• The People &c.,Respondent,v.Edward Mero,Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Caitlin Halligan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew C. Hug, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Schultz, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 122

    People Edward Mero

  • Phhhoto Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Irving Scher, on the brief, Scott Martin, Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY; Sarah LaFreniere, Hausfeld LLP, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Phillip F. Cramer, Sperling & Slater, LLC, Nashville, TN; Eamon P. Kelly & Nathan A. Shev, Sperling & Slater, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Josh Davis, Christopher R. Leslie, Robert H. Lande, Peter C. Carstensen, John B. Kirkwood, Edward D. Cavanaugh, Darren Bush & Harry First, as amici curiae Nada Djordjevic, DiCello Levitt LLP, Chicago IL; Gregory S. Asciolla, DiCello Levitt LLC, New York, NY; Robin A. van der Meulen, Scott & Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY; Kristen Marttila, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws, as amicus curiae For Defendant-Appellee: Alex Treiger, on the brief, Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 23-763

    Sherman Act's Statute-of-Limitations Should Have Been Equitably Tolled; Claim Is Timely

  • December 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Here We Go Again: The Fosamax Preemption Saga Continues

    Unless the Third Circuit’s decision is reversed, this decision revives hundreds of cases, many of which have been dormant since at least 2017.

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  • Van Loon v. Dep't of the Treasury

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willetts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-50669

    In 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Tornado Cash, an open-source, crypto-transaction software protocol that facilitates anonymous transactions by obfuscating the origins and destinations of digital asset transfers. Appellants, users of Tornado Cash, argued that inclusion of Tornado Cash on the Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons list exceeded OFAC's statutory authority.

  • LKF v. MTF

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (redacted)

    Court Orders Plaintiff to Put Money Back into 529 Accounts

  • Jones v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Hurt, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Watkinsville, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Athens, John Floyd Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joel Aldrich Jothan Callins, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Michael James King, Richard Joseph Valladares, Steven Jason Rosenwasser, Ernest Lamont Greer, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0652

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a challenge to certain ordinances connected to water bills to Atlanta residents, and remands for further analysis of atlanta utility fees

  • Comm'r, N.Y.S. Dept. of Transp. v. Polite

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Presiding Francesca E. Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants-Respondents: Carol E. Heckman, Stephen D. Daly, and Lee M. Redeye of counsel, Lippes Mathias LLP, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellants: Jeffrey W. Lang and Jonathan D. Hitsous of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany, NY. For Respondents: Sean F. Byrnes, pro hac vice, and John F. Byrnes, pro hac vice, of counsel, Shawn J. Wallach, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 2020-05133

    Indian Officials May Be Sued in NY Courts to Enjoin Off-Reservation Breaches of State Law

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Edwin Allen Page, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, John A. Christy, Jonathan Andrew Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Max Paul Marks, Aaron Karl Block, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G1162

    Court vacates and remands affirmation of a punitive damages award in a commercial lease dispute for assessment of admissibility of settlement statements on a punitive damages claim

  • December 9, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas High Court Asked if Texas Retailers Must Have Airport-Level Security

    Retailers are complaining that the Texas Supreme Court is being asked to consider security measures akin to airport screenings.

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  • West Harbour, LLC v. Orleans Harbour Homeowners Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-23-00249-CV

    Appellant owns Lot 35 and appellee owns adjacent lot 34. Prior owners of Lot 34 built a peninsula extending into the Colorado River.