• Brown Media Corporation, Roy E. Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. K&L Gates, LLP, Edward M. Fox, Eric T. Moser, Defendants-Appellees, 15-4185-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Hall, Livingston, C.JJ., and Garaufis, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Daniel Abrams, Law Office of Daniel L. Abrams, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Anthony C. Acampora, Silverman Acampora LLP, Jericho, NY.

    Case Number: 15-4185-cv

    Court's Dismissal of Case on Basis of Res Judicata Reversed, Judgment Vacated; Plaintiff's Claims of Fiduciary Duty Breach, Interference With Contract, Fraud, Not The Sort of Claims That Should Have

  • April 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Fight CAFA's Current in Flint Water Suits

    An appeals court ruling this week doesn't bode well for plaintiff lawyers, who are on the losing end of a fight to keep the cases in state court. The decision, along with a series of dismissals, ha

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  • April 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Fight CAFA's Current in Flint Water Suits

    An appeals court ruling this week doesn't bode well for plaintiff lawyers, who are on the losing end of a fight to keep the cases in state court. The decision, along with a series of dismissals, have left the Flint class actions treading water.

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  • USA v. Diaz, 15-3776-cr

    Publication Date: 2017-04-28
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Sack, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Anna M. Skotko, on the brief, Robert W. Allen, Assistant United States Attorney, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Daniel Habib, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation: on the brief, Jordan Wells, Alexis Karteron.

    Case Number: 15-3776-cr

    Denial of Gun's Suppression Upheld; Warrantless Search Was Lawful Search Incident to

  • USA v. Sanjar, 15-20025 (5th Cir. 04/13/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-04-13
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: GREGG COSTA, CIRCUIT JUDGE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-20025

    The defendants were convicted for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme. Because the defendants were required to forfeit the results of their ill-gotten gains, the district court held that

  • Alviar v. Lillard, 16-11501 (5th Cir. 04/14/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-27
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    Date Filed: 2017-04-14
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, CIRCUIT JUDGE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-11501

    Appellant was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after serving in the United States Army. Appellant alleged appellee, his former supervisor, subjected him to discrimination when he expres

  • Reaves v. City of Corpus Christi, 13-15-00057-CV (TexApp Dist 04/13/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-26
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    Date Filed: 2017-04-13
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth
    Judge: NELDA V. RODRIGUEZ, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-15-00057-CV

    A high-speed police chase of a drunken driver ended when the driver ran a red light and hit a car carrying appellants Hayden Reaves and Billy Rochier. Appellants sued the city of Corpus Christi for

  • Zarda v. Altitude Express, 15-3775

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellees: Saul D. Zabell, Zabell & Associates, P.C., Bohemia, NY. Lenora M. Lapidus, Gillian L. Thomas, Ria Tabacco Mar, and Leslie Cooper, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Erin Beth Harrist, Robert Hodgson, and Christopher Dunn, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union; New York Civil Liberties Union; 9to5; National Association of Working Women; A Better Balance; Coalition of Labor Union Women; Equal Rights Advocates; Gender Justice; Legal Voice; National Women's Law Center, Southwest Women's Law Center; Women Employed; Women's Law Center of Maryland; Women's Law Project, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. For Amicus Curiae Lambda Legal, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael D.B. Kavey, LGBTQ Rights Clinic, New York, NY, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Gregory R. Nevins, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
    for defendant: For Appellants: Gregory Antollino, New York, NY. For Appellants: Stephen Bergstein, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, NY.

    Case Number: 15-3775

    'Simonton' Ruling Entitles Employer to Judgment On Title VII Claim of Sexual Orientatio

  • In re Edward B.

    Publication Date: 2017-04-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-03-21
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Appellant: Clifford Stanley.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondents: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donna M. Provenzano, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Violet M. Lee, Deputy Attorney General.

    Case Number: No. A148887

    Gang condition not reasonably related to juvenile offender's crime of purse snatching (Miller, J.)

  • THE PEOPLE, res, v. WILFREDO SYVILLE, app

    Publication Date: 2017-04-20
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    Court: Appellate Term, Second Judicial Department
    Judge: : Solomon, J.P., Weston and Elliot, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2014-1345 Q CR

    2014-1345 Q CR. THE PEOPLE, res, v. WILFREDO SYVILLE, app — Appeal from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Stephanie L. Zaro, J.), rendered April 9, 2014.