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  • Smith v. CJS Land Servs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Francois A. Rivera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 512728/2023

    Motion Denied; Counsel's Affirmation Did Not Have Sufficient Documentary Evidence

  • Hertzano v. Pressman Toy Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Practice Area: International Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Arlene P. Bluth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 654488/2023

    No Conclusive Findings of Israeli Law, Motion to Dismiss Denied

  • N.J.L v. C.A.L, II

    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (redacted)

    Self-harm by Child Did Not Constitute Duress to Void Stipulation

  • Fenix Capital Funding LLC v. Sunny Direct, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Defendants: William M. Davis of counsel, Law Office of Caridi P.C., Brooklyn.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 526377/2023

    Unauthenticated Evidence Not Enough to Grant Plaintiff's Summary Judgment

  • Bernard-Moses v. Chick-Fil-A Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Jared B. Dubin, of counsel, Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm, P.C., New York City.
    for defendant: For Defendant Crown 144 Fulton LLC and non-party Melbo Franchise Holdings, Inc.: Kristen E. John, of counsel, Rende, Ryan & Downes, LLP, White Plains.
    Case Number: 506371/2022

    Relation Back Inapplicable; Defendants Were Not United in Interest

  • In the Matter of Sharon L. Barksdale.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    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: Donald Barclay Brown, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, William Thomas Davis, (Naggiar & Sarif LLC), Newnan, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0016

    Court imposes a public reprimand in an attorney disciplinary matter for violations of Rules 1.3 and 1.4 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • The Estate of Margaret Alechko

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Damaris E.Torrent
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Joseph L. Ciaccio, Esq., Napoli Shkolnick, PLLC, Melville, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Anna Borea, Esq., Steven V. Debraccio, Esq., Wilson Elser Mos Kowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains, New York.
    Case Number: 59472/2022

    Statute Applied Retroactively, Defendant Immune from Being Sued

  • In the Matter of R. Dale Perry.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Dale Perry, Gainseville, for appellee; Patrick H. Head, Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0071

    Court disbars attorney for multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in various client matters

  • In re Delaware Pub. Sch. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Wilson B. Davis, New Castle County Law Department, New Castle, DE; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Craig T. Eliassen, Gary E. Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Richard H. Morse, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Dwayne Bensing, ACLU Foundation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Saul P. Morgenstern, Peta Gordon, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 138, 2023

    Chancery court erred in awarding fee shifting in public interest litigation where the case effectively obtained a benefit no greater than simply compelling the government to properly perform its duties.

  • In the Matter of Derric Crowther.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    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: Kim Monroe Jackson, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ivan Andrew Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), Atlanta, for appellee; Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, (Mediation & Law Office of Jocarol Nesset-Sale), Athens, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23Y1117

    Court rejects Special Master's and review Board's recommendations and orders disbarment in attorney misconduct cases involving trust account violations and mismanagement of settlement funds