• In the Matter of Christian Aaron Coomer.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Andreea N. Morrison, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes S. Kingma, (Stites & Harbison, PLLC), Atlanta, Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Mark Daniel Lefkow, (Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S24Y1244

    Court Suspends Attorney for Two Years Over Professional Misconduct Involving Vulnerable Client

  • Singh v. Deloitte LLP

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Mark K. Gyandoh, Capozzi Adler, P.C., Merion Station, PA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Jared R. Killeen, on the brief, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Michael E. Kenneally, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 23-110

    Retirement Plan's Fees Not Shown To Be Excessive, Fiduciary Duty Not Shown Breached

  • Appellate Division, First Department: December 19, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals List & Motions List released on:December 17, 2024

  • IRBC, LLC v. Karpe

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Greene
    Judge: Justice Richard Mott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff: Hans H. Augustin, Esq., Edward Rugino, Esq., Roach & Lin, P.C., Syosset, NY.
    for defendant: Defendants: Jonathan E. Cohen, Esq., Law Office of Jonathan E. Cohen Attorney for Defendants, Koz Karpe, and Jazz (Last Name Refused) as "John Doe #1", Niverville, NY. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc, Albany, NY. US Bank, N.A., as Trustee, for Residential Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-EMX9, c/o C T Corporation System, New York, NY.

    Case Number: EF2023-943

    Summary Judgment Denied and Granted in Part to Foreclose on Residential Property

  • New York County, Surrogate's Court: December 19, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, New York County
    Judge: Surrogate Hillary Gingold and Rita Mella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders and Decree & Orders signed between:December 10-16, 2024

  • N.B. v. J.D.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey S. Sunshine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for the Plaintiff: Gail I. Bader, Esq.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant: Cindy Nicola Brown, Esq. Attorney for the Child: Jennifer Marshall, Esq.

    Case Number: (redacted)

    Pendent Lite Relief Granted and Denied in Matrimonial Action

  • Gude v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A1356

    Court Affirms Convictions in a Felony Murder Case and Rejects Defendant's Claims of Jury Instruction Error and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • December 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    High Court Revives Kleinbard's Bid to Collect $70K in Legal Fees From Lancaster DA

    “Although discovery may yield information that undermines Kleinbard’s entitlement to payment from these funds, the decision to deny relief as a matter of law at the preliminary objections stage was premature,” the majority held in an opinion authored by Justice Kevin Dougherty.

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  • Phhhoto Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Irving Scher, on the brief, Scott Martin, Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY; Sarah LaFreniere, Hausfeld LLP, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Phillip F. Cramer, Sperling & Slater, LLC, Nashville, TN; Eamon P. Kelly & Nathan A. Shev, Sperling & Slater, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Josh Davis, Christopher R. Leslie, Robert H. Lande, Peter C. Carstensen, John B. Kirkwood, Edward D. Cavanaugh, Darren Bush & Harry First, as amici curiae Nada Djordjevic, DiCello Levitt LLP, Chicago IL; Gregory S. Asciolla, DiCello Levitt LLC, New York, NY; Robin A. van der Meulen, Scott & Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY; Kristen Marttila, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws, as amicus curiae For Defendant-Appellee: Alex Treiger, on the brief, Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 23-763

    Sherman Act's Statute-of-Limitations Should Have Been Equitably Tolled; Claim Is Timely

  • In re Office of the Attorney General

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Government | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 24-0073

    Plaintiffs, four former employees of the Office of the Attorney General, filed a 2020 Whistleblower Act suit against relator, the Office of the Attorney General.