• U.S. v. Suquilanda

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jane Y. Chong, on the brief, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: S. Isaac Wheeler & Allegra Glashausser, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA.
    for defendant: For Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Justice Strategies, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Legal Aid Justice Center, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and National Immigration Law Center, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Nicholas D. Espiritu, Los Angeles, CA & Max S. Wolson, Washington, DC, National Immigration Law Center; Ghita Schwarz, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. For Legal Service Providers and Immigrant Rights Organizations, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Ann Garcia, Khaled Alrabe, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Washington, DC; Charles Roth, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL. For Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Human Rights First, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Michele A. McKenzie, McKenzie Scott PC, San Diego, CA. For Critical Race and Nation Studies, and Professor Eric Fish, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Alexander G. Tievsky, Edelson PC, Chicago, IL, for the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, the Aoki Center. For Dr. S. Deborah Kang, amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. For Immigration Scholars, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Amanda Valerio, Washington, DC & Alexia D. Korberg, Melina Meneguin Layerenza, Patrick McCusker, New York, NY, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

    Case Number: 22-1197-cr

    Defect in NTA Did Not Strip Immigration Court of Jurisdiction to Order Initial Removal

  • McClelland v. Katy Indep. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-22-00432-CV

    Appellant, a high school football player, was disciplined for making a racially charged video and later for possessing marijuana.

  • In re Krystal Christon

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-24-00158-CV

    The parties' final decree of divorce included a residential geographic restriction to Bezos County, Montgomery County or a contiguous county imposed upon the mother who was granted the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child.

  • Poole v. State of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Claims, New York
    Judge: Judge Javier E. Vargas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimant by: Nick Gjelaj, Esq., Zaremba Brown, PLLC.
    for defendant: For Defendant by: John U. H. Blumenstock, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York.

    Case Number: 136649

    Claimant Proves He Suffered Permanent Injury or Significant Limitation From Accident

  • September 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    The 'Bad Actor Syndrome' in Matrimonial and Family Law: The Misbehaving Spouse or Parent

    "All too often such behavior on the part of the bad actor is intentionally designed to place the other party at a psychological or informational disadvantage," write Alton L. Abramowitz and Leigh Baseheart Kahn.

    23 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | Litigation Daily

    Litigators of the Week: The Eighth Circuit Knocks Out a $564M Verdict Against BMO in Ponzi Case

    Debevoise's John Gleeson, Mayer Brown's Richard Spehr and Elaine Goldenberg of Munger Tolles helped convince the Eighth Circuit that the bankruptcy trustee of a company run by a convicted Minnesota Ponzi schemer couldn't pursue aiding and abetting claims against the bank because the company bore responsibility for its own injury.

    10 minute read

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: September 20, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:September 18, 2024

  • City of Atlanta v. Perkins

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Reilly, Margaret Mathis, William Smith, Mark Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwight Chamberlin, William Gray, (Gray King Chamberlin & Martineau LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0695

    Court affirms spoliation sanctions against City of Atlanta in a negligence action, and affirms trial court's decision to overturns attorney fees award due to a procedural deficiency

  • Admiral Ins. Co. v. Bldrs. Choice N.Y. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Nelson S. Román
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 Civ. 2462

    Defense, Indemnify Duties Explained in Insurance Coverage, Third Party Actions

  • September 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

    'Top Priority': Senate Democrats Push Biden's Judicial Nominees Forward

    "Confirming judges is a top priority for the remainder of this Congress," said U.S. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Illinois. "These even-handed arbiters of justice will bring balance to the federal judiciary, and Senate Democrats are in a strong position to make judicial confirmations a legacy of the Biden-Harris administration and our Senate Majority."

    4 minute read