• Matter of A.H.M.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Clinton
    Judge: Justice Mark Powers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Petitioner: Emile Primeaux, Esq., Empire Justice Center, Rochester; Charlie Arrowood, Esq. / Noah Lewis, Esq., Transcend Legal, New York.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: court redacted

    Objections to Transgender Inmate's Petition for Name Change Conclusory; Petition Granted

  • Eller et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Aimee F. Sobhani, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Sharon Moyer Fox, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Marian York (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1549

    The evidence sufficiently supported a brother and sister's convictions for killing the sister's boyfriend and leaving his body in the back of his abandoned truck and although the trial court erred in allowing the alternate jurors to retire with the other jurors during deliberations, defendants failed to show that the error harmed them.

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Ihrig (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1349

    The trial court did not reversibly err in admitting certain evidence in defendant's murder trial and the evidence supported his convictions.

  • Yoo v. St. John's Univ.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-05
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Diccia Pineda-Kirwan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Joshua Gropper, Esq., Gropper Law Group.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant St. John's University i/s/h/a St. John's University (College of Pharmacy and Health Services): Glenn A. Monk, Esq., Harrington, Ocko & Monk, LLP.; Attorneys for Defendants, Steven J. Consentino, Rockwell Compounding Associates, Inc.: Matthew K. Flanagan, Esq., Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos, LLP.

    Case Number: 703693/14

    Plaintiffs Limited to Receipt of Worker's Compensation Benefits in Wrongful Death Action

  • Elenza, Inc. v. Alcon Labs. Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Intellectual Property
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Simeone, Charles T. Kimmett, Walter E. Anderson, and John R. Grimm, Harris, Wilshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, DC; Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellant
    for defendant: Heidi K. Hubbard, Daniel P. Shanahan, David Randall J. Riskin, Tamara A. Rubb, and Michelle L. Hood, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel M. Silver, and Benjamin P. Smyth, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D68096

    Misappropriation of trade secrets claim properly denied where plaintiff failed to cite specific uses of its alleged trade secrets in any claimed misappropriation by defendant.

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Condello

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants Condello: Law Offices of Charles Wallshein, LLC, Melville, NY.

    Case Number: 21800/13

    Homeowners' Claims Regarding Bank's RPAPL §1304 Compliance Rejected

  • Tanner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy Lee Henley (Rome Circuit Public Defender's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Herbert McIntosh Poston Jr. (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1417

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder and other crimes and he failed to show any actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his lawyers performance in support of his argument that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to conflict-free counsel at trial.

  • S.B.S. v. S.S.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau County
    Judge: Acting Justice Stacy Bennett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 203312/13

    Court Suspends Mothers Parental Access in All Forms, Including Email and Social Media

  • Matter of N.Y.S. v. Charada T.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Daniel Conviser
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the State: December Sutton, of counsel, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
    for defendant: For the Respondent: Jessica Botticelli and Laura B. Hyman, of counsel, Mental Hygiene Legal Services, First Department.

    Case Number: 30111-2017

    Court Releases Convicted Sex Offender Who Is Not Subject to MHL Article 10

  • OTR Media Grp. v. Bd. of Standards & Appeals of N.Y.C.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Advertising | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Carmen St. George
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 158646/2016

    Board of Standards and Appeals Must Reconsider Denial of Advertising Sign Registration