• January 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Recent U.K. Decision Jeopardizes U.S. Privilege Assertions for Witness Interviews

    While U.K. prosecutors' ongoing challenge to the assertion of privilege in the corporate investigations context is hardly breaking news, the U.K. courts' attack on it is. In 201

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  • January 30, 2017 |

    Ass'n of California Ins. Companies v. Jones

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Association of California Ins. Co.v.Jones2017 WL 280822Only the Westlaw citation is currently…

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  • January 30, 2017 |

    California Supreme Court, in Broad Opinion, Rejects Insurers’ Challenge to Insurance Commissioner’s Regulation on Replacement Cost Estimates

    The California Supreme Court, in a broad opinion on the power of the California Insurance Commissioner, has ruled that the California Unfair Insurance…

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  • January 30, 2017 |

    Allstate Ins. Co. v. Orthopedic Specialists

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis   Allstate Ins. Co.v.Orthopedic Specialists, Etc. 2017 WL 372092Only the Westlaw citation…

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  • January 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    New Justices Recuse From Fights Over State Power

    The Georgia Supreme Court played a bit of judicial musical chairs this week as two of the newest members recused themselves from high-profile cases and different judges replaced them fo

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  • In re Mallard

    Publication Date: 2017-01-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-27
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender and Michael Begovich, Deputy Public Defender for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland and Marvin E. Mizell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. D071345

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 879 In re KEVIN DWAYNE MALLARD on Habeas Corpus. No. D071345 In The Court of

  • In the Interest of A.L.H., 14-16-00578-CV (TexApp Dist 01/10/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-10
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth
    Judge: KEN WISE JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-16-00578-CV

    Affirmed and Opinion filed January 10, 2017.On Appeal from the 313th District CourtHarris County, TexasTrial Court Cau

  • Microsoft v. United States, 14-2985

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, C.J., Acobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi, Hall, Livingston, Chin, Lohier, Jr., Carney, Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
    for defendant: For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant, Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA | The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Digital Rights Ireland Limited, National Council for Civil Liberties, and The Open Rights Group, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGirr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202777615376, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 24, 2017)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Am

  • Flood v. Just Energy Marketing Corp., 7:15-cv-2012

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Katherine Forrest
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 7:15-cv-2012

    Cite as: Flood v. Just Marketing Corp., 7:15-cv-2012, NYLJ 1202777603778, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 20, 2017) CASENAME Kevin Flood, Plaintiff v. Just

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Rhein Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1583

    Evidence that mother left her two young children asleep at home alone for less than an hour—without more—was insufficient to support her convictions on two counts of contributing to the deprivation