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  • 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:
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    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.

  • New York County, Surrogate's Court: December 16, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, New York County
    Judge: Surrogate Hillary Gingold and Rita Mella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders and Decrees & Orders signed:December 9-12, 2024

  • Wharton v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-22-00178-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of capital murder and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for life without parole.

  • Times v. Success Acad. Charter Sch. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Jerald Times, appearing pro se.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Diane Windholz, Laura Victorelli, Jackson Lewis P.C., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22cv3229

    Questions Exists on Whether Plaintiff Would Have Been Fired Notwithstanding Email to HR

  • December 13, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Class Gifts and NY’s 'Adoption Out' Statute: Guidance for NY Fiduciaries on Minimizing Litigation Risks

    Should the fiduciary permit those individuals to share in the class gift? Missteps in this decision can, and often do, lead to the assertion of claims against the fiduciary followed by costly, protracted litigation. This article aims to assist fiduciaries of New York trusts and estates in navigating this dilemma while minimizing the risk of litigation.

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  • LKF v. MTF

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (redacted)

    Court Orders Plaintiff to Put Money Back into 529 Accounts

  • Weaver v. Weaver

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 10404 OF 2021, C.A.

    The court denied plaintiff's exceptions to the divorce hearing officer's report, adopted the hearing officer's findings of fact and conclusions of law, and granted a divorce to the parties who had been separated for over 8 years. There was insufficient evidence to establish the existence of a 401(k) account in the name of the defendant and thus no distribution of it was awarded to either party. Each party was to keep all personal property in their possession including automobiles and bank accounts. A physician's verification form su