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  • Galaviz v. Reyes

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-50203

    The parties were embroiled in a legal battle over their two young children, who were wrongfully retained by defendant in El Paso, Texas, after a visit from their habitual residence in Juarez, Mexico.

  • Mintvest Capital, LTD. v. Coinmint, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-22-00633-CV

    Soniant and Leary, principals of appellant Mintvest Capital and appellee Coinmint, agreed to create a Bitcoin mining firm with their companies being equal 50% owners.

  • Espinal v. City of Houston

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-20075

    Appellant, a security guard, encountered Officer M.T. Long of the Houston Police Department on two consecutive nights while patrolling an office building.

  • U.S. v. Oliveras

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Trini E. Ross, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY: Tiffany H. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: Timothy P. Murphy, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Buffalo, NY.
    Case Number: 21-2954

    Fourth Amendment Supports Supervision Condition Allowing for Probation Search

  • City of McAllen v. Diaz

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-23-00060-CV

    Appellant City of McAllen appealed the trial court's denial of its plea to jurisdiction in a negligence suit filed by appellee under the Texas Tort Claims Act, asserting immunity from suit due to appellee's failure to adequately plead that appellant's negligent operation of a motor-driven vehicle proximately caused her injuries.

  • City of Stephenville v. Belew

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-22-00273-CV

    In a workers' compensation death benefits case involving appellant City of Stephenville and appellees, the beneficiaries of a firefighter who died from pancreatic cancer, the court addressed whether pancreatic cancer arising from a firefighter's job activities is compensable under Texas law and which party bears the burden of proof.

  • Deanda v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10159

    Appellee filed a federal lawsuit challenging appellant Secretary's administration of Title X, which was enacted to make comprehensive voluntary family planning services readily available.

  • Behrens v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Susan Joan Levy, Susan J. Levy, Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.: Christopher J. Houpt, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant U.S. Bank, N.A.: Eric R. Sherman, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN. For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and The CME Group, Inc.: Kayla N. Haran, on the brief, Abby F. Rudzin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant National Futures Association: Adam G. Unikowsky, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, Gregory M. Boyle, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL. For Defendant-Appellee Millennium Trust Co.: Samuel M. Braverman, Louis V. Fasulo, on the brief, Michael E. Giordano, Fasulo Braverman & DiMaggio, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Paul Thomas: Lisa L. Shrewsberry, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, Hawthorne, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Russell Wasendorf, Jr., and Perry Comeau: Julie B. Begovan, Griesing Law, LLC, Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 21-2603-CV

    Party May Forfeit Subject-Matter Jurisdiction by Not Timely Invoking Such Jurisdiction

  • Sec. and Exch. Comm'n v. Rashid

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John M. Walker, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Michael A. Conley, Acting General Counsel, on the brief, William K. Shirey, Counsel to the Solicitor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Faith E. Gay, Ryan W. Allison, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York, NY; Theresa Van Vliet, Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, on the brief, Caitlin J. Halligan, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-4080-CV

    Equity Funds' Reimbursement of Their Manager's Expenses Not Reasonably Foreseeable

  • Burford v. Howmet Aerospace

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-22-00417-CV

    In a wrongful death and survival action, plaintiffs, the surviving husband and children of decedent, sued defendant, alleging decedent's asbestosis and subsequent death were caused by asbestos fibers her husband brought home from defendant's facility.