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  • The State v. Peabody

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Lara Snow (Cherokee County D.A.'S Office), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Willingham (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1258

    The trial court properly granted former lieutenant's motion to quash an indictment against him for two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the hot-car death of his K-9 dog because he was acting within the scope of his official job duties when the alleged crimes occurred and he was therefore entitled to the protections afforded by O.C.G.A. § 17-7-52, including timely notice of the grand jury proceeding and a copy of the proposed indictment, but State failed to comply with those statutory mandates.

  • Matter of State of N.Y. v. Frederick M.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Dineen Riviezzo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the petitioner: Jeffrey Jackson, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For the respondent: Alison Kuhlman, Esq., Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Brooklyn, New York.
    Case Number: 5188/2016

    OSPD (Non-Consent) Diagnosis Not Generally Accepted Under 'Frye Precluding Trial Testimony

  • November 17, 2017 | The Recorder

    How a Story of Vengeance and Love in California's Old West Helped Create Today's Imperial Presidency

    The so-called "Imperial Presidency" has its roots in a tale about a phony wedding contract, a femme fatale with a sharpshooter's eye, the notoriously hot-tempered former California Supreme Court Justice who fell in love with her, and a U.S. Marshal who killed him on a train while defending a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

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  • November 17, 2017 | Daily Business Review

    How Restraining Orders, Stun Guns Heralded the Launch of a Law Career

    The Taser was the surest sign to attorney Megan K. Wells that things had gone completely awry.In 2013, the Miami Lakes attorney was a rookie who'd…

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  • In The Interest of K. G., a child.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deidre Ricks (The Ricks Law Firm, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christy Draper (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellee. Thinel Bishop (The Bishop Law Group), Villa Rica; Rosalind Watkins (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1309

    The Court affirmed the grant of permanent guardianship of the child to the child's aunt, because there was clear and convincing evidence authorizing the juvenile court to find that reunification was not in the best interests of the child based on the likelihood that it would only prolong her dependency.

  • People v. Gordon

    Publication Date: 2017-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Martin Murphy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03414/16

    Evidence Obtained Via Use of Cell Site Simulator Granted Suppression

  • In The Interest of E. B., a child

    Publication Date: 2017-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Roberts (Attorney at Law), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill (District Attorney), Waycross; Ian Sansot (District Attorney's Office, Waycross Judicial Circuit), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0784

    The evidence was insufficient to support the juvenile's adjudications of delinquency for burglary and shoplifting but there was sufficient evidence to support his adjudication of delinquency for tampering with the operation of an electronic monitoring device.

  • In re SunEdison Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-15
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Debtors: Anthony W. Clark, Esq., Jay M. Goffman, Esq., J. Eric Ivester, Esq., James J. Mazza, Jr., Esq., Louis S. Chiappetta, Esq., of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Four Times Square New York, NY.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-10992

    Reorganization Plan's Release Denied Approval; Non-Voting Releasors' Consent Not Shown

  • November 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Court Decides Case Closely Watched by Real Estate Industry

    In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss 'Princes Point v. Muss Development', in which the Court of Appeals ruled that the filing of a suit to rescind or reform a contact did not under the circumstances constitute an anticipatory breach of that contract.

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  • November 14, 2017 |

    Friday Invs., LLC v. Bally Total Fitness of the Mid-Atl., Inc.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Friday Invs., LLC v. Bally Total Fitness of the Mid-Atl., Inc.Supreme Court of North CarolinaAugust…

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