• November 28, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

    Stanford Loses Bid to Get High Court Review of Conviction

    Disgraced Texas financier R. Allen Stanford will remain in federal prison after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied his petition to reverse his conviction stemming from a $7 billion Ponz

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  • Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Madoff, 08-01789

    Publication Date: 2016-11-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff, Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC: David J. Sheehan, Esq., Regina Griffin, Esq., Thomas L. Long, Esq., Seanna R. Brown, Esq., Amanda E. Fein, Esq., Catherine E. Woltering, Esq., of Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Liaison Counsel for All Subsequent Transferee Defendants1: Robinson B. Lacy, Esq., of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. Franklin B. Velie, Esq., Jonathan G. Kortmansky, Esq., Mitchell C. Stein, Esq., of Counsel, Sullivan & Worchester LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Bureau of Labor Insurance: Michael B. Himmel, Esq., Amiad M. Kushner, Esq., Lauren M. Garcia, Esq., of Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08-01789 (SMB)

    Cite as: SIPC v. Madoff, 08-01789, NYLJ 1202773121758, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 21, 2016) CASE NAME Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Plaintiff

  • Allen v. McGuire

    Publication Date: 2016-11-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Webster, Atlanta, for Allen. Vic Hill and Brad MacDonald Hill/ MacDonald LLC, Marietta, for Miller. Jacquelyn Luther and Valencia Thurman Jacquelyn Luther, Esq., P.C., Atlanta, for McGuire.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A1301; A16A1302; A16A1303

    The Court partially reversed the trial court's ruling in a child cu action, finding that father was entitled to a new trial on his petition for modification of cu

  • Russell v. Sparmer

    Publication Date: 2016-11-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hartness, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Chandler Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks McKinnon, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1001

    The trial court erred in finding that plaintiff's divorce claim could serve as the basis for an attorney fees award under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14, as the claim was neither frivolous nor interposed for th

  • People v. Ramos

    Publication Date: 2016-11-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2016-11-21
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; and Idan Ivri, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Heather Washington, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B248512

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12290 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAFAEL RAMOS, Defenda

  • Gee v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-11-21
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Rowe Chandler for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Esther Pardo Holm for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. C077077

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12249 LINDA GEE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.,

  • Roberts v. Artus, 6:15-cv-06525

    Publication Date: 2016-11-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Western District
    Judge: District Judge Michael Telesca
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6:15-cv-06525

    Cite as: Roberts v. Artus, 6:15-cv-06525, NYLJ 1202772743771, at *1 (WDNY, Decided October 31, 2016) CASENAME Deyon T. Roberts, a/k/a, Dion T. Roberts, Petitio

  • Hospital Specialists of GA PC v. Gray

    Publication Date: 2016-11-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Smith and Vincent Toreno Ken David Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Stuckey Kaufman Law PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A16A1121

    The trial court correctly allowed medical malpractice plaintiff to substitute the name of one doctor for that of another doctor after the expir of the statute of limit

  • People v. Selivanov

    Publication Date: 2016-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-11-17
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaplan Marino, Nina Marino and Allen G. Weinberg for Defendant, Appellant and Respondent Tatyana Berkovich.
    for defendant: Crowell & Moring, Jeffrey H. Rutherford and Nimrod Haim Aviad for Defendant, Appellant and Respondent Yevgeny Selivanov.

    Case Number: No. B252894 consolidated with B255166

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12172 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. YEVGENY SELIVANOV et

  • Rentz v. Rentz

    Publication Date: 2016-11-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Donaldson and Misty Haskins Perry Walters LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case No. A16A0767. Gregory Smith The Smith Group, Bainbridge, and Allen Olson, Albany, for appellant in Case No. A16A0859. Gregory Smith The Smith Group, Ben Kirbo, Bainbridge, and Allen Olson, Albany, for appellees in Case No. A16A0767. George Donaldson Perry Walters LLP, Albany, and Ben Kirbo, Bainbridge, for appellees in Case No. A16A0859.

    Case Number: A16A0767; A16A0859

    The superior court had concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court to address executor of the e's conflicting duties with regard to the distribution of several parcels of real property in th