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Appellate Division, Second Department: January 10, 2025

Publication Date: 2025-01-10
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
Judge: Unsigned
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Case Number: DOCKET

Handdown List released on:January 8, 2025

Jones v. City of Atlanta

Publication Date: 2024-12-13
Practice Area: Public Utilities | Tax
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Hurt, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Watkinsville, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., (Hurt Stolz, PC), Athens, John Floyd Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Joel Aldrich Jothan Callins, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Michael James King, Richard Joseph Valladares, Steven Jason Rosenwasser, Ernest Lamont Greer, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S24A0652

Court affirms in part and reverses in part a challenge to certain ordinances connected to water bills to Atlanta residents, and remands for further analysis of atlanta utility fees

LKF v. MTF

Publication Date: 2024-12-13
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
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Case Number: (redacted)

Court Orders Plaintiff to Put Money Back into 529 Accounts

Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

Publication Date: 2024-12-12
Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Edwin Allen Page, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, John A. Christy, Jonathan Andrew Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Max Paul Marks, Aaron Karl Block, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23G1162

Court vacates and remands affirmation of a punitive damages award in a commercial lease dispute for assessment of admissibility of settlement statements on a punitive damages claim

U.S. v. Cain

Publication Date: 2024-11-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
Judge: District Judge Richard J. Arcara
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Case Number: 05-CR-360

Habeas Relief Is Denied; Pre-Sentence Decision on Ineffective Counsel Claim Not Compelled

November 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Reminder: Court Rules and Statutes Apply to Pendente Lite Custody Decisions

"The practices of relying on a 'presumptive 50/50 schedule' and hearsay expert reports in pendente lite custody decisions need to end."

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November 21, 2024 | The Recorder

Newsom Names Two Judges to Appellate Courts in San Francisco, Orange County

Gov. Gavin Newsom also appointed 10 superior court judges in six counties.

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November 6, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judge Admits to Judicial Misconduct as Charged, but Denies Willful Misconduct

Respondent counsel for Chatham County Probate Judge Thomas C. Bordeaux Jr. disagreed the jurist's conduct "amount[ed] to willful misconduct in office; a willful and persistent failure to perform the duties of office; and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute."

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September 30, 2024 | The Recorder

Gov. Gavin Newsom Chooses New Justices for L.A. Appellate Court

The governor also named seven superior court judges on Monday, including four in Alameda County.

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September 9, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Construction Law Update: Best Practices Learned From 3 Recent Appellate Decisions

A recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and two recent opinions issued by the Pennsylvania Superior Court touch upon the above concepts, which are recurring themes that are very familiar to the construction industry, and inform us how Pennsylvania state and federal courts address those issues.

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