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  • November 11, 2020 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Mama Jo's v. Sparta Ins. Co.

    This article discusses the resounding Studio 417 victory for policyholders a mere five months after the pandemic swept the United States, a federal court in Missouri has issued an opinion signaling that the levee has already broken.

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  • November 11, 2020 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Gov't Employees Ins. Co. v. Mayzenberg

    Discovery plays an important role in an insurer's ability to successfully prosecute a 'Mallela' fraud case. In his Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick discusses the standard that insurers bringing a 'Mallela' action generally must meet to be able to obtain discovery from third parties and reviews two recent court decisions applying that standard.

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  • U.S. v. Requena

    Publication Date: 2020-11-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee, for the United States of America: Carla B. Freedman, Michael F. Perry, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Steven D. Clymer, Assistant United States Attorney, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants, for Brian Requena and Andrew Raymond: Brandon K. Breslow, on the brief, James E. Felman, Kynes Markman & Felman, PA, Tampa, FL.
    Case Number: 18-1906-cr

    Convictions Under Analogue Enforcement Act for Distributing Synthetic Marijuana Affirmed

  • Collins v. Putt

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Collins, pro se, Stamford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Rebecca Putt and Ed Klonoski: Mary K. Lenehan, Assistant Attorney General, for William Tong, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 19-1169-cv

    No Error in First Amendment Violation Claim's Evaluation Under 'Hazelwood'

  • U.S. v. Echeverry

    Publication Date: 2020-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker; Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlos Echeverry, White Deer, PA, pro se.
    for defendant: For Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY: Michael McGinnis and Anna M. Skotko, Assistant United States Attorneys.
    Case Number: 19-2202-cr

    First Step Act Reduction Denied; Fair Sentencing Act Did Not Alter Minimum Sentences

  • November 2, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Week of Nov. 2, 2020

    Texas A&M Law Professor Named MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Receives $625K Stipend Texas A&M School of Law professor Thomas W. Mitchell has been…

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department:October 28, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    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

    Appellate Division, Second Department:October 28, 2020

  • Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-50407

    A Texas statute allows mail-in voting for any voter at least 65 years old but requires younger voters to satisfy conditions, such as being absent from the county on election day or having a qualifying disability.

  • U.S. v. Bolin

    Publication Date: 2020-10-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For James P. Kennedy Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York: Tiffany H. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jay S. Ovsiovitch, Federal Public Defender's Office, Western District of New York.
    Case Number: 19-2119

    Vague Bar Against Violence-Promoting Speech Online Violates Free-Speech Rights

  • Hayes v. Dahlke

    Publication Date: 2020-10-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Taheen Hayes: Hillary Chutter-Ames, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, Illinois, on the brief, David Shapiro, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic, Chicago, Illinois.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees T. Dahlke, Daniel F. Martuscello, Raymond Shanley, Jason A. Meier, Gregory E. Langtry, Stephen A. Bence, E. Coon, K. Hoffman, J. Iarusso: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrea Oser, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Jonathan D. Hitsous, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, New York. For Amicus Curiae The Legal Aid Society: Robert Matthew Quackenbush, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Prisoners' Legal Services of New York: James M. Bogin, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Albany, NY, Michael E. Cassidy, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Plattsburgh, NY.
    Case Number: 19-650

    Inmate Exhausted Remedies by Following Grievance Procedure Even If CORC Did Not Respond