• Trust v. Roskell

    Publication Date: 2018-10-24
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County
    Judge: Justice Vincent Martorana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Esseks, Hefter, Angel, Di Talia & Pasca, Riverhead, New York
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff David Trust: Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley et al., Riverhead, New York Attorney for Additional Defendants Alfred Shuman & Stephanie Shuman: McNulty-Speiss, P.C., Riverhead, New York Attorney for Additional Defendants Calista Washburn & Lalitte Smith: Matthews, Kirst & Cooley, PLLC, East Hampton, New York Attorney for Additional Defendants Joseph Magliocco & Allison Magliocco: Robert Kouffman, Esq., Bridgehampton, New York Attorney for Third-Party Defendants: Fox Rothschild, LLP, New York, New York

    Case Number: 13-14535

    Issues of Fact Exist as to Whether Property Owners Have a Matured Prescriptive Easement

  • October 23, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    High Court Orders Public Release of Sandy Hook Killer's Personal Writings

    The state's high court ruled 5-0 Tuesday that nothing in the state's statutes prohibits the release of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza's writings. It's not clear, though, when those documents will now be made public.

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  • U.S. ex rel. Daugherty v. Tiversa Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-23
    Practice Area: Government | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the relator: James W. Hawkins, James W. Hawkins, LLC, Alpharetta, Georgia
    for defendant: For defendants Tiversa Holding Corp., Tiversa Inc., and Tiversa Government Inc.: Steven W. Zoffer, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.; For defendant Robert Boback: Brandon J. Verdream, Robert J. Ridge, Jonathan D. Klein, Clark Hill PLC, New York, New York

    Case Number: 14 cv 4548

    Only FCA Qui Tam Suit's Claims Based on DHS Contract Dismissed, Partly With Prejudice

  • October 22, 2018 | Daily Report Online

    Supreme Court of Georgia Disbars 2, Rejects 2 Petitions for Voluntary Discipline

    The justices on Monday issued four attorney discipline opinions.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: October 17, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-10-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department:October 17, 2018

  • Kana Energy v. Jiangsu Jinshi

    Publication Date: 2018-10-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources | Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00863-CV

    Kana sued Appellees for fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and other claims.

  • October 19, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Stark Tosses Infringement Suit Over Venue, Rejecting 'Alter Ego' Theory

    A Delaware federal judge has dismissed an infringement lawsuit from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer seeking to block a generic version of their patented blood thinner drug Eliquis, finding that venue in the First State was improper after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in TC Heartland.

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  • Ronnie Van Zant Inc. v. Cleopatra Records Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Defendants‐Appellants Cleopatra Records, Inc. and Cleopatra Films: Rishi Bhandari, on the brief, Evan M. Mandel, Mandel Bhandari LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Plaintiffs‐Appellees Ronnie Van Zant, Inc., Gary R. Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Barbara Houston, Alicia Rapp, and Corinna Gaines Biemiller: Sandor Frankel, Pauline McTernan, on the brief, Richard G. Haddad, Otterbourg P.C., New York, NY For Amici Curiae A&E Television Networks, LLC, Home Box Office, Inc., Metro‐Goldwyn‐Mayer Studios Inc., Nbcuniversal Media, LLC, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Univision Communications Inc., and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., In Support of Defendants‐Appellants: Nathan Siegel, L. Danielle Toaltoan, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY For Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, The Association of American Publishers, Inc., Discovery Communications LLC, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., First Amendment Coalition, First Look Media Works, Inc., The International Documentary Association, The Investigative Reporting Workshop, MPA – The Association of Magazine Media, National Press Photographers Association, and the Tully Center For Free Speech, In Support of Defendants‐Appellants: Bruce D. Brown, Gregg P. Leslie, Caitlin Vogus, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 17-2849

    Consent Decree's Inconsistent Provisions Do Not Support Ban on Movie About Rock Band

  • October 17, 2018 | The American Lawyer

    Suspended West Virginia Justice Convicted in Criminal Fraud Trial

    As one West Virginia Supreme Court justice escaped a possible impeachment, another met a less favorable fate: guilty verdicts in a federal criminal trial.

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  • Commonwealth v. Irland

    Publication Date: 2018-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-1184

    The trial court erred in granting a petition for the forfeiture and destruction of defendant's firearm, seized by police during a road rage incident, as there was no historical foundation establishing common law civil forfeiture in the commonwealth and civil forfeiture of derivative contraband required statutory authorization. The high court affirmed the intermediate court's order.