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  • Haynes and Boone v. NFTD

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0066

    This case called on the court to define more precisely the scope of the attorney-immunity defense.

  • State of Delaware, Dep't of Fin. v. AT&T Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara A. Lima, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69437

    Where defendant made a particularized showing regarding an improper purpose in connection with an agency's issuance of a governmental subpoena, the court was entitled to request further submissions before deciding the matter.

  • K.G. v. J.G.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice H. Patrick Leis III
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Attorney: Philip C. Chronakis, Esq., Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, PC, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Defendant's Attorney: Michael W. Meyers, Esq., Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C., Hauppauge, NY. Attorney for Child: Darelle C. Cairo, Esq., Riverhead, NY.
    Case Number: 3303/2018

    Declaration Post-Marital Dispositional Election in Contract Enforceable Granted Wife

  • Riggi v. Charlie Rose Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Verna Saunders
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 159167/2019

    Make-Up Artist Denied Leave to Amend Complaint to Include Contract Breach, Estoppel Claims

  • In Re KL Auto

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1022

    Defendants in this personal injury suit argued that the trial court abused its discretion by quashing their discovery requests, including those for information regarding the plaintiff's medical providers' negotiated rates and costs, and by denying their motion for reconsideration.

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Alexander Fitzner, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0035

    Victim's Diary Entries Admissible at Murder Trial Under Residual Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Rolnitzky v. Tyrnauer

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Leon Ruchelsman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 517715/19

    Disqualification of Plaintiff's Counsel Denied; Defendants to Respond to Interrogatories

  • Waller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, William Donald Kelly, Jr., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0276

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and vacates armed robbery conviction due to merger error.

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0399

    Sentences on Two Separate Firearm-Possession Counts Should Have Merged

  • St. Germain v. Seaman

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Suzanne Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 158114/2015

    Evidence Shows NYCTA, Not Moving Defendants Responsible for Maintaining Subject Area