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  • People v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Brendan T. Lantry
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: IND-2134-2019

    Charge Dismissed, People Failed to Show Defendant Received Funds in Excess of $1,000,000

  • Garrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel J. Sliger, (McDonald & Cody, LLC), Alto, Jessica Jones, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Scott Garrett, William Jeffrey Langley, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Blairsville, for appellee; Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24G0007

    Court rules there is no need to prove reliance on COVID-19 emergency order to extend statute of limitations, but reverses DUI conviction and remands for applicable of proper Daubert standard

  • Bowman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Suzanne Wilkes, (Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0642

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and challenge to admission of other acts evidence

  • Appellate Division, First Department: September 9, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-09-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:September 5, 2024

  • September 6, 2024 | Pro Mid Market

    Mid-Market Roundup: From Firm Hiring in the Mid-Atlantic to the Draw to Businesses in the Florida Market

    Welcome to Mid-Market Roundup, where our team of regional editors shares the trends, challenges, opportunities and observations emerging in their markets.…

    6 minute read

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Jonathan O. Oden, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0633

    Court affirms convictions in a stabbing death, and rejects defendant's claims of jury instruction error and admission of hearsay evidence as not being reversible plain error

  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Michael Starosto, Jr., (Star Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Elizabeth Marian York, (Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0565

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • September 4, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Charles E. Clayman

    For more than 50 years, Charles E. Clayman has fought for justice in the courtrooms of New York City and is considered by many to be one of the elder…

    6 minute read

  • September 4, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence in Matrimonial Actions

    "In situations of negligent destruction of evidence, the court must consider the prejudice resulting from spoliation in determining what type of sanctions are warranted," writes Joel R. Brandes.

    13 minute read

  • Secs. & Exch. Comm'n v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-02
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
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    Case Number: 23-10726

    Foreign bankruptcy receivers, who were subject to a bar put into place by the district court, successfully proved on appeal that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over them.