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  • June 5, 2018 | Litigation Daily

    Daily Dicta: A 'Cocky' Fight Over a Romance Novel

    “Authors should be able to express themselves in their choice of titles. A single word commonly used in book titles cannot be 'owned' by one author. "

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  • June 4, 2018 |

    People v. Williams

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert AnalysisPeople v. WilliamsCourt of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division FiveMay 31, 2018, Opinion…

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  • Matter of Estate of Spira

    Publication Date: 2018-06-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Corporate Entities | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, Queens
    Judge: Surrogate Peter Kelly
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    Case Number: 2007-4427/A

    Court Rejects Claim Long-Arm Jurisdiction Conferred by 'Mere Department Doctrine'

  • In The Interest Of K.S., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James John Anagnostakis (Anagnostakis Law Group), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristi Lee Winstead Wilson, Brian Keith Fortner, Sean Alexander Garrett (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1344

    Decisions Regarding Transfer of Juveniles to Superior Court Are Directly Appealable to Court of Appeals

  • Motion List released on: April 26, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: April 26, 2018

  • Ragbir v. Homan

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge P. Kevin Castel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony D Boccanfuso, Ada Añon, Robert Stanton Jones, John L. Freedman, William C. Perdue, Daniel F. Jacobson, Emily Newhouse Dillingham, Sally Pei, Stephen Wirth, Andrew T. Tutt, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Alina Das, Jessica Louise Rofé, Brittany Castle (Legal Intern), Jeremy Cutting (Legal Intern), Washington Square Legal Services, Inc.; Attorneys for Defendants: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney, Jeffrey Stuart Oestericher, Brandon Matthew Waterman, Steven John Kochevar, Joseph Nicholas Cordaro, Assistant United States Attorneys.; Attorneys for New York Elected Officials, Amici Curiae: Joshua B. Picker, Henry Liu, Jordan L. Moran, Tracy O. Zinsou, David Watnick, Covington & Burling LLP.; Attorneys for 140 Religious Leaders, Amici Curiae: Harry Sandick, Peter A. Nelson, Lauren M. Capaccio, Zachary Kolodin, Michael R. McDonald (Admission pending) Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP.; Yosef J. Riemer, Katherine Anne Rocco, Kirkland & Ellis LLP.; Trudy S. Rebert, Nicholas Espiritu, Jessica R. Hanson, National Immigration Law Center.; Attorneys for Adelante Alabama Worker Center and Twenty Other Groups, Amici Curiae: Amy S. Taylor, Sienna Fontaine, Kendal K. Nystedt, Make the Road New York.; Attorneys for Certain Scholars, Public Interest Advocates and Organizations, Amici Curiae: Penny Marina Venetis, International Human Rights Clinic of Rutgers University.; Joshua A. Geltzer, Amy L. Marshak, Robert D. Friedman, Seth Wayne, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection Georgetown University Law Center.; Attorney for Institute For Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law Center and Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, Amici Curiae: Jameel Jaffer, Alex Abdo, Carrie DeCell, Ramya Krishnan (Admission pending), Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.; Attorneys for Immigrant Defense Project, Amicus Curiae: Ryan Alexander Muennich, Andrew Wachtenheim (Admission pending).
    Case Number: 18-cv-1159

    Removal Order's Execution Does Not Support Activist's Retaliation, Discrimination Claims

  • May 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Town and Village Courts Do Not Generate the Majority of Complaints

    Our Town and Village justices, both attorney and non-attorney, represent the “courts closest to the people,” the courts in which the majority of the public may encounter their first interactions with our judicial system.

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  • May 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    The Ancient Common Law Faithless Servant Rule: Still Relevant in New York

    The doctrine that faithless servants paid on a “task-by-task” basis need only to forfeit their salary relating to disloyal activities initially developed in federal courts interpreting New York law.

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  • Appellate Division, First Department: May 24, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: May 24, 2018

  • Appellate Term, Second Department: May 18, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Term, Second Department: May 18, 2018