• TMX Finance Holdings, Inc. v. Wellshire Financial Services, LLC, 01-16-00044-CV (TexApp Dist 10/11/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
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    Date Filed: 2016-10-11
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, First District
    Judge: HARVEY BROWN JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01-16-00044-CV

    On Appeal from the 152nd District CourtHarris County, TexasTrial Court Case No. 2013-33584Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Brown, and Huddle

  • November 7, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Super PACs, Aided by Big Law, Pump Money Into Politics

    Wealthy donors are once again putting record sums into U.S. politics, a href="http://www.

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  • Capps v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy C. Head Jr. Public Defender's Office, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: George E. Barnhill, District Attorney, Michelle C. McIntire, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1071

    Defendant failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims in his murder

  • Bradshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell R. Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen A. Bradley, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Jean G. Mangan, Assistant District Attorney, Greensboro, Tuttle W. Barksdale III District Attorney's Office, Gray, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1070

    The record supported the trial court's findings that defendant made his statements to law enforcement freely and voluntarily, and the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence defendant's c

  • Shah v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine L. Dodd Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1083

    The trial court reversibly erred in declining to give defendant's requested jury instruction on reckless conduct as a lesser included offense of first degree cruelty to children, as there was some e

  • State v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf O. Oseni, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chevene B. King Jr., Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1069

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting defendant's motion to suppress statements he made to law enforcement officers in his trial for felony murder and other off

  • November 7, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

    The Idiopathic Defense: The Most Overlooked Tool in NJ Workplace Injury Litigation

    New Jersey workers' compensation is based on a no-fault system. Within its framework, employers and their insurance companies utilize various commonly known defenses against employees

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  • People v. Mary H.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Health Care Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-11-07
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen A. McKenna, Christopher J. Rench, and Max Feinstat, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Julia Freis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. F071282

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 11837 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARY H., Defendant an

  • Strasner v. Touchstone Wireless Repair and Logistics, LP

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Internet Law | Telecommunications
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    Date Filed: 2016-11-04
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristensen Weisberg, John P. Kristensen and David L. Weisberg; Law Office of Gary Simms and Gary L. Simms for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Slater Hersey & Lieberman, Mark K. Slater, Elise K. Sara and Neil J. Cooper for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. D068865

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 11819 M. STRASNER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TOUCHSTONE WIRELESS R

  • PEARL ROBINSON, a/k/a PEARL BERNARD, res, v. DEIRDRE FORD, ETC., ap

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Rivera, J.P.; Roman, Cohen and Miller, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    PEARL ROBINSON, a/k/a PEARL BERNARD, res, v. DEIRDRE FORD, ETC., ap — Application by the appellant to withdraw an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated June 10