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  • U.S. v. Familetti

    Publication Date: 2017-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the United States of America: with Patrick Egan, Karl Metzner, on the brief, Jessica K. Fender, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jerald Brainin, Esq., Los Angeles, California.
    Case Number: 16-2334-pr

    Although Agent's Cooperation Request Would be Interrogation, Defendant Was Not in Custody

  • Matter of State of New York v. Kerry K.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Sandra Sgroi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For respondent: Anisha Dasgupta, Valerie Figueredo, and Ester Murdukhayeva of counsel, Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For appellant: Michael D. Neville, Ana Vuk-Pavlovic, and Dennis B. Feld of counsel, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola, NY.
    Case Number: 2015-08387

    Jurisdiction Not Violated by Untimely Hearing, Trial, But Hearsay's Admission Was Error

  • In The Matter Of John F. Meyers.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, W. Matthew Wilson (Akin & Tate PC), Cartersville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; David Anthony LaMalva, (LaMalva Geoffroy & Oeland PC), Conyers; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1593

    The Supreme Court suspended an attorney from the practice of law for two years for his violations of various Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with improper billing to his law firm's corporate client.

  • In Re Accident Fund General Insurance

    Publication Date: 2017-12-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-0556

    The Texas Workers' Compensation Act "provides the exclusive process and remedies for claims arising out of a carrier's investigation, handling, or settling of a claim for workers' compensation benefits."

  • Cooper Industries v. National Union Fire

    Publication Date: 2017-12-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-20539

    Appellant invested its pension-plan assets in what turned out to be a Ponzi scheme. It submitted a claim under a commercial-crime insurance policy underwritten by appellee; appellee denied the claim and appellant instituted the underlying suit.

  • Allen-Pieroni v. Pieroni

    Publication Date: 2017-12-25
    Practice Area: Family Law | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-0900

    "Slander of title" consists of a "false and malicious statement made in disparagement of a person's title to property which causes special damages."

  • December 22, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    Daily Dicta: Cheers to the 2017 Litigators of the Week Winners

    From fighting the travel ban to negotiating Michael Flynn's plea deal to suing the DJ who groped Taylor Swift, the lawyers featured each Friday as our Litigators of the Week have been in the middle of the year's biggest stories. Here's a look back at the winners.

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  • Matter of Ijeoma F.A. v. Okechukwu D.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Family Court, Queens
    Judge: Judge John Hunt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Mother, Ivette M. Zelaya, Esq.
    for defendant: For the Father, Adewole David Agbayewa, Esq.; Attorney for the Child, Heidi Luna, Esq.
    Case Number: O-11061/17

    Father Granted Motion to Dismiss Mother's Family Offense Petition for Lack of Jurisdiction

  • People v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2017-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Criminal Court, Bronx
    Judge: Judge Laurence Busching
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For People: Attn: A.D.A. Megan Leo, Darcel D. Clark, Bronx County District Attorney.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Attn: Peter Coleman, Esq., The Bronx Defenders.
    Case Number: 2017BX004501

    DMV Records Establish Officer Observed Protected Party; Contempt Charge Denied Dismissal

  • Estate of Curtis

    Publication Date: 2017-12-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, Ulster
    Judge: Surrogate Sara W. McGinty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Calman Greenberg, Esq., Bronx, New York, as attorney for the Estate and Administrator Kellar Kellar & Jaiven,LLP, Kingston, New York.
    for defendant: For Objectant: Mitchell L. Jaiven, Esq.
    Case Number: 2014-543/A

    Administrator/Estate Attorney Failed in Duty to Estate, and to Maximize Estates Value