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  • Reed v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Juliana Sleeper, Karen S. Bemis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0530

    Defendant Failed to Show Prejudice Resulting From His Absence From Numerous Bench Conferences During Tria

  • NetChoice v. Paxton

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Social Media
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-51178

    A Texas statute named House Bill 20 generally prohibits large social media platforms from censoring speech based on the viewpoint of its speaker.

  • Appellate Division,Second Department: September 30, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Downs
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown released on: September 23, 26, 28, 2022

  • Gauuan v. Eastshowtime, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
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    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Acting Justice Sally E. Unger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 712212/2015

    Defrauded Plaintiffs' Case Dismissed for Failure to Prove Damages

  • September 21, 2022 | The Recorder

    On Appeals: When the Court Phones a Friend: Certification of Questions of State Law

    Given the increased interest in certification, litigators of all stripes should understand the rules governing it.

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  • Hyland v. Navient Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees Kathryn Hyland, Melissa Garcia, Jessica Saint-Paul, Rebecca Spitler-Lawson, Michelle Means, Elizabeth Kaplan, Jennifer Guth, Megan Nocerino, Elizabeth Taylor, and Anthony Church, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated: Faith E. Gay, Yelena Konanova, David A. Coon, Max Siegel, on the brief, Caitlin J. Halligan, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York, NY; Mark Richard, Phillips, Richard & Rind, P.A., Miami, FL.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Navient Corporation, Navient Solutions, LLC: Ashley M. Simonsen, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrew A. Ruffino, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY. For Objector-Appellant William Yeatman: Anna St. John, Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Center for Class Action Fairness, Washington, DC. For Objector-Appellant Richard Estle Carson, III: Eric Alan Isaacson, Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, La Jolla, CA.
    Case Number: 20-3765-cv

    Fair Settlement's Cy Pres Award Aids Class Member Navigation of Loan Forgiveness Program

  • King v. Baylor University

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Education Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-50352

    Appellant, Allison King, enrolled online for the Spring 2020 semester at Baylor University for undergraduate "educational services," including meals and on-campus activities.

  • U.S. v. Ragonese

    Publication Date: 2022-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Christine I. Magdo, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel H. Wolf, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Colleen P. Cassidy, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-3371-cr

    Prior State Conviction Is Held Categorically Related to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

  • Payne v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Devin Austin Rafus, Manubir Singh Arora, (The Aurora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Karen S. Bemis Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0469

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenges to jury instructions and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • August 26, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Swift Transportation Co. v. Carman

    The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed a ruling that allowed the family of a victim of a fatal car crash to pursue punitive damages against a trucking company, reasserting its holding in a 1986 decision that negligent acts alone are not sufficient to tack on extra damages.

    22 minute read