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  • Rath v. Jo-Ann Stores LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: District Judge William Skretny
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    Case Number: 21-CV-791

    'Harm' From Being Paid Biweekly Inadequately Alleged for Article III Standing Purposes

  • August 30, 2022 | The American Lawyer

    Dentons' Latest Malpractice Appeal Bid Rejected by Court

    The firm is on the hook for a $32 million malpractice verdict. The latest ruling lets stand wider questions about Swiss vereins and law firm conflict checks.

    4 minute read

  • Griffith v. Reyes

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 04-21-00289-CV

    In 2009, appellant, Kenneth Griffith, and appellee, Martha Reyes were divorced via a final decree signed by a judge in the Medina County Court of Law.

  • August 26, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Swift Transportation Co. v. Carman

    The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed a ruling that allowed the family of a victim of a fatal car crash to pursue punitive damages against a trucking company, reasserting its holding in a 1986 decision that negligent acts alone are not sufficient to tack on extra damages.

    22 minute read

  • Belya v. Kapral

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard B. Katskee, on the brief, Bradley Girard, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin, Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Daniel H. Blomberg, Lori H. Windham, Daniel D. Benson, on the brief, Diana Verm Thomson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, and Donald J. Feerick, Jr., Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC, South Nyack, NY. For Amici Curiae Professor Michael W. McConnell and Professor Douglas Laycock: Thomas G. Hungar, Andrew G.I. Kilberg, John Matthew Butler, Jason Manion, Macey L. Olave, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Assemblies of God (USA), Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Gordon D. Todd, Daniel J. Hay, John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Ryan Paulsen, Ryan N. Gardner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Matthew T. Nelson, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI. James A. Campbell, Solicitor General of Nebraska; Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; David T. Bydalek, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas; Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi; Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri; Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana; John M. O'Connor, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; and Sean D. Reyes, Attorney General of Utah, for Amici Curiae States of Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah, in support of Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: 21-1498

    Church Autonomy, Collateral Order Doctrines Discussed in Defamation Appeal's Dismissal

  • U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Marcia

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice David P. Sullivan
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    Case Number: 1132/2017

    Foreclosure Precluded by Predecessor's Untimely Discontinuance of Prior Foreclosure Action

  • Texas Fair Plan v. Ahmed

    Publication Date: 2022-08-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-20-00585-CV

    Appellee, Adil Ahmed, had his home insured by appellant Texas FAIR Plan Association and sustained hail damage in spring 2015.

  • Williams v. MTA Bus Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Ike Williams: David John Hommel, on the reply brief, Andrew Rozynski, Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee MTA Bus Company: Gabriella Palencia, Executive Agency Counsel, for David Farber, General Counsel, MTA Bus Company, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-2985

    Applicant's Qualifications for Job Sought Not Shown; No Bias in Denial of ASL Interpreter

  • Morrone v. Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carrone LLP

    Publication Date: 2022-08-19
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge William Kuntz
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    Case Number: 21-CV-1205

    Legal Malpractice Claim Dismissed Due to Collateral Estoppel; Breach Claims Survive

  • August 18, 2022 | Law.com

    Higher Law: Phillips Lytle Launches Psychdelics Practice | First Circuit Strikes Down Maine's Medical Marijuana Residency Rule | Maine Offers $20K to Marijuana-Resisting Towns

    "The next year-and-a-half to two years is going to be very interesting for the entire psychedelic space," said Phillips Lytle council Kyle Mack, co-leader of the firm's new psychedelics and mental health therapies practice group.

    7 minute read