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  • Williams v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2023-08-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tommy Thigpen, (Tommy L. Thigpen, LLC.), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karla Walker, (Copeland, Haugabrook And Walker), Valdosta, for appellee; Rhonda Mumford, Valdosta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0302

    No Record Evidence That Minor Child Would Suffer Significant Emotional Harm If Father Was Granted Custody

  • United Sciences, LLC et al. v. Kellett et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon Bloom, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, Nicholas Sears, (Knight Palmer, LLC) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Rutherford, Steven Collins, Gavin Reinke, Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Blake Frye, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Gibson, Daniel Hendrix, (The Finley Law Firm PC), Atlanta, Keith Kodosky, Ronald Masterson, Andrew Eaton, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Samuel Kellett, Artoush Ohanian, Atlanta, for appellee; Wess Sharpe, Richmond Hill, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1060

    Tortious Interference Claims Against Defendants' Attorneys Properly Dismissed Under Stranger Doctrine

  • U.S. v. Rechnitz

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Lara Pomerantz, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, David Abramowicz, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael Tremonte and Maya Brodziak, on the brief, Noam Biale, Sher Tremonte LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1011-cr

    Action's Reassignment to Different District Court Judge, for Resentencing, Is Explained

  • Fisher v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-20553

    A disabled public-school student was sexually assaulted by another student with known violent tendencies.

  • State of Texas v. Villa

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kennedy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-22-00220-CR

    A municipal court jury convicted appellant of assault by contact, a misdemeanor, and the court assessed a fine of $331.

  • Sessa v. Trans Union LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-25
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Neil K. Sawhney, Gupta Wessler PLLC, San Francisco, CA; Daniel A. Schlanger, Evan S. Rothfarb, Schlanger Law Group LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Matthew W. H. Wessler, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Albert E. Hartmann, M. Patrick Yingling, Daniel E. Alperstein, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, on the brief, Michael O'Neil, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL.
    Case Number: 22-87

    Court Erred in Finding Accuracy of Reported Balloon Payment Unactionable 'Legal' Dispute

  • Guzzetta v. Brimhall LQ, L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Military Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Valenzuela
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-22-00194-CV

    Appellant Jerry Guzzetta unsuccessfully appealed contingency fees awarded to his former attorney in a personal injury case involving a slip and fall at a La Quinta Inn owned by appellee Brimhall LQ, L.L.C.

  • Jordan v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Tijerina
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-22-00302-CR

    Appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

  • Coleman v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Horton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-21-00155-CR

    Between 2016 and 2019, defendant owned and operated a deli in Texas.

  • Henry v. Wilmington Trust NA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah M. Adams, Michael J. Prame, Groom Law Group Chartered, Washington, DC; Mark A. Nebrig, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, NC; Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Daniel Feinberg, Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow, Berkeley, CA; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE. Ryan T. Jenny, Gregory Y. Porter, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter K. Stris, Rachana A. Pathak, John R. Stokes, Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Tillman J. Breckenridge, Stris & Maher LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.
    Case Number: 21-2801

    Nonseverable class action waiver in ESOP plan's arbitration provision rendered provision unenforceable where waiver barred plan participants from pursuing remedies authorized by ERISA.