legal Aid Society, Make the Road New York, The New York Legal Assistance Group, UnLocal, Inc., in support of Petitioner: Zoe Levine, Jessica Swensen, The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY.
    Case Number: 22-6275

    Presumptive Reliability of Form I-213 to Prove Alienage Is Not Rebutted

  • Kaziu v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Betim Kaziu: Yoav M. Griver, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Breon Peace, United States Attorney, Saritha Komatireddy And Robert M. Pollack, Assistant United States Attorneys, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York.
    Case Number: 121-1247-pr

    District Court Exceeded Its Discretion in Declining Full De Novo Resentencing Proceeding

  • Kleinman v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Baker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-23-00718-CR

    Kleinman and AusPro Enterprises, L.P. were charged with multiple counts of violating a City of Cedar Park zoning ordinance prohibiting the operation of a head shop.

  • A & A Concepts, LLC v. Fernandez

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Commercial Law | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Douglas
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    Case Number: 23-50757

    Appellants were a group of produce suppliers who sold produce to Lonestar Produce Express, LLC, a produce broker owned by Leonidez Fernandez, III and Eric Fernandez, the sons of Leonidez Fernandez, Jr. By mid-2019, Lonestar owed about $221,000 to the appellants in unpaid produce invoices.