• Boley v. Miera

    Publication Date: 2018-08-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Kirson, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jarrod Oxendine, (Oxendine & Sauls, LLC), Suwanee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1334

    Parent Who Obtained Reduction in Cbild Support Obligation Was Entitled to Attorney Fees as Prevailing Party

  • In the Interest of T W

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Quinn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-18-00056-CV

    The parents appealed a final order terminating their parental rights alleging the suit should have been dismissed because the trial did not begin within one year after the Department of Family and Protective Services was appointed temporary managing conservator of the child.

  • Alaska Electrical v. Asar

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wiener
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-50162

    Appellant, a pension fund, invested in stock offered by appellees, a company in the business of providing orthotic and prosthetic patient care services.

  • In the Interest of D W G K

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-17-00124-CV

    A jury returned a verdict terminating the parental rights of a mother and father in the best interest of two children.

  • Marcel Fashions Group Inc. v. Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Robert L. Greener, Law Office of Robert L. Greener, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees: Claudia Ray, Mary C. Mazzello, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; P. Daniel Bond, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, on the brief, Dale M. Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY

    Case Number: 17-0361

    Claim Preclusion Bars Defendants from Litigating Defenses Potentially Asserted Earlier

  • Nat'l Credit Union Admin. Bd. v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Scott K. Attaway and Frederick Gaston Hall, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; and George A. Zelcs and John A. Libra, Korein Tillery LLC, Chicago, IL, on the brief, David C. Frederick, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee Bank of America, National Association: James C. Rutten, Jacob S. Kreilkamp, Wesley T.L. Burrell, and Adam P. Barry, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David F. Graham, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; and Isaac S. Greaney and Daniel Gimmel, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Fred A. Rowley, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA ; For Defendant‐Appellee U.S. Bank National Association: David F. Adler, Louis A. Chaiten, and Amanda R. Parker, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH;

    Case Number: 17-756

    NCUA Liquidating Agent Lacks Derivative Standing to Bring Trust Certificates-Based Claims

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Ihrig, (Public Defenders Office, EJC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Purvis, (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah; Greg McConnell (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah; Lyndsey Rudder (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1254

    Denial of New Trial Upheld for Convicted Drug Trafficker Despite Erroneous Admission of Impermissible Character Evidence Where Admission Was Harmless

  • In the Guardianship of Sterling Macer

    Publication Date: 2018-08-13
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00300-CV

    Son sought reimbursement of fees and expenses he allegedly incurred prior to guardianship proceedings in an intervention of guardianship proceedings filed by his mother and the incapacitated person's wife.

  • Grant v. Pivot Technology

    Publication Date: 2018-08-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Field
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-17-00289-CV

    Appellants, GTS Technology Solutions, Inc., is a technology solutions and consulting business.

  • Armstrong v. Armstrong

    Publication Date: 2018-08-13
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice McClure
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-16-00223-CV

    Two brothers, Paul and Cole Armstrong, entered an oral agreement regarding a conveyance of a real property interest.