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  • Country Life Homes, LLC v. Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Carol A. Vanderwoude, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Art C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69520

    Former clients sufficiently pled legal malpractice cause of action by alleging that legal counsel negligently advised clients to pursue litigation strategy that had no merit, resulting in clients incurring unnecessary litigation expense.

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0779

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.

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  • U & Me Homes LLC v. Cnty. of Suffolk

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attys. For Plaintiff: Borchert & LaSpina, PC, Whitestone, NY.
    for defendant: Suffolk County Attorney By: Jacqueline Caputi, Esq., Assist. County Atty, Dennis M. Brown, Esq. Atty. For Defendant PSEG: Andrew McCabe, Esq., Uniondale, NY. Atty. For Defs. Escue: Nina B. Strunk, PLLC, Southampton, NY. Atty. For Def. Town of Southampton: James M. Burke, Esq, Southampton, NY.
    Case Number: 11760/14

    Alleged Restrictive Covenant Did Not Run With Land; Petitioner May Pursue Permit Petition

  • August 30, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    2 Veteran South Florida Lawyers Sentenced for Financial Fraud

    "Both the judge and the prosecution in this case were wise," defense counsel David Markus said.

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  • In Re Shire

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-21-00016-CV

    Health Choice Advisory brought a qui tam action under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act against Shire alleging it violated anti-kickback provisions of the Act by implementing two marketing programs that incentivized medical providers to prescribe certain pharmaceutical products covered by the Texas Medicaid Program.

  • In the Interest of S.K.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1000

    Superior court erred in reversing trial court's denial of termination of mother's parental rights because superior court exceeded its standard of review and erred in substituting its judgment for that of the trial court. Vacated.

  • In the Matter of Matthew A. Bryan.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Alexander Bryan, (The Penland Law Firm), Ringgold, for Appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y1070

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Georgia Attorney Who Was Disbarred in Another State For Serious Rules Violations

  • Federal Corp v. Truhlar

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-16-00095-CV

    A foreign corporation, that was sued in relation to the sale of tires and argued lack of personal jurisdiction, failed to show the court lacked personal jurisdiction.

  • In the Matter of Timothy Walter Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Walter Boyd, (Boyd Law Group LLC), Johns Creek, for Appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Laura Joan Murphree, (Cobb County Attorney's Office), Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y0608

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Committed Numerous Serious Rules Violations In Connection With Probate Matter