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  • Federal Corp v. Truhlar

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 08-16-00095-CV

    A foreign corporation, that was sued in relation to the sale of tires and argued lack of personal jurisdiction, failed to show the court lacked personal jurisdiction.

  • V.D. v. P.D.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Joseph Lorintz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for the Plaintiff: Avinoam Cohen, Esq., A. Cohen Law Firm, P.C., Valley Stream, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for the Defendant: Barton R. Resnicoff, Esq., Barton R. Resnicoff, P.C., New Hyde Park, NY.
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    Divorce Judgment Entitled to Full Faith, Credit But Defective Service Dismisses Petition

  • M.F. v. Cuomo

    Publication Date: 2021-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Covid-19
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Diccia Pineda-Kirwan
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    Case Number: 607277/21

    Mother Denied Enjoining Schools From Continuing to Impose Face-Masks On Children

  • Winegard v. Newsday LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Eric Komitee
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    Case Number: 19-CV-04420

    ADA's Definition of 'Public Accommodation' Does Not Apply to Stand-Alone Websites

  • July 23, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Constitutional Challenges to Pot Licensing Residency Requirements: Will They Impact NJ?

    A look at the issues underpinning two recent lawsuits brought against Missouri and Maine by non-resident applicants seeking cannabis licensure in states with durational residency requirements.

    8 minute read

  • Ex Parte Jones

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: PD-0552-18

    Appellant, who was charged with unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material, failed to show how the statute was a violation of the First Amendment.

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Megan Camille Gaither, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1295

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's claims that prior act evidence was inadmissible

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Pritchett, Louie Fraser, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0353

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Interest of DT

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 20-0055

    In this government-initiated suit to terminate parental rights, the court was tasked with determining whether parents in such suits who retain counsel of their own choosing, as opposed to being appointed counsel, may challenge their counsel's performance by asserting an ineffective-assistance claim.

  • July 2, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Why Nominal Damages Are Important

    In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin Schwartz discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling in 'Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski', where the court held that a claim for nominal damages can save a §1983 federal court case from dismissal for mootness, to illustrate the important role nominal damages play in §1983 constitutional litigation.

    10 minute read