• In The Interest Of ORM

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice McClure
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-18-00058-CV

    Appellant-father's three children were removed by CPS from the care of their mother due to her drug use and instability in the home while father was incarcerated.

  • Lupian v. Joseph Cory Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Transportation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam C. Smedstad, Andrew J. Butcher (Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C.); Christopher J. Eckhart (Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C.); Peter F. Berk (Genova Burns)
    for defendant: Harold L. Lichten, Michael N. Turi (Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.); Shannon J. Carson, Camille Fundora, Alexandra K. Piazza, Sarah R. Schalman-Bergen (Bergen & Montague, P.C.)

    Case Number: 17-2346

    State Wage Claim Not Preempted by Federal Law Where State Law Did Not Regulate Exempted Areas of Industry

  • In The Interest of E. M.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Quarles, (Attorney At Law), Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law Pc), Cohutta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Elaine Campbell, Cohutta, Joshua Smith (Attorney At Law), Dalton, for Other party.

    Case Number: A18A1162

    Parental rights of child's biological father terminated

  • Wingate v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John McArthur, (McArthur, McArthur & Overend LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of The Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, Hartwell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1144

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Motions to Suppress Evidence in Prosecution of Alleged Grow House Operator

  • Coal. for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

    Publication Date: 2018-10-03
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; Henry Weissmann, Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Mark R. Yohalem, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan D. Schiller, David A. Barrett, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York; Stuart H. Singer, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Energy Economists, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Petroleum Institute, Natural Gas Supply Association in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Ben Norris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC; Dena Wiggins, Natural Gas Supply Association, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Independent Market Monitor for PJM, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Jeffrey W. Mayes, General Counsel, Monitoring Analytics, LLC, Eagleville, Pennsylvania For Defendants‐Appellees: Peter J. Hopkins, Jeffrey A. Schwarz, Amber L. Martin, on the brief, Scott H. Strauss, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, DC; Paul Agresta, General Counsel, John Sipos, Deputy General Counsel, John C. Graham, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Albany, New York. For Intervenors‐Defendants‐Appellees: David W. DeBruin, Zachary C. Schauf, William K. Dreher, on the brief, Matthew E. Price, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Electricity Regulation Scholars in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Ari Peskoe, Harvard Law School Environmental Policy Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts For Amicus Curiae Institute for Policy Integrity, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Bethany A. Davis Noll, Avi Zevin, on the brief, Richard L. Revesz, Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, New York, New York For Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Miles Farmer, on the brief, Thomas Zimpleman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Michael Panfil, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC For Amicus Curiae Nuclear Energy Institute, in support of Defendants‐Appellants: Ellen C. Ginsberg, on the brief, Jonathan M. Rund, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, DC For amici curiae States of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Seth A. Hollander, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Clare E. Kindall, Assistant Attorney General, for George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, New Britain, Connecticut; M. Elaine Meckenstock, Deputy Attorney General: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sally Magnani, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Melinda Piling, Deputy Attorney General, Myung J. Park, Deputy Attorney General, Dennis L. Beck, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, on the brief, for Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Oakland, California For Amici Curiae Independent Economists, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Samuel T. Walsh, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, DC For Amicus Curiae American Wind Energy Association, in support of neither party: Gene Grace, on the brief, Julia Dreyer, American Wind Energy Ass

    Case Number: 17-2654-cv

    N.Y.'s ZEC Program for Nuclear Power Plants Not 'Field','Conflict' Preempted by FERC

  • K.D. v. Downingtown Area Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-02
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-1176

    The appellate court clarified that the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Endrew F. v. Douglas Cty. Sch. Dist. did not implicitly overrule its meaningful-benefit test applicable to a public-school student's individualized education programs and that the minor child's programs were reasonably calculated to enable her to make appropriate progress. The appellate court affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of the school district.

  • In re: Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-01
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Evan J. Kaufman and Samuel H. Rudman (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd); Douglas S. Wilens (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd); Peter S. Pearlman (Cohn Lifland Pearlman Hermann & Knopf)
    for defendant: Ross B. Bricker and Howard S. Suskin (Jenner & Block); Adam G. Unikowsky (Jenner & Block); Kevin H. Marino and John D. Tortorella (Marino, Tortorella & Boyle); David A. Kotler (Dechert); Andrew J. Levander (Dechert); Elliot Greenfield, Maeve L. O'Connor, and Edwin G. Schallert (Debevoise & Plimpton); Gregory A. Markel and Heather E. Murray (Seyfarth Shaw)

    Case Number: 17-2200

    Securities Fraud Action Dismissed Where Scienter Evidence Demonstrated Corporate Mismanagement Rather than Misconduct

  • Emerson v. Emerson

    Publication Date: 2018-10-01
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00064-CV

    Amber and Thomas were divorced in 2009.

  • Alvarez v. City Of Brownsville

    Publication Date: 2018-10-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-40772

    Alvarez was in custody when an officer tried to move him to a padded cell.

  • In re Marriage of Kushesh and Kushesh-Kaviani

    Publication Date: 2018-09-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Acting Presiding Justice Bedsworth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: G054936

    Word "transmute" not required for interspousal transfer grant deed to effect change in marital characterization of property