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  • Highland Captl v. Highland Captl Mgmt

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-10189

    Appellee, Highland Capital Management, L.P., was a multibillion-dollar global investment advisor operated through the Highland umbrella.

  • USA v. Yusuf

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-40926

    Appellant was stopped by Border Patrol near Laredo, Texas, while smuggling 84 illegal aliens in a trailer.

  • Port of Corpus v. Port of Corpus

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Admiralty | Litigation | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
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    Case Number: 22-40124

    In this case, the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, a governmental entity, sued the Port of Corpus Christi, L.P., a private entity, alleging trespass and encroachment on its submerged land.

  • USA v. Melendez

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
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    Case Number: 21-50676

    Appellant pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine.

  • Cargill v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Regulation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-51016

    A gun owner, who was forced to surrender his guns to the federal government based upon new regulations, successfully proved on appeal that the regulations were in violation of the law.

  • Sarah K. v. Superior Court

    Publication Date: 2023-01-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Justice Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A165607

    Dependency court may properly rely on agency's expertise in finding that minor's need for stability outweighs parent's successful rehabilitation efforts

  • Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Michael Radine, Dina Gielchinsky, Aaron A. Schlanger, Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, on the brief, Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Mark G. Hanchet, Robert W. Hamburg, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Credit Suisse: Marc R. Cohen, Alex C. Lakatos, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Commerzbank AG: Alexis Collins, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Barclays Bank PLC: Michael T. Tomaino, Jr., Jeffrey T. Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Standard Chartered Bank: Sharon L. Nelles, Andrew J. Finn, Bradley P. Smith, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Stephen I. Vladeck, Austin, TX. For Amici Curiae Eight United States Senators in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael A. Petrino, Jonathan E. Missner, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Retired Generals of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Arthur H. Bryant, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Oakland, CA; Joshua I. Hammack, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae the Institute of International Bankers, the American Bankers Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the European Banking Federation in support of Defendants-Appellees: Marc J. Gottridge, Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-3970

    Action's Dismissal Upheld; JASTA Claims Forfeited as First Raised in Reconsideration Bid

  • Gonzales v. Lubbock County Hospital

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Doss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-21-00301-CV

    Appellee hospital sued appellant for unpaid medical care and, after a jury verdict, the district court rendered judgment in favor of appellee for the sum of $58,931.46.

  • U.S. v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, on the brief, David K. Kessler, for Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jamesa J. Drake, Drake Law, LLC, Auburn, ME.
    Case Number: 18-1841

    354-Month Sentence Upheld; Constitutional Rights Not Breached, Suppression Properly Denied

  • USA v. Tenorio

    Publication Date: 2023-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-50989

    Appellant was stopped and searched at the border attempting to leave the United States and enter Mexico.