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  • July 10, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News—July 10 2023—Ballard Spahr

    Ballard Spahr announced that seven attorneys have been elected to the firm partnership, effective July 1, including four in the firm's Philadelphia office: Lorene L. Boudreau, Christopher A. Jones, Elizabeth K. McManus and Jennifer Santangelo.

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  • July 10, 2023 | Law.com

    Singapore Law Society President and TSMP partner, Adrian Tan, Dies Aged 57

    While serving as the Law Society's president, Tan dedicated much of his efforts to addressing and staunching the flow of young lawyers leaving the profession, a phenomenon that he had dubbed 'The Great Resignation'.

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  • In the Interest of: K.T.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 37 WAP 2022

    Trial courts were to consider child's need for permanency and stability equally and should also consider intangibles such as the parent-child bond, including whether the bond was necessary and beneficial for a child and whether its severance would cause extreme, irreparable harm to a child. Order of the superior court vacated, case remanded.

  • Herbig v. Welch

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Guerra
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    Case Number: 01-22-00080-CV

    A trustee, who was sued by another trustee in a competing trust over the conveyance of funds, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in finding it had jurisdiction to void the conveyance.

  • Houston Area Safety Council v. Mendez

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
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    Case Number: 21-0496

    A drug testing company, that was sued by an individual who lost his job due to a false positive, successfully proved on appeal that it could not be held liable.

  • People v. Mercado

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice David J. Kirschner
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    Case Number: 70806/2023

    States Are Free to Afford Greater Rights and Protections Than Required by Federal Law

  • Coster v. UIP Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Michael K. Ross, Serine Consolino, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 163, 2022

    Stock issuance that diluted interest of stockholder with one-half interest who had filed a custodian action to break board election deadlock was not inequitable where issuance was reasonably calculated to prevent default under company's key contracts and had the benefit of retaining a key employee, while stockholder was not coerced as she retained a swing vote.

  • In the interest of ERD

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-22-00153-CV

    A mother, who argued on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion by granting possession and access of her children to their grandparents, successfully proved on appeal that she was entitled to relief.

  • Kudzu Capital, LLC v. City of Decatur

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Peters, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luther Beck, John Zwald, (Beck, Zwald & Associates, LLC), Buford, Bryan Downs, (Wilson Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0374

    Court affirms a final judgment in a condemnation case over property owner's arguments over admission of certain testimony and exclusion of other evidence

  • Shi v. Bagatelle Int'l Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Edgardo Ramos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-CV-8473

    Prima Facie Discrimination Claim Made But True Reason Behind Firing in Dispute