• Connell et al. v. Hamon, As Surviving Child of James Isaac Dickens, Jr., Deceased

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Howell, (Attorney at Law), Moultrie, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0925

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion on the pleadings in a wrongful death case where plaintiff had no standing to bring a wrongful death claim

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: November 8 & 10, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: November 8 & 10, 2021

  • November 12, 2021 | The Recorder

    On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

    New hires, promotions and awards from across the California legal market.

    4 minute read

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Ellen Patterson, Morgan Birdsong Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney’s Office), Rome, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0813

    Trial Court Did Not Err When it Failed to Instruct Court Reporter to Transcribe the Entirety of the Jury Selection Proceedings, Including Voir Dire

  • American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2021-11-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, Leslie K. Eason, Tiffany N. Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Jengwei Young, Brian Matthew Hauss, Andres M. Lopez-Delgado, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Of Georgia, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent J. Savage, Kathryn Hughes Pinckney, (Savage Turner Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee; David E. Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for Other Party; Clare Rivka Norins, (First Amendment Clinic), Athens, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S20G1473

    Actual Malice Standard Applies to Public Official, Who Fails to Show in Defamation Claim That ACLU Disbelieved Truth of Disputed Statements in Blog Post

  • November 7, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2021

    Profiles of over 200 associates hired in New Jersey in 2021.

    58 minute read

  • J.P. Carey Enterprises, Inc. v. Cuentas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Carson Modrall, (Fried Bonder White LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, Joshua Curry, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0703

    Court affirms ruling that certain provisions in a convertible note were unenforceable penalties but reverses and remands as to whether noteholder waived default provisions

  • November 4, 2021 | The Recorder

    Citing Prosecutorial Immunity, US Judge Guts Misconduct Lawsuit Against 2 Orange County Superior Court Judges

    Claims against two California Highway Patrol officers accused in the alteration and destruction of traffic reports can still proceed after the judge rejected qualified immunity arguments.

    5 minute read

  • November 3, 2021 | Law.com

    Critical Mass by Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Bankruptcy Battle Begins Tomorrow Over Talc Lawsuits. California Judge Finds Opioid Companies Did Not Create a Public Nuisance

    A bankruptcy judge has set two days of hearings on whether to grant an injunction that would halt lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder. A tentative decision on Monday found a group of California governments failed to distinguish legitimate reasons to prescribe opioids from illegal uses. And find out who SoClean hired to represent it in lawsuits over its CPAP cleaning devices.

    6 minute read

  • Farrell v. U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Comm.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Frederick Scullin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Charles G. La Bella, Esq., James F. Murdica, Esq., Michael A. Battle, Esq., Michelle Bradford, Esq., of counsel, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Washington, D.C. -and- San Diego, California, -and- New York, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee: Mitchell A. Kamin, Esq., Carolyn Kubota, Esq., Mark Yun Chen, Esq., of counsel, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, California. Attorneys for Defendant US Speedskating: Daniel W. Coffey, Esq., of counsel, Coffey Law PLLC, Albany, New York. Attorneys for Defendant US Speedskating: Howard L. Jacobs, Esq., Law Offices of Howard L. Jacobs, Westlake Village, California. Attorneys for Defendant United States Olympic Education Center: Michael L. Koenig, Esq., Christopher V. Fenlon, Esq., of counsel, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, Albany, New York. Attorneys for Defendant United States Olympic Education Center: Matthew P. Allen, Esq., of counsel, Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone, P.L.C., Troy, Michigan. Attorneys for Defendant Saratoga Winter Club: Austin D. O'Malley, Esq., of counsel, Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Gabel: Imran H. Ansari, Esq., of counsel, Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, P.C., New York, New York.

    Case Number: 1:20-CV-1178

    Dismissal Denied in Olympic Skater's CVA Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Abuse in 1998