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  • Feldman v. Watts

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-17-00851-CV

    Appellants, the Feldman parties, obtained a judgment against appellees, the Watts parties, and several years later, the trial court signed the Turnover Order commanding appellees to turn over all their property not found to be exempt until the judgment was fully paid or settled.

  • Dillard v. Schilke

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Odis Williams, (The Law Office of Odis Williams, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chester Gregg, (Babo & Gregg, Attorneys at Law, PC), Richmond Hill, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1472

    Second wife was deceased husband's legal surviving spouse, and circumstantial evidence was sufficient to prove to prove divorce from first wife

  • In Re Rebekah Gee

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-30353

    Plaintiffs brought a "cumulative-effects challenge" to Louisiana's laws regulating abortion, arguing the provisions taken as a whole were unconstitutional.

  • In the Interest of AW

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-19-00024-CV

    In a suit brought by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the trial court terminated mother's and father's parental rights to their two children.

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0785

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenges to jury instructions, and arguments on his right to be present and on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • November 1, 2019 | Daily Report Online

    Atlanta Pays $935K to Ex-Crime Lab Chief Fired for Testifying for Florida Defendant

    Donald Mikko was fired after Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. complained to Atlanta's Police brass that the crime lab director was going to testify on behalf of a criminal defendant in Florida.

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  • November 1, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    Brilliant, Controversial South Florida Judge is Retiring

    "Equally important for success as a professional and on the bench, he is one of those people who can quickly digest a mountain of detail and grasp the true kernel of a matter," said U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Erik Kimball of his colleague's February 2020 retirement.

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  • November 1, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    Stephen Rosenthal Channels His Strong Work Ethic into Parkland Litigation

    The Podhurst Orseck partner is representing the families of victims of the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in several lawsuits.

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  • November 1, 2019 | Law.com

    The Best Law Firms for Pro Bono in the UK

    A comprehensive survey by Law.com affiliate Legal Week has for the first time revealed which firms dedicate the most resources to pro bono work in the UK.

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  • Attestor Value Master Fund v. Arag-A-Limited

    Publication Date: 2019-11-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Kenneth I. Schacter, on the brief, Peter Sabin Willet, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA and New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Michael A. Paskin, Daniel Slifkin, and Damaris Hernandez, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 16-1124

    To Be Binding, Purported Contracts Expressly Required Defendant's Countersignature