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  • October 18, 2018 | Litigation Daily

    Mom Can't Sue Walmart Over Daughter's Inhalant-Abuse Death

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to allow a mother to sue Walmart after her daughter purchased a large quantity of aerosol dust remover from one location over the course of 27 hours and was later found dead in the parking lot of that store from inhalant abuse.

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  • Ronnie Van Zant Inc. v. Cleopatra Records Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Defendants‐Appellants Cleopatra Records, Inc. and Cleopatra Films: Rishi Bhandari, on the brief, Evan M. Mandel, Mandel Bhandari LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Plaintiffs‐Appellees Ronnie Van Zant, Inc., Gary R. Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Barbara Houston, Alicia Rapp, and Corinna Gaines Biemiller: Sandor Frankel, Pauline McTernan, on the brief, Richard G. Haddad, Otterbourg P.C., New York, NY For Amici Curiae A&E Television Networks, LLC, Home Box Office, Inc., Metro‐Goldwyn‐Mayer Studios Inc., Nbcuniversal Media, LLC, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Univision Communications Inc., and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., In Support of Defendants‐Appellants: Nathan Siegel, L. Danielle Toaltoan, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY For Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, The Association of American Publishers, Inc., Discovery Communications LLC, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., First Amendment Coalition, First Look Media Works, Inc., The International Documentary Association, The Investigative Reporting Workshop, MPA – The Association of Magazine Media, National Press Photographers Association, and the Tully Center For Free Speech, In Support of Defendants‐Appellants: Bruce D. Brown, Gregg P. Leslie, Caitlin Vogus, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 17-2849

    Consent Decree's Inconsistent Provisions Do Not Support Ban on Movie About Rock Band

  • October 17, 2018 | The American Lawyer

    Suspended West Virginia Justice Convicted in Criminal Fraud Trial

    As one West Virginia Supreme Court justice escaped a possible impeachment, another met a less favorable fate: guilty verdicts in a federal criminal trial.

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  • APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT

  • USA v. Contreras

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-11271

    In 2017, federal agents executed a search warrant for child pornography at Appellant's home.

  • Felton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, District Attorney , Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., District Attorney (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0627

    Court Upholds Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed Trial Judge Interfered with Witness Examination

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: October 10, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department:October 10, 2018

  • U.S. v. Fiseku

    Publication Date: 2018-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Robert Allen, Assistant United States Attorney, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: Mary Ann Wirth, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY
    Case Number: 17-1222-cr

    Given Circumstances of 'Terry' Stop, Officers' Use of Handcuffs Not Unreasonable

  • October 8, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Superior Court Jurisdictional Rulings Clear Way for Phila.'s First Trial Linking Talc to Ovarian Cancer

    Thanks to two recent Pennsylvania Superior Court rulings upholding the "consent by registration" theory of jurisdiction, the first ovarian-cancer-related talc case in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has been allowed to proceed.

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  • In The Interest Of RAO

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-17-00043-CV

    The Office of the Attorney General and Appellee Barrera sought petitions to modify Appellant Ochoa's child-support obligation.