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  • Borgelt v. Austin Firefighters Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Young
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-1149

    Respondent Austin Firefighters Association and the City of Austin agreed to a collective-bargaining agreement in 2017.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Fresh Air for the Eastside Inc. v. NYS Dept. of Envtl. Conservation

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court, Monroe
    Judge: Justice John J. Ark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner: Linda R. Shaw, Esq., Alan J. Knauf, Esq., Dwight Kanyuck, Esq., William F. Kellermeyer, Esq. and Melissa Valle, Esq., of Counsel, Knauf Shaw LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent Waste Management of New York, LLC: Kelly S. Foss, Esq. Steven P. Nonkes, Esq. Frank C. Pavia, Esq., Allison B. Fiut, Esq. of Counsel, Harris Beach PLLC. Assistant Attorney General Attorney for defendants The State of New York and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("NYSDEC") (together "the State"): Mihir A. Desai. Esq., Letitia James Attorney General State of New York. Attorneys for Defendant The City of New York: Ronald G. Hull, Esq. of Counsel, Heisman Nunes and Hull LLP.
    Case Number: E2022000699

    NYC Has No Duty to Fresh Air Plaintiff Per NY Constitution's Green Amendment

  • Rivera v. The Valley Hosp., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pierre-Louis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rowena M. Durán (Vasios, Kelly & Strollo, attorneys; Rowena M. Durán, of counsel and on the briefs); William G. Theroux (Buckley Theroux Kline & Cooley, attorneys; William G. Theroux and Sean C. Garrett, on the briefs); Evelyn Cadorin Farkas (Farkas & Donohue, attorneys; Evelyn Cadorin Farkas, of counsel and on the briefs, and Eileen M. Kavanagh, on the briefs).
    for defendant: Michael Gunzburg (Michael Gunzberg and Ruta, Soulios & Stratis, attorneys; Michael Gunzberg, and Demetrios K. Stratis, of counsel and on the briefs); Rayna E. Kessler (Robins Kaplan, attorneys; Rayna E. Kessler, and Ian S. Millican, of counsel and on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-25/26/27-21 (085992) (085993) (085994)

    Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs' Punitive Damages Claim Failed Where Evidence Only Showed Ordinary Negligence by Defendants

  • NVIDIA Corp. v. City of Westland Police & Fire Ret. Sys.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Brock E. Czeschin, Christian C.F. Roberts, Richards, Layton, & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Dwyer, Patrick E. Gibbs, Claire A. McCormack, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth D. Rigrodsky, Gina M. Serra, Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Frank R. Schirripa, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY; Travis E. Downs III, Erik W. Luedeke, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Thomas J. McKenna, Gregory M. Egleston, Gainey McKenna & Egleston, New York, NY; Beth A. Keller, Monteverde & Associates PC, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69906

    Stockholders in §220 action could not rely on their own hearsay evidence to prove proper purpose where they refused to identify potential witnesses to permit the company the opportunity to conduct depositions.

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Fox Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice David Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 151136/2021

    Defamation Suit Survives Against Fox News, Which Alleged Election Was Stolen

  • 260 BC LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, Town of E. Hampton

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Joseph Santorelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioners: Matthews, Kirst & Cooley, PLLC, East Hampton, NY. Attorneys for Petitioners: Margolin Besunder LLP, Islandia, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondents: Law Offices of Cahn & Cahn, P.C., Melville, NY. Attorneys for Intervenor: Michael G. Walsh, Esq., Water Mill, NY.
    Case Number: 2886/2018

    ZBA Properly Denied Petitioners' Request for Special Permit to Build Elevated Walkway

  • United States v. Cooley

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Breyer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1414

    Tribal police have authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way within reservation for potential violations of state or federal law

  • Site Safety LLC v. Gunnala

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Ian J. Brandt of counsel, Wagner, Berkow & Brandt, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Mario Biaggi, Jr., Esq., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 654459/2018

    Proposed Amendment to Counterclaim Partially Granted to Assert Claims From Nov. 2014