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  • Donovan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1407

    Court vacates order denying pro se motion for a new trial because defendant did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his right to post-conviction counsel

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1672

    Court affirms conviction for statutory rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Roberts v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Crochet, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Isler, (Kutak Rock LLP), Denver, Kimberly Sheridan, Jeremy Stallman, (Gordon Rees Scully Manshukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1598

    Court dismisses appeal of dismissal of breach of contract action and remands for consideration of whether motion for substitution of deceased party should be accepted

  • Stonewater Roofing v. Texas Dept of Insu

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 07-21-00016-CV

    Appellant, a professional roofing company, maintained a website that purportedly included various statements about its experience with insurance claims.

  • Gabriel Investment v. Texas Alcoholic

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Regulation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-50322

    A company, that sold alcohol through a grandfather exemption to a public permit and risked losing it following a bankruptcy in federal court, must wait until after the state supreme court answers certified questions.

  • Miles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Georgia Public Defender Council - The Appellate Division), Atlanta, Grace Liu, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1378

    Trial Court's Failure to Instruct on Lesser-Included Offense In Absence of Written Request Not Reversible Error

  • Ernst and Haas Management Company, Inc. v. Hiscox, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge VanDyke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-56212

    Losses resulting from fraudulent email sent to company employee covered under company's commercial crime policy

  • Barrows v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees and Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees: Wey-Wey Kwok, on the brief, Alice Bers, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT; David J. Berger, Steven Guggenheim, on the brief, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA; Regan Bailey, Carol Wong, on the brief, Justice in Aging, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael S. Raab, on the brief, Adam C. Jed, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, for Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae AARP, AARP Foundation, National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Connecticut: M. Geron Gadd, Kelly Bagby, William Alvarado Rivera, on the brief, AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Kasey Considine, on the brief, Disability Rights Connecticut, Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae The American Medical Association and Connecticut State Medical Society: Erin G. Sutton, on the brief, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. For Amicus Curiae The American Health Care Association: James F. Segroves, on the brief, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 20-1642-cv

    Medicare Beneficiaries' Rights Violated by Reclassification Absent Mechanism to Appeal

  • Fessler v. Porcelana Corona

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-40357

    A proposed consumer class who purchased toilet tanks brought claims for injunctive relief and monetary damages against appellant manufacturer.

  • Daves v. Dallas County

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Owen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-11368

    Appellants brought a class action suit challenging the bail system in Dallas County and alleging indigent arrestees are subjected to an unconstitutional system of wealth-based detention.