• April 13, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Same Evidence, but New Challenges for Prosecutors in Silver Retrial

    Jury selection is set to begin in the second bribery trial of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, as prosecutors are expected to present much of the same elements of a case that in 2015 won them a conviction on more than seven counts.

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  • Hand Down List decided on: April 11, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: April 11, 2018

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Jacob Dennis Rhein (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta; Russell Robert Jones (Office of the Public Defender), Springfield, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick (Department of Law), Atlanta; Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, Rebecca Ashley Wright (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1627

    The trial court did not err in admitting certain evidence in defendant's trial for the murder of an elderly disabled man for whom defendant provided live-in care.

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: April 10, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: April 10, 2018

  • Anthony v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Harvey Saul, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, Christopher M. Carr, John Stuart Melvin (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, Jesse David Evans, D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1722

    The evidence supported defendants' convictions for murder after they beat a man and left him unconscious on a darkened roadway, where he was struck by a car and killed, but did not support defendants' convictions for criminal gang activity involving an affray, as there was no evidence that the victim was a willing participant in a fight.

  • April 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review

    Trump Picks Winsor, Berger to Serve as Federal District Judges

    President Donald Trump tapped two Florida appellate judges with ties to Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Gov. Jeb Bush to serve as federal district judges.

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  • April 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

    Former Prosecutors, Judges Join Bid to Upend Conviction in Case of Race-Screened Jury

    High-profile Georgia lawyers have thrown their weight behind an effort to overturn a decades-old conviction based on the recent discovery that prosecutors in a 1977 murder case allegedly kept African-Americans off the jury and kept track of them by noting the letter "N" beside their names.

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  • Clark v. AII Acquisitions LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Robert E. Shuttlesworth, Shrader & Associates, LLP, Houston, TX, on the brief, Alani Golanski, Alani Golanski, Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee The Boeing Company: Brian D. Gross, Matthew T. Giardina, Jr., Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Providence, RI, Amaryah K. Bocchino, Stephan D. Dargitz, Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Wilmington, DE, on the brief, Martin F. Gaynor III, Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Boston, MA.2; For Defendant-Appellee Prysmian Communications Cables & Systems USA, LLC: Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs, on the brief, Bradley M. Wanner, Harris Beach, PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-1727-cv

    Court Abused Discretion in Invoking Judicial Estoppel in Asbestos Exposure Action

  • People v. Darryl T.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Peter Tom
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Shannon Henderson and Justin J. Braun of counsel, Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx
    for defendant: For Appellant: Ana Vuk-Pavlovic and Dennis B. Feld of counsel, Michael D. Neville, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola

    Case Number: 1311/13

    Counsel's Concession Deprived Not Guilty Plea Defendant of Effective Assistance

  • Barber v. Rome Housing Auth.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-05
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Mae D'Agostino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Ashley M. Kaplan, Esq., Samuel C. Young, Esq., of Counsel, Legal Services of Central, New York, Inc. — Utica, Utica, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Jeffrey M. Lipman, Esq., of Counsel, Lipman Law Firm, P.C., West Des Moines, Iowa.; Attorney for Plaintiffs: Samuel C. Young, Esq., of Counsel, Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. — Syracuse, Syracuse, New York.; Attorneys for Defendants: John W. Liguori, Esq., Mark T. Houston, Esq., of Counsel, Towne, Ryan & Partners P.C., Albany, New York.

    Case Number: 6:16-cv-1529

    Negligence in Bed Bug Infestation Treatment Not 'Deliberate Indifference'