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  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Burke Olivia Doherty, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0958

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of violation of a speedy trial right, trial court evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • January 12, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    Abandonment and Waiver of Issues on Appeal

    Abandonment of an issue on appeal occurs in a variety of ways by the carelessness or hyper-zealousness of a would-have-been appellant.

    8 minute read

  • Appellate Division First Department: January 10, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:January 10, 2023

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    Remand to Special Master For Hearing on State Bar's Motion For Default Was Appropriate

  • Fresh Air for the Eastside Inc. v. NYS Dept. of Envtl. Conservation

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court, Monroe
    Judge: Justice John J. Ark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner: Linda R. Shaw, Esq., Alan J. Knauf, Esq., Dwight Kanyuck, Esq., William F. Kellermeyer, Esq. and Melissa Valle, Esq., of Counsel, Knauf Shaw LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent Waste Management of New York, LLC: Kelly S. Foss, Esq. Steven P. Nonkes, Esq. Frank C. Pavia, Esq., Allison B. Fiut, Esq. of Counsel, Harris Beach PLLC. Assistant Attorney General Attorney for defendants The State of New York and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("NYSDEC") (together "the State"): Mihir A. Desai. Esq., Letitia James Attorney General State of New York. Attorneys for Defendant The City of New York: Ronald G. Hull, Esq. of Counsel, Heisman Nunes and Hull LLP.
    Case Number: E2022000699

    NYC Has No Duty to Fresh Air Plaintiff Per NY Constitution's Green Amendment

  • Brown v. NYC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John J. Kelley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 150757/2019

    Labor Law Claims Dismissed; NYC Had No Control Over How Plaintiff's Work Was Performed

  • January 11, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    First Department Rejects Gibson Dunn's Attempt to Stop Traverse Hearing in Suit Seeking $325K in Legal Fees

    Gibson Dunn's lawsuit filed in 2016 alleges that several individual defendants are liable based on theories of alter ego and piercing the corporate veil after a judgment for outstanding fees was entered against former client Be In, Inc.

    6 minute read

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: January 11, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motion List & Order on Application released on:January 9, 2023

  • LRD Funding LLC v. Wolk

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John J. Kelley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 160033/2020

    Defendant's Consolidation Mortgage Is Subordinate to Plaintiff's Mortgage

  • Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Michael Radine, Dina Gielchinsky, Aaron A. Schlanger, Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, on the brief, Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Mark G. Hanchet, Robert W. Hamburg, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Credit Suisse: Marc R. Cohen, Alex C. Lakatos, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Commerzbank AG: Alexis Collins, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Barclays Bank PLC: Michael T. Tomaino, Jr., Jeffrey T. Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Standard Chartered Bank: Sharon L. Nelles, Andrew J. Finn, Bradley P. Smith, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Stephen I. Vladeck, Austin, TX. For Amici Curiae Eight United States Senators in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael A. Petrino, Jonathan E. Missner, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Retired Generals of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Arthur H. Bryant, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Oakland, CA; Joshua I. Hammack, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae the Institute of International Bankers, the American Bankers Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the European Banking Federation in support of Defendants-Appellees: Marc J. Gottridge, Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-3970

    Action's Dismissal Upheld; JASTA Claims Forfeited as First Raised in Reconsideration Bid