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  • Zacarias v. Stanford International Bank

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-11073

    The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Stanford, Stanford International Bank, and other Stanford entities, alleging a massive, ongoing fraud.

  • In the Interest of TB

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Gray
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    Case Number: 10-19-00190-CV

    T.B. was indicted for stalking but was found to be incompetent to stand trial and ordered committed for restoration to competency.

  • Weatherly v. Pershing

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-11052

    Consolidated cases arose from a Ponzi scheme instigated by Allen Stanford, who sold billions of dollars worth of bogus CDs to investors.

  • In the Interest of JT

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Gray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 10-19-00298-CV

    After a jury trial, mother appealed from a judgment that terminated her parental rights to her child, arguing the trial court erroneously utilized a procedure to allow jurors to ask whatever questions they had for each witness after the parties had concluded their questioning of the witness.

  • Atlantic Specialty Ins. Co. v. Coastal Envtl. Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Christopher Droney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Patrick R. McElduff, ICC Industries Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, James W. Carbin, Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, Duane Morris LLP, Newark, NJ.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee: Don P. Murnane, Jr., Michael E. Unger, on the brief, Eric J. Matheson, Coastal Environmental Group Inc., Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee: Gregory G. Barnett, Sterling Equipment, Inc., Casey & Barnett, LLC, New York, NY. For Third-Party-Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Defendant-Appellee: Patrick M. Kennell, Global Indemnity Insurance Agency, Inc., Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, LLP, New York, NY. For Third-Party-Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Peter T. Shapiro, All Risks, Ltd., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3236-cv

    Successor Judges Are Subject to the 'Clearly Erroneous' Standard of Review

  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1503

    Former Employee, Who Was Not Acting Under Color of Employment When He Committed Criminal Acts, Proximately Caused Plaintiff's Injuries

  • Shamblin et al. v. Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael, Scott McMickle, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, L.L.P.), Alpharetta, Todd Hatcher, Joseph Shelley, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Travis Meyer, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Adam Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1238

    Plaintiff's wrongful death claim was barred by charitable immunity, and her other claims were properly dismissed

  • Rollins v. Smith et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Corbett, (The Corbett Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Rogers, (NCR Corp.), Atlanta, Johannes Kingma, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, William Mitchell, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet LLP), Norcross, Robyn Webb, (Hoffer & Webb, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1592

    Law Firm Failed to Exercise Care in Neglecting to Ensure a Stipulation Was Executed So Client Would Receive Court-Ordered Attorney Fee Credit

  • Agsouth Farm Credit, ACA v. West et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-17
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Aaron, George Rountree, (Brown Rountree & Stewart PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Jones, (Jones & Smith, P.C.), Metter, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0964

    Court vacates, reverses, and remands the denial of a lender's summary judgment motion on fiduciary duty and other claims from prospective borrowers

  • United States v. Calderon

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | International Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit
    Judge: Justice Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1956

    Court Affirms Fraud Charges, But Overturns Restitution Order In GSM-102 Fraud Case