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  • New Yorkers for Students' Educational Rights v, State of NY

    Publication Date: 2020-02-18
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lucy Billings
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Michael A. Rebell Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: Michael E. Tracht Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant: Christopher V. Coulston and Jaclyn D. Saffir, Assistant Attorneys General, New York, NY. For Nonparty New York City Department of Education: Alan H. Kleinman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 100274/2013

    Following Claims of Inadequate Funding, NYC DOE Must Allow Experts to Evaluate Classes

  • Mortley v. Lavelle

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens County
    Judge: Justice Marguerite Grays
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 715324 2016

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  • State of NY v. JP Morgan Chase & Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-07
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice James D'Auguste
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff-Relator: Randall M. Fox, Esq., Kirby McInerney LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants JP Morgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Chase Bank USA NA, Chase Auto Finance Corp., and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC: Brian A. Herman, Esq., Kelly A. Moore, Esq., David G. Braun, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Ezra D. Church, Esq. (pro hac vice)
    Case Number: 100271/2015

    Banks' Alleged Duty to Pay Interest Under the APL May Be an Actionable 'Obligation'

  • Lee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Katherine Morgan Mason, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (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: S19A0661

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's objections to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error

  • Bradley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, P.C.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0384

    Court Affirms in Part and Vacates in Part Trial Court Order Denying Murder's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea Where Murder Claimed That Trial Court Gave Vague Explanation of Consequences of Pleading Guilty but Record Showed That He Was Informed of Range of Possible Sentences

  • Feuer v. Merck & Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa J. Rodriguez (Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, attorneys; Lisa J. Rodriguez, on the brief)
    for defendant: J. Gordon Cooney, Jr. (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, attorneys; J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., John McGahren, Marc J. Sonnenfeld, and Jason H. Wilson, on the brief)
    Case Number: A-34-18 (081409)

    Stockholder's Inspection Request Denied for Seeking Books and Records Outside Scope of Statutory Inspection Right

  • Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. V. Aruba Networks, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-01
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Christine M. Mackintosh, Michael T. Manuel and Rebecca A. Musarra, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilming-ton, DE for petitioners.
    for defendant: Michael P. Kelly, Steven P. Wood and Daniel J. Brown, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Karen Pieslak Pohlmann and Laura Hughes McNally, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for respondent. Ned Wein-berger, Derrick Farrell and Thomas Curry, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE for amici curiae professors in support of petitioners. Gregory P. Williams, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for amici curiae professors in support of respondent.
    Case Number: D68549

    The chancery court abused its discretion in this statutory appraisal proceeding when valuing the shares by deducting unspeci-fied reduced agency costs from the deal price.

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caitlin Elaine Angelette, Katherine Morgan Mason, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., Mary Elizabeth Bitting, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1440

    Murder convictions affirmed over defendant's challenges to evidence

  • Kosta v. WDF Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
    Judge: Justice Reginald Boddie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 31167/09

    Contractor Who Modified Conveyor, Disregarded Warnings Is Liable for Worker's Death

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad (Haddad Law Group LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn (Department of Law), Atlanta; Joshua Daniel Morrison, Paul L. Howard Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Michael V. Snow (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0262

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Cross-Examine Witness Regarding Multiple Prior Arrests and Felony Convictions