• In Interest of D S v. Matter of G S A G

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Fillmore
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-17-01066-CV

    During divorce proceedings, a father signed an affidavit voluntary relinquishing parental rights to his daughter.

  • Land v. Land

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boyce
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00013-CV

    Wife brought post-divorce action seeking division of assets that was left undivided by the parties agreement and the return of the engagement ring.

  • In The Interest Of JLC A Child

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-18-00052-CV

    A mother and father appealed the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to their one year-old son after he tested positive for methamphetamine.

  • July 30, 2018 |

    Hatfield v. Progressive Michigan Ins. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S legal expert analysis  Hatfieldv.Progressive Mich. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of MichiganJuly 26, 2018, DecidedNo. 3411772018…

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  • In Re Opioid Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County
    Judge: Justice Jerry Garguilo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 400000/2017

    Allegations May Proceed Against Pharmaceutical Distributors on Concerted Action Theory

  • Lehman Bros. Int'l (Europe) v. AG Fin. Prod. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Marcy Friedman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 653284/2011

    Credit Protection Purchaser Fails to Show Seller Conducted Bad Faith Market Quote Process

  • Cooling Water Intake Structure Coal. v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Environmental Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew R. Wheeler, in his Official Capacity as Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,* National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Respondents
    for defendant: For Intervenor-Petitioner American Petroleum Institute: Fredric P. Andes, Jill M. Fortney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeffrey S. Longsworth, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Washington, DC.; For Intervenors-Petitioners Utility Water Act Group, Entergy Corporation: Andrew J. Turner, Todd S. Mikolop, Kerry L. McGrath, on the brief, Kristy A.N. Bulleit, Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, DC.; For Intervenors-Petitioners Riverkeeper Inc., American Littoral Society, Casco Baykeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Hackensack Riverkeeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Raritan Baykeeper, Inc. d/b/a NY/NJ Baykeeper, Save the Bay — Narragansett Bay, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Sierra Club, Soundkeeper, Inc., Surfrider Foundation, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., and for Intervenors Center for Biological Diversity, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Humboldt Baykeeper, Suncoast Waterkeeper, Inc., Puget Soundkeeper Alliance: Reed W. Super, Edan Rotenberg, Super Law Group, LLC, New York, NY.; For Intervenor-Petitioner Sierra Club, and for Intervenors Center for Biological Diversity, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Humboldt Baykeeper, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Suncoast Waterkeeper, Inc.: Eric E. Huber, Sierra Club, Boulder, CO.; For Intervenors-Petitioners Environment America, Environment Massachusetts: Charles C. Caldart, National Environmental Law Center, Seattle, WA.; For Respondents: Simi Bhat, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Clifford E. Stevens, Jr., United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Denver, CO, on the brief; Richard T. Witt, Alexis Wade, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel, of counsel, Perry M. Rosen, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC; Bridget Kennedy McNeil, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Denver, CO.; For Amicus Curiae Clean Air Task Force: Ann Brewster Weeks, Legal Director, Clean Air Task Force, Boston, MA, of counsel, Andrew K. Jacoby, Varadi, Hair & Checki, LLC, New Orleans, LA.

    Case Number: 14-4645

    Rule, Opinions as to Water Intakes Were Based on Reasonable Interpretations of Statutes

  • July 27, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

    'Actavis' and Reverse-Payments Suits in the Third Circuit After Five Years

    For over 20 years, purportedly anticompetitive patent-litigation settlement agreements between rival branded and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers—so-called “reverse payment” or “pay for delay” settlements—have generated numerous private lawsuits and ranked as one of the Federal Trade Commission's top enforcement priorities, with private plaintiffs and the FTC alike claiming such agreements have cost consumers millions of dollars by keeping generic drugs off the market.

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  • July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Beyond Broken Bones: Recognizing Psychological Harm to Children When Applying 'Grave Risk of Harm' Standard

    A discussion of how courts applying the “grave risk of harm” defense to repatriation under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction need to recognize the psychological harm caused to children by exposure to domestic violence.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: July 25, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Handdowns
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: July 25, 2018