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  • Cmty. Housing Improvement Program v. NYC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Timothy Bishop (Chicago, ANDREW J. PINCUS, Washington D.C., Reginald R. Goeke, New York City), on the brief, Robert William Hamburg, Mayer Brown LLP.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee RuthAnne Visnauskas: Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General for the State of New York, Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, Caroline A. Olsen, Assistant Solicitor General, Of Counsel, New York, N.Y. For Defendants-Appellees City of New York, Rent Guidelines Board, David Reiss, Arpit Gupta, Alex Schwarz, Christian Gonzalez-Rivera, Christina DeRose, Robert Ehrlich, Christina Smyth, Sheila Garcia, Adán Soltren, RuthAnne Visnauskas: Claude S. Platton, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, Richard Dearing, Jesse A. Townsend, Of Counsel, New York, N.Y. For Intervenors: Sean P. Baldwin, Michael Duke, Babak Ghafarzade, Sophie Lipman, on the brief, Selendy & Gay PLLC, Caitlin J. Halligan.
    Case Number: 20-3366-cv

    NYC RSL Does Not Effect, Facially, a Physical Occupation of Landlords' Properties

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: February 17, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:February 10 & 15, 2023

  • In the Matter of Chandra McNeil Norton.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy Scott Chartash, (Chartash Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Taylor Tucker & Jones LLC), Peachtree City for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0306

    Court orders disbarment as a sanction against a lawyer who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and who failed to report conviction for more than a year

  • Senior Care Living v. Preston Hollow

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Farris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-21-00602-CV

    In an underlying litigation, the trial court issued a final judgment awarding damages of over $50 million in favor of appellees and against appellants.

  • U.S. v. Nieves

    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Allison Nichols, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Jun Xiang, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Edward S. Zas, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-1901-cr

    Court Exceeded Its Discretion by Insufficiently Accounting for Gang Bias Among Jurors

  • Port of Corpus v. Port of Corpus

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Admiralty | Litigation | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-40124

    In this case, the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, a governmental entity, sued the Port of Corpus Christi, L.P., a private entity, alleging trespass and encroachment on its submerged land.

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: January 13, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:January 11, 2023

  • Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Michael Radine, Dina Gielchinsky, Aaron A. Schlanger, Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, on the brief, Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees HSBC Holdings PLC, HSBC Bank PLC, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Mark G. Hanchet, Robert W. Hamburg, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Credit Suisse: Marc R. Cohen, Alex C. Lakatos, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Commerzbank AG: Alexis Collins, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Barclays Bank PLC: Michael T. Tomaino, Jr., Jeffrey T. Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Standard Chartered Bank: Sharon L. Nelles, Andrew J. Finn, Bradley P. Smith, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Stephen I. Vladeck, Austin, TX. For Amici Curiae Eight United States Senators in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Michael A. Petrino, Jonathan E. Missner, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Retired Generals of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Arthur H. Bryant, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Oakland, CA; Joshua I. Hammack, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae the Institute of International Bankers, the American Bankers Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the European Banking Federation in support of Defendants-Appellees: Marc J. Gottridge, Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-3970

    Action's Dismissal Upheld; JASTA Claims Forfeited as First Raised in Reconsideration Bid

  • U.S. v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, on the brief, David K. Kessler, for Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jamesa J. Drake, Drake Law, LLC, Auburn, ME.
    Case Number: 18-1841

    354-Month Sentence Upheld; Constitutional Rights Not Breached, Suppression Properly Denied

  • Mendez v. Schenk

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff, Pro Se: Luis Mendez, Sandstone FCI, Inmate Mail/Parcels, Sandstone, MN.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 9:21-CV-1090

    FTCA Claim Against U.S. Cannot Be Based on Wrongdoing by County, Its Employees