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  • In the Matter of Timothy Paul Healy.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1015

    Court accepts attorney's petition for the voluntary surrender of his license to practice law in lieu of disciplinary action that could have led to disbarment

  • Whelan v. Armstrong Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Marotta (Hogan Lovells US and K&L Gates, attorneys; Sean Marotta, Joseph F. Lagrotteria, and Adam G. Husik, on the briefs); Karen J. Stanzione-Conte (Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, attorneys; Karen J. Stanzione-Conte and Michelle B. Cappuccio, on the briefs); Jeffrey S. Kluger (McGivney, Kluger & Cook, attorneys; Jeffrey S. Kluger and Christopher M. Longo, on the briefs); Meghan C. Goodwin (Clyde & Co. US, attorneys; Jeffrey Fegan, of counsel and on the briefs, and Meghan C. Goodwin and Daren S. McNally, on the briefs); Patrick K.A. Elkins (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, attorneys; Patrick K.A. Elkins and Bryan M. Killian of the District of Columbia and Connecticut bars, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief); Sara K. Saltsman (Mayfield, Turner, O’Mara & Donnelly, attorneys; Sara K. Saltsman, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Christopher M. Placitella (Cohen Placitella & Roth and The Lanier Law Firm, attorneys; Rachel A. Placitella and Shannon K. Tully, on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-40/41/42/43/44/45/46-18 (081810)

    Original Product Manufacturers Could Be Liable for Asbestos Exposure from Third-Party Replacement Components

  • In the Matter of Howard L. Sosnik

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard L. Sosnik, (Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP), Garden City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1078

    Six-Month Suspension of License Appropriate Sanction For Conduct Warranting Similar Discipline in Another State

  • M&T Bank v. Eye Catch Trading Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Erie
    Judge: Justice Timothy Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Matthew D. Valauri, Esq., of Counsel, Getman & Biryla, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: Scott C. Levenson, Esq., of Counsel, Levenson Law Group.
    Case Number: 2009-808011

    Bank Granted Summary Judgment, Dismissal of Debtor's Counterclaims in Commercial Loan Suit

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0285

    Order Requiring Criminal Defendant to be Visibly Shackled During Six-Day Jury Trial Was Reversible Error

  • Douglas Stewart Co. Inc. v. 2254 Third Ave. Dept Store Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Ariel Berschadsky of counsel, Law Office of Ariel Berschadsky, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Jerome E. Goldman, Esq., Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 654506/2017

    Plaintiff Entitled to Summary Judgment Against Director on Piercing Corporate Veil Theory

  • Keller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn E. Rhodes, (Office of the Public Defender), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, II, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0006

    Search of Cell Phone Was Not Warrantless; Warrant Described With Particularity the Cell Phone and Its Contents to Be Searched

  • In re Renren Inc. Derivative Litigation

    Publication Date: 2020-06-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Commercial Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Andrew Borrok
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 653594/2018

    Shareholder Action Makes Out Prima Facie Case Under 'Fraud on the Minority Exception'

  • Sandlow v. 305 Riverside Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-02
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lucy Billings
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Robert E. Sokolski Esq. and Daphna Zekaria Esq., Sokolski & Zekaria, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Niles C. Welikson Esq., Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers, P.C., Williston Park, NY.
    Case Number: 106025/2011

    Tenant Entitled to Damages for Fraudulent Scheme to Keep Apartment Deregulated

  • Hegar v. American Multi Cinema

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-0464

    At issue in this franchise tax case was whether a movie theater may subtract film exhibition costs as a cost of goods sold when calculating its taxable margin under section 171.1012 of the Tex. Tax Code.