• Las Colinas Apartments LLC et al. v. Fannie Mae

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Curtis Anderson, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, Kimberly Rizzotti Weber, (Aldridge Pite, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0912

    Court affirms summary judgment order on damages against a debtor in a loan default and foreclosure action

  • The State v. Bobby Lee Fish

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana Nolen, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cobb County Courthouse), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Cook, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0920

    Court affirms order granting a motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop that was unlawfully prolonged by an officer

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Johnson, (Law Office of Mickey Johnson), Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Lawson, Richard Perryman, Jennifer Smith, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0969

    Evidence at Trial of Second, Uncharged Crime Had Little Probative Value And Was Highly Prejudicial

  • Cosby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Wright, (Derek M. Wright LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Fani Willis, Lyndsey Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0701

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a non-negotiated guilty plea to convictions for rape, kidnapping, and other crimes

  • Maxwell v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-11-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Collins, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, Jean Kutner, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0750

    Court reverses modification of a child custody and parenting plan because trial court erred when it found material changes in circumstances to justify the modification

  • Arreola v. Union Pacific Railroad

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-20-00133-CV

    Sixteen-year-old Jason Molinar lost his life when a train struck him as he was walking on railroad tracks wearing headphones.

  • In the Matter of City of Long Beach, Respondent, v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board, Appellant, Long Beach Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF, Local 287, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-26
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Shirley Troutman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael T. Fois, for appellant New York State Public Employment Relations Board. Louis D. Stober, Jr., for appellant Long Beach Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF, Local 287.
    for defendant: Terry O’Neil, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 70

    Matter of City of Long Beach v. Public Employment Relations Board

  • Court of Appeals: October 24, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-10-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Cases & Motions decided: October 20, 2022

  • Laydon v. Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-24
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Michael H. Park
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Jeffrey Laydon: Vincent Briganti, Margaret MacLean, Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY, on the brief, Eric F. Citron, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees UBS AG and UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.: Russell B. Balikian, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Mark A. Kirsch, Eric J. Stock, Jefferson E. Bell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Lloyds Banking Group plc.: Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Marc J. Gottridge, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Société Générale S.A.: Steven Wolowitz, Andrew J. Calica, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Nicole A. Saharsky, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.: David R. Gelfand, Tawfiq S. Rangwala, Milbank LLP, New York, NY; Mark D. Villaverde, Milbank LLP, Los Angeles, CA. For Defendants-Appellees The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, and RBS Securities Japan Ltd.: David S. Lesser, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY; Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3626

    Dismissal of Antitrust Claims Over Conspiracy to Manipulate Benchmark Rates Explained

  • Allen v. Staples, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-19
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Court of Appeal, 2nd District
    Judge: Justice Kim
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: B311426

    Disparity in pay between female employee and male employee sufficed to establish triable issue of fact as to Equal Pay Act claim