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  • Ruffins v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Baker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-18-00540-CR

    Defendant was convicted of aggravated robbery.

  • First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia v. Watts et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Philip Savrin, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, James Finley, Amy Daugherty, (The Finley Firm, P.C.), Columbus, Daniel Hendrix, (Jackson & Hendrix, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Orlando Ojeda, (Ojeda Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Kenneth Bernard, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0588

    Court dismisses an insurer's appeal to the denial of its declaratory judgment action in an insurance coverage dispute because resolution of underlying tort action had been reached

  • U.S. ex rel. Hart v. McKesson Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: James M. Webster, David L. Schwarz, Bradley E. Oppenheimer, Grace W. Knofczynski, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Stephen S. Hasegawa, Phillips & Cohen LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ari Yampolsky, Constantine Cannon LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief, Andrew C. Shen, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Krysten L. Rosen Moller, Ethan M. Posner, Nicholas Pastan, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; S. Conrad Scott, Covington & Burling, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark Mosier, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 23-726-cv

    FCA Claim's Dismissal Upheld in Case Claiming Anti-Kickback Statute's Violation

  • Revitalize Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust v. National Grid USA

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Beth Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Laura E. Jensen, on the brief, Jeffrey D. Talbert, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Alan J. Knauf, Linda R. Shaw, Amy K. Kendall, Jonathan R. Tantillo, Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Lockheed Martin Corporation: Steven T. Miano, Peter V. Keays, on the brief, Robert A. Wiygul, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant-Appellee General Electric Company: Dean S. Sommer, Kristin Carter Rowe, Young/Sommer LLC, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Northeast Management Services, Inc.: Douglas H. Zamelis, The Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis, Cooperstown, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC and Hauler's Facility LLC: Gregory M. Brown, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees National Grid USA and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation: Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Verizon New York Inc. as successor to Telesector Resources Group, Inc.: Philip H. Gitlen, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Honeywell International Inc.: Geoffrey Michael, Lauren C. Daniel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, and Syracuse LePage LLC: Michael A. Fogel, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, Syracuse LePage LLC, Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC, Hauler's Facility LLC: Patrick D. Donnelly, McGivney, Kluger Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Amparit Industries, LLC: Lori E. Petrone, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak, LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellee B&B Family Limited Partnership: Joseph R. Talarico, II, Talarico Law Firm, Fayetteville, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Jagar Enterprises, Inc.: Linda E. Alario, Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Magna Powertrain USA, Inc., and New Process Gear, Inc.: John J. Kuster, Sidney Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Onondaga Pottery Company, Inc.: Andrew C. Rose, Nixon Peabody LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Metalico New York, Inc. and Metalico Syracuse Realty, Inc.: Albert J. Millus, Jr., Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton, NY. For Defendants-Appellees C&S Engineers, Inc. and Calocerinos and Spina: Paul D. Sylvestri, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Corporation, Carlyle Air Conditioning Company Inc., and Raytheon Technologies Corporation f/k/a United Technologies Corporation: Elizabeth C. Barton, Erick M. Sandler, Day Pitney LLP, Hartford, CT. For Defendant-Appellee Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company: Glen R. Stuart, Adina D. Bingham, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, and Bernard J. Garbutt, III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Nokia of America Corporation and Western Electric Company, Incorporated: Meaghan G. Boyd, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, and David Venderbush, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Gardner Denver, Inc.: Daniel T. Flaherty, Daniel C.W. Narvey, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee
    Case Number: 22-1589-cv

    Consent Decree Resolved Only RACER's CERCLA Liability as to Plant, Pollutants Therefrom

  • U.S. v. Aquart

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Reena Raggi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Sandra S. Glover, Tara E. Levens, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Elena Lalli Coronado, Assistant United States Attorney, for Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Monica Foster, Executive Director, Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Indianapolis, IN; David A. Moraghan, Smith Keefe Moraghan & Waterfall, LLC, Torrington, CT, on the brief, Daniel Habib, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-2763-CR

    New Life, Other Sentences Upheld; Double Jeopardy Not Violated by Sentences

  • ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd. v. Ageron Energy, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Soto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-23-00010-CV

    Ageron Energy had a mineral lease but was denied access to the formation housing the minerals due to an underground hydrogen-sulfide disposal site operated by ETC Texas Pipeline Ltd. and LG PL LLC.

  • Fuller Life Chiropractic Center, P.C. et al. v. Threadgill et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-27
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Ware, Courtney Walker, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Claire Sumner, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, Jason Deere, (Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Dixon, (Alex L. Dixon, P.C.), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1225

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss a chiropractic malpractice action, concluding that the action is subject to the five-year medical malpractice statute of repose

  • Krasner v. Cedar Realty Trust Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Miles D. Schreiner, Monteverde & Associates, PC, New York, NY, on behalf of Plaintiff-Appellee Jonathan Krasner.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Kathryn C. Cole, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Garden City, NY, on the brief, Jerrold A. Thrope, Gordon Feinblatt LLC, Baltimore, MD (), on behalf of Defendants-Appellants Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Douglas H. Flaum, Jennifer Burns Luz, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY and Boston, MA, on behalf of Defendants-Appellants Bruce J. Schanzer, Gregg A. Gonsalves, Abraham Eisenstat, Steven G. Rogers, Sabrina L. Kanner, Darcy D. Morris, Richard H. Ross, and Sharon Stern.
    Case Number: 23-1262

    'Securities-Related' Exception to CAFA Federal Jurisdiction Applies to Investor Claim

  • Cunningham v. Cornell Univ.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Jerome J. Schlichter, Heather Lea, and Joel D. Rohlf, on the brief, Sean E. Soyars, Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP, St. Louis, MO.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Nancy G. Ross, Samuel P. Myler, and Jed W. Glickstein, on the brief, Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL; Michelle N. Webster, on the brief, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Cornell University, The Retirement Plan Oversight Committee, and Mary G. Opperman. For CapFinancial Partners, LLC: Eric S. Mattson, Joseph R. Dosch, and Meredith R. Aska McBride, on the brief, Caroline A. Wong, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL. For Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and American Benefits Council, amici curiae in support of Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Jaime A. Santos and William M. Jay, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC; James O. Fleckner and Alison V. Douglass, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA; Stephanie A. Maloney, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 21-88-cv

    Retirement Plan Participants Fail to Plausibly Allege 'Prohibited Transactions' Claim

  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Delia Crouch, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, John Cunningham, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0896

    Court determines that a divorcing couples' prior contract as to disposition of a frozen embryo controlled over application of marital property and balancing approaches