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  • Courtois v. Toms Capital Inv. Mgmt. LP

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Louis Nock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 161028/2020

    Issue of Fact Exists on Vicarious Liability as to Unjust Enrichment, Negligence Claims

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Brian Stull, (American Civil Liberties Union), Durham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee. Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Laurence Shtasel, Taylor Lake, Heidi Crikelair, (Blank Rome LLP), Philidelphia, for Amicus Appellant. Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21P0078

    Requiring Death Penalty Defendant to Prove Intellectual Disability Beyond Reasonable Doubt Not Unconstitutional

  • AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Lebanon County Employees Ret. Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia G. Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; David Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69232

    Stockholders could file inspection demand after asserting credible circumstantial evidence that corporate directors and managers had engaged in wrongdoing.

  • Greenberg v. Spitzer

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Putnam
    Judge: Justice Victor Grossman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Robert J. Dwyer, Esq., Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Plaintiff: John L. Gardiner, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, New York. Attorney for Defendant: Jay Ward Brown, Esq., New York, New York.
    Case Number: 800004/2018

    Former AIG CEO's Defamation Claims Against Former NY Governor Fail to Show Actual Malice

  • Steele v. Healthcare Prof'l. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court, Dutchess
    Judge: Justice Paul Marx
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Nancy M. McGee, Esq., Wissell and McGee, LLP, Kew Gardens, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant HPIC: Christopher Massaroni, Esq., Hodgson Russ, LLP, Albany, NY. John P. DeFillipis, Esq., Clausen Miller, PC, New York, NY. For Defendant Spyros Panos, M.D.: No appearance either self-represented or through counsel.
    Case Number: 2019-54012

    Excess Policy Was Triggered by Exhaustion of Primary Claims-Made Policy in Claim Year

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Isabella Krystle Levy, Katherine Morgan Mason, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Rebecca Ashley Wright, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0873

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Skuse v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Patterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Linthorst (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Jackson Lewis, attorneys; Thomas A. Linthorst, Sam S. Shaulson, John M. Nolan, Carla D. Macaluso, and Timothy M. McCarthy, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Alan H. Schorr (Schorr & Associates, attorneys; Alan H. Schorr, on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-86-18 (082509)

    Employees' Acknowledgement that Continued Employment Was Deemed Assent to Arbitration Sufficient to Bind Employee

  • Whelan v. Armstrong Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Marotta (Hogan Lovells US and K&L Gates, attorneys; Sean Marotta, Joseph F. Lagrotteria, and Adam G. Husik, on the briefs); Karen J. Stanzione-Conte (Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, attorneys; Karen J. Stanzione-Conte and Michelle B. Cappuccio, on the briefs); Jeffrey S. Kluger (McGivney, Kluger & Cook, attorneys; Jeffrey S. Kluger and Christopher M. Longo, on the briefs); Meghan C. Goodwin (Clyde & Co. US, attorneys; Jeffrey Fegan, of counsel and on the briefs, and Meghan C. Goodwin and Daren S. McNally, on the briefs); Patrick K.A. Elkins (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, attorneys; Patrick K.A. Elkins and Bryan M. Killian of the District of Columbia and Connecticut bars, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief); Sara K. Saltsman (Mayfield, Turner, O’Mara & Donnelly, attorneys; Sara K. Saltsman, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Christopher M. Placitella (Cohen Placitella & Roth and The Lanier Law Firm, attorneys; Rachel A. Placitella and Shannon K. Tully, on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-40/41/42/43/44/45/46-18 (081810)

    Original Product Manufacturers Could Be Liable for Asbestos Exposure from Third-Party Replacement Components

  • In re: Asbestos Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Loreto P. Rufo, Rufo Associates, PA, Hockessin, DE; John V. Work, Law Office of John V. Work, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Paul A. Bradley and Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Tome, Reilly McDevitt & Henrich, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips and David A. Bilson, Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle Gumapac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy A. Sullivan III, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba PC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D68936

    Motion to extend trial date denied where plaintiffs failed to meet good cause standard after failing to develop factual record required by Texas asbestos law after two extensions to trial date.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Kwashnak, (Public Defender's Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Plez Higdon Hardin, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1266

    Court affirms aggravated assault and felony murder convictions but vacates aggravated assault sentence that should have merged.