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  • Rocksprings Val Verde Wind, LLC v. Casanova

    Publication Date: 2025-02-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rios
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-22-00524-CV

    Appellant owns a wind farm in Val Verde County.

  • Ford Motor Company v. Hill et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Boorman, Philip Henderson, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Curtis Garrett, John Jett, Adam Charnes, Kevin Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Paul Malek, D. Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons), Austin, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Butler, Daniel Philyaw, Allison Bailey, (Butler Prather LLP), Columbus, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Michael Gray, (Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, Michael Terry, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Ramsey Prather, (Butler Prather LLP), Columbus, Michael Williford, (Williford Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Kenton Coppage, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Becker, Philip Goldberg, Cary Silverman, (Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP), Washington, Adeline Lambert, Leah Bower, Kyle Hawkins, (Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP), Atlanta, Gary Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0657

    Court Vacates a $1.7 Billion Verdict in Ford Product Liability Case and Orders New Trial

  • Van Loon v. Dep't of the Treasury

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willetts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-50669

    In 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Tornado Cash, an open-source, crypto-transaction software protocol that facilitates anonymous transactions by obfuscating the origins and destinations of digital asset transfers. Appellants, users of Tornado Cash, argued that inclusion of Tornado Cash on the Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons list exceeded OFAC's statutory authority.

  • Wilson v. Midland County

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ramirez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50998

    Plaintiff Erma Wilson was convicted of cocaine possession in 2001. Her appeal to a Texas court of appeals was unsuccessful.

  • Estate of Moncrief, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Contracts | Dispute Resolution | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-23-00021-CV

    Appellants argued fraudulent inducement, lack of mental capacity, or undue influence upon decedent William Alvin Moncrief to execute certain documents.

  • City of Milton v. Chang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0802

    Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment

  • U.S. v. Orelien

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, International Trade
    Judge: Judge Gary S. Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Marguerite B. Colson, Hagan Scotten, on the brief, Kevin Mead, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Camille M. Abate, on the brief, Robert P. Preuss, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 23-6175-cv

    Hobbs Act Robbery Convictions Upheld But Obstruction Enhancement Vacated, Remanded

  • Dunne v. Elton Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margherita A. Capolino, Caroline English, Pascal F. Naples, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Hopkins, Susan L. Meter, Kantor & Kantor, Northridge, CA; Teresa Renaker, Kristen G. Scott, Renaker Scott, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole, Wilmington, DE; Linda L. Morkan, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT; Timothy J. Snyder, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Melissa D. Hill, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, New York, NY; Brian M. Killian, James D. Nelson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC; Russell L. Hirschhorn, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY; John E. Roberts, Proskauer Rose, Boston, MA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE; Anthony F. Shelley, Theresa S. Gee, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC; C. Scott Reese, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 23-1499

    Family trust established to pay pensions to domestic employees was not subject to ERISA coverage where it could not qualify as a multiple-employer plan due to the lack of necessary connection between the family members and the family members' lack of involvement in managing the trust.

  • Estate of William Alvin Moncrief, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-23-00021-CV

    In proceedings in the estate of "Tex", interlocutory appeals were taken on issues regarding whether appellants' alleged fraudulent inducement of Tex, Tex's lack of mental capacity, or Tex being unduly influenced by appellants to execute certain documents should be decided by the trial court or by arbitration.

  • U.S. v. Slaughter

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Beth Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY: Matthew Weinberg & Stephen J. Ritchin, on the brief, Danielle Sassoon.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Edward S. Zas, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 23-6055

    Jury Selection Underrepresentation Significant But Systematic Exclusion Not Proved