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  • Backman v. Backman

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy Portnoy, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Norman Cuadra, (Norman H. Cuadra, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0428

    Immigrant's sponsor had a federal support obligation notwithstanding a waiver of support in a prenuptial agreement, but that obligation was limited by her income

  • Hong v. U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Securities Litigation | Whistleblower Laws | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Richard S. Corenthal, John H. Byington III, on the brief, Paul K. Brown, Archer, Byington, Glennon & Levine LLP, Melville, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent Securities and Exchange Commission: Michael A. Conley, Thomas J. Karr, on the brief, Matthew S. Ferguson, Office of the General Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC. For Respondent United States of America: Casen B. Ross, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
    Case Number: 21-529

    Settlements Were Not Judicial Actions by SEC Warranting Award Under Whistleblower Program

  • Nelson v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alyson Lembeck, (Ellis Funk, P.C.), Atlanta, Juliette Lavallee, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0199

    Court reverses order that modified a father's child support payments due to errors in calculating his income and in evaluating educational expenses

  • Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Jodi Spiegel, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0076

    Court reverses order revoking a defendant's probation because that order was based on inadmissible hearsay and defendant's due process rights were violated

  • USA v. Valas

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-50830

    On this second appeal from defendant's conviction for "engaging in a commercial sex act with a minor" in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591, defendant sought habeas relief, alleging that the prosecutors suppressed a document that would have aided his case, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, in violation of his constitutional rights.

  • USA v. Wills

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-40648

    A criminal defendant, who was convicted by a jury of sexually abusing a child, failed to prove on appeal any reversible error in the trial court proceedings.

  • Gilbreath v. Horan

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rivas-Molloy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-17-00316-CV

    In 1964, Wesley Gilbreath, Sr. founded an advertising company focused on billboards.

  • Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Rio Tinto PLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Dan M. Berkovitz, General Counsel; Michael A. Conley, Solicitor; Dominick V. Freda, Assistant General Counsel; Hope Hall Augustini, Martin Totaro, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief, Emily True Parise, Senior Litigation Counsel, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited: Mark A. Kirsch, Jennifer L. Conn, Avi Weitzman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark A. Perry, Richard W. Grime, Kellam M. Conover, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, THOMAS H. DUPREE JR., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C. For Defendant-Appellee Thomas Albanese: James P. Loonam, Jones Day, New York, NY; Matthew J. Rubenstein, Jones Day, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief, Sarah L. Levine, Jones Day, Washington, D.C. For Defendant-Appellee Guy Robert Elliott: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Walter G. Ricciardi, Geoffrey R. Chepiga, Livia Fine, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Tara S. Morrissey, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Carter G. Phillips, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Eamon P. Joyce, James R. Horner, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Law Professors Joseph Grundfest, Todd Henderson, Adam Pritchard, Andrew Vollmer, and Karen Woody: Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Marisa C. Maleck, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 21-2042

    Actionable Scheme Liability Claim Requires More That Misstatements, Omissions

  • Funvestment Group, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2022-07-21
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Oliver, Les Schneider, Thomas Walker, (Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Stay, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Alex Sponseller, Melody Chapman-Caskey, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0193

    Amounts Paid by Arcade Owner to Lease Coin Operated Amusement Machines Was Not Exempt From Sales and Use Taxes

  • Gloston v. Ellison

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00617-CV

    Appellee filed a complaint for eviction against appellant in the Justice of the Peace court based on an alleged breach of a rental agreement for failing to pay rent.