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  • In re: 650 Fifth Ave. Co. & Related Properties

    Publication Date: 2021-03-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Michael D. Lockard, Martin S. Bell, Samuel L. Raymond, Thomas McKay, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel M. Tracer, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Claimants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Melissa Ginsberg, Diana M. Conner, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, and Winston Paes, on the brief, John Gleeson, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York. For the Acosta, Beer, Greenbaum, Kirschenbaum, Havlish, Heiser, Peterson, Miller, and Rubin Claimants-Appellees: James L. Bernard, Curtis C. Mechling, Pamela S. Takefman, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York; Timothy B. Fleming, Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Dale K. Cathell, Richard M. Kremen, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, Maryland; Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman & Broudy, LLC, New York, New York; Peter R. Kolker, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Patrick N. Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York. For Hegna Claimants-Appellees: Ralph P. Dupont, Dupont Law Firm, Stamford, Connecticut.
    Case Number: 20-1212

    Seizure of Manhattan Building, Rental Income Violated Claimants' Due Process Rights

  • Appellate Division, First Department: March 10, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: March 10, 2021

  • Hurston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, John Clinton Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1223

    Appellant Fails to Show That Trial Court Violated His Right to Be Present During Trial or That His Trial Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance

  • In Re Texas ex Rel Kim OGG

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Newell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: WR-91,936-01

    Defendant sought to waive his right to a jury trial and have a bench trial.

  • Brown v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Yeary
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: PD-1292-19

    When an alleged victim of a family-violence assault failed to show up for trial, the State sought to introduce her prior out-of-court statements about the assault.

  • Watkins v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Yeary
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: PD-1015-18

    Appellant was convicted by a jury of first-degree felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

  • State of Texas v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00548-CR

    Appellee, who is not a US citizen, pled guilty to two misdemeanor theft charges, one in 1998 and one in 2007.

  • Sagaille v. Carrega

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Nanette Ida Metcalf of counsel, Metcalf & Metcalf, P.C., New York.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Sarah Levitan Perry and Christian D. Carbone of counsel, Erin Smith Dennis, New York, and Loeb & Loeb, LLP, New York. For Amici Curiae: Yosey J. Riemer, Joseph M. Sanderson and Pratik K. Ghosh of counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York.
    Case Number: 154010/18

    Prosecutor Fails to Allege Malice Overcoming Privilege Attaching to Statements to Police

  • DeSuze v. Ammon

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adam Meyers, Communities Resist, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Matt Ammon and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Varuni Nelson, on the brief, Edward K. Newman, for Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Linden Plaza Preservation L.P., and Linden Plaza Associates, L.P.: Peter C. Neger, on the brief, Zoe Phillips, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and City of New York: Richard Dearing, John Moore, on the brief, Amy McCamphill, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1141

    Tenants' Claims in Rent Challenge Time-Barred, Not Saved by Continuing Violation Doctrine

  • March 12, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Understanding the BVI IAC Arbitration Clause and Enforcement of BVI Awards Under the New York Convention

    The BVI IAC, a new player in the increasingly competitive world of administration of international arbitration proceedings, competes on equal footing with the giants in the field, particularly regarding international disputes involving the Americas.

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