• Ricks v. Lumpkin

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ho
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-70008

    Appellant was convicted in Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend and her eight-year-old son.

  • Human Services Council of New York v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Paul G. Gardephe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 CV 11149

    NYC Local Law 87 Not 'Regulatory'; City Has Clear Interest in Avoiding Strikes

  • November 18, 2024 | Law.com

    Applying Pressure: Collaborating Firms Advance BioLab Class Action

    Attorneys from California, New York, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama outline the state of play in the class action litigation, and the steps they're taking in the hope of becoming interim class counsel.

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  • Reid v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Myrna Pérez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner Everod Ray Anthony Reid: Molly Lauterback, Sophie Dalsimer, Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief, Andrew D. Bergman, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Houston, TX.
    for defendant: For Respondent Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General: Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, Paul Fiorino, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Former Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals, in support of Petitioner: John J. Clarke, Jr., Subarkah Syafruddin, John O. Wray, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc., Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society, and Open Immigration Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: John Harland Giammatteo, Staff Attorney and Justice Catalyst Fellow, Lutheran Social Services of New York, Immigration Legal Program, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Disability Rights Advocates, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Pangea Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: Allen Burton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Martha F. Hutton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 20-3324

    IJ Improperly Applied Framework to Protect Rights of Noncitizens Who May Be Incompetent

  • Lindow v. Argent Mortgage Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Ann M. Donnelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-CV-8860

    'Rooker-Feldman', Res Judicata Bar Claims in Challenge to Foreclosure as Based on Fraud

  • Encarnacion v. Olivo

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff, Pro Se: Bernabe Encarnacion, Stormville, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: Nicholas W. Dorando, AAG, Mark G. Mitchell, AAG, of counsel, office of the New York State Attorney General, The Capitol, Albany, New York.

    Case Number: 9:21-CV-986

    Inmate Is Denied New Trial Under FRCP 59; Prison Guards Are Granted Bill of Costs

  • Farhane v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Naz Ahmad, Mudassar Toppa, Clear Project, Main Street Legal Services, Inc., CUNY School of Law, Long Island City, NY; Alan E. Schoenfeld, Emily Barnet, Sandra Redivo, Trena M. Riley, Dylan Reichman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Thad Eagles, Jeremy W. Brinster, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Asma S. Jaber, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, on the brief, Ramzi Kassem.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Jun Xiang, Hagan Scotten, on the brief, Karl Metzner, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: John C. Yang, Niyati Shah, Marita Etcubañez, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Washington, DC; Andrew Z. Michaelson, Mateo de la Torre, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Immigrant Defense Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Andrew Wachtenheim, Nabilah Siddiquee, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Federal Public Defender's Office for the Western District of New York, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont, and Office of the Public Defender for the Northern District of New York in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Joel B. Rudin, Matthew A. Wasserman, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York, NY; Richard D. Willstatter, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; S. Isaac Wheeler, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Immigration Law in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Alyssa Barnard-Yanni, Andrew D. Silverman, Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Lauren A. Weber, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA.

    Case Number: 20-1666

    Lawyer Must Inform Naturalized Citizen of Risk of Deportation After Denaturalization

  • November 5, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Fighting for Legal Fees: Lowenstein Sandler Battles for $766,000

    In a suit filed in Essex County Superior Court, Lowenstein Sandler says Trif & Modugno and partner Louis A. Modugno drove a Lowenstein Sandler client, Harmony Foundation of New Jersey, into insolvency and receivership.

    4 minute read

  • November 4, 2024 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Will Try to Settle 'Endless Game of Ping-Pong' Over Louisiana Congressional Map

    "Without this Court's intervention, the State will be sued again no matter what it does," Louisiana Solicitor General J. Benjamin Aguiñaga wrote in an appeal to the justices. "With all due respect to the judges in the cases below, this redistricting saga must end."

    4 minute read

  • April 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    The End of Noncompetes? Anxious Clients Are Calling Their Lawyers

    "I'm a defense lawyer primarily, but at the end of the day, noncompete agreements were not meant to be a tool to prevent your midlevel workers from going from Company A to Company B," employment attorney Michael Elkins said.

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