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  • In the Interest of K. P., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Whitney Kenner Jones, (Kenner Jones Law LLC), Douglasville, for appellee; Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Ann Mathis, Douglasville, Randy Duke, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A22A0921

    Court reverses finding of mootness that was used to justify denial of a motion to vacate a protective order and remands for consideration of the merits of the motion

  • Merchant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Tatum, (Deputy Chief Assistant Solicitor-General), Marietta, Barry Morgan, (Cobb Solicitor General), Marietta, Anda Griner, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1153

    Court affirms conviction for simple battery over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, deprivation of rights, and ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Wiggins v. Carr

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-20-00245-CV

    Appellant filed a pro se petition for termination of his parental rights to S.V., the son he shared with appellee.

  • USA v. Hamilton

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Elrod
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-11157

    In 2015, the appellant, Ruel M. Hamilton, gave money to a member of the Dallas City Council in an attempt to persuade her on how she would vote.

  • Hanover Casualty v. Seven Acres Jewish Care

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00736-CV

    Appellee had a commercial property policy with appellant at the time it sustained extensive damage and loss after flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

  • Gerlach v. K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons at Beaumont, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Justice Menetrez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: E075228

    Claims of roofing defects under Right to Repair Act must be supported by evidence of actual failure

  • U.S. v. Greebel

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Varuni Nelson, Rachel G. Balaban, Beth P. Schwartz, on the brief, Thomas R. Price, Assistant United States Attorney, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Reed Brodsky, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-993

    Notwithstanding ERISA Provision MVRA Authorized Garnishment of 401(k) Retirement Funds

  • Grajales v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Phillip J. Colastano and Andrew D. Lendrum, Agostino & Associates, P.C., on the brief, Frank Agostino, Agostino & Associates, P.C., Hackensack, NJ.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: David A. Hubbert and Jacob Christensen, Department of Justice, Tax Division, on the brief, Pooja A. Boisture, Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 21-1420

    Borrower Is Liable Under 10 Percent 'Exaction' Deemed a Tax, Not a Penalty, Under Tax Code

  • City of Hoboken v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Thomas G. Hungar (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Joel M. Silverstein and Herbert J. Stern (Stern Kilcullen & Rufolo); Joshua D. Dick (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Andrea E. Neuman (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William E. Thomson, III (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William T. Marks and Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Daniel J. Toal and Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Kevin H. Marino and John D. Tortorella (Marino Tortorella & Boyle); Paul J. Fishman (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Matthew T. Heartney and John D. Lombardo (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Jonathan W. Hughes (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Nancy G. Milburn and Diana E. Reiter (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Steven M. Bauer and Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Daniel R. Brody and Jameson R. Jones (Bartlit Beck); Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Michael K. Plumb, and Dennis M. Toft (Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Steven M. Bauer (Latham & Watkins); Anthony P. Callaghan (Gibbons); Sylvia-Rebecca Gutierrez and Thomas R. Valen (Gibbons); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Kathryn M. Barber and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Jeffrey M. Beyer and Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr. (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti); Kevin J. Mangan (Womble Bond Dickinson); Andrew G. McBride (McGuireWoods); David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, and Daniel Severson (Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick); Steven L. Caponi (K&L Gates); Joseph J. Bellew (White & Williams); Megan H. Berge (Baker Botts); J. Scott Janoe (Baker Botts); Tristan L. Duncan (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Daniel B. Rogers (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); Shannon S. Broome and Ann M. Mortimore (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Shawn P. Regan (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Antionette D. Hubbard (Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson); Robert E. Dunn (Eimer Stahl); Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, and Lisa S. Meyer (Eimer Stahl); Jeffrey L. Moyer (Richards Layton & Finger); Vanessa Lavely and Kevin J. Orsini (Cravath Swaine & Moore); Joy C. Fuhr and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Christian J. Singewald (White & Williams); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Alexandra Ewing and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); J. Benjamin Aguinaga (Jones Day); Noel J. Francisco and David M. Morrell (Jones Day); David C. Kiernan (Jones Day); Tracy A. Roman and Kathleen T. Sooy (Crowell & Moring); Honor R. Costello (Crowell & Moring); Michael F. Healy (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Mackenzie M. Wrobel (Duane Morris); Michael L. Fox (Duane Morris); Blake K. Rohrbacher, Alexandra Ewing, and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger)
    for defendant: Jonathan S. Abady, Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Ananda V. Burra, andMax R. Selver (Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel); Gerald Krovatin and Helen A. Nau (Krovatin Nau); Stephanie D. Biehl, Matthew K. Edling, Quentin C. Karpilow, and Victor M. Sher (Sher Edling); Ralph K. Durstein, III and Christian D. Wright (Office of Attorney General of Delaware); Jameson A.L. Tweedie (Delaware Department of Justice)
    Case Number: 21-2728 & 22-1096

    State Law Tort Claims Arising from Climate Change Caused by Use of Fossil Fuel Products Did Not Create Federal Question Permitting Removal to Federal Court

  • NFTD v. Haynes Boone

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hassan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-17-00999-CV

    A law firm, that successfully obtained attorney immunity and was granted summary judgment, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court was correct to grant the motion.