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September 2, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Can you copyright a dance move?

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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 29, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - Aug. 29, 2022

Renowned attorney Raymond M. Brown to receive NJSBF 2022 Medal of Honor. 'Olenowski' Special Master: DRE testimony is reliable.

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West Side Marquis, LLC v. De Jourdan

Publication Date: 2022-08-24
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
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Court: Civil Court, New York
Judge: Judge Daniele Chinea
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for defendant:
Case Number: LT 74208/79

Newly Enacted Rent Control Law Supersedes Private Agreement Between Landlord and Tenants

August 23, 2022 | Law.com

Who Got the Work?℠: Big Law Defends Meta From Claims Linking Social Media to Mental Health + More

Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.

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Belya v. Kapral

Publication Date: 2022-08-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard B. Katskee, on the brief, Bradley Girard, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin, Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Daniel H. Blomberg, Lori H. Windham, Daniel D. Benson, on the brief, Diana Verm Thomson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, and Donald J. Feerick, Jr., Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC, South Nyack, NY. For Amici Curiae Professor Michael W. McConnell and Professor Douglas Laycock: Thomas G. Hungar, Andrew G.I. Kilberg, John Matthew Butler, Jason Manion, Macey L. Olave, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Assemblies of God (USA), Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Gordon D. Todd, Daniel J. Hay, John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Ryan Paulsen, Ryan N. Gardner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Matthew T. Nelson, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI. James A. Campbell, Solicitor General of Nebraska; Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; David T. Bydalek, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas; Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi; Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri; Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana; John M. O'Connor, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; and Sean D. Reyes, Attorney General of Utah, for Amici Curiae States of Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah, in support of Defendants-Appellants.
Case Number: 21-1498

Church Autonomy, Collateral Order Doctrines Discussed in Defamation Appeal's Dismissal

Texas Fair Plan v. Ahmed

Publication Date: 2022-08-22
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Spain
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Case Number: 14-20-00585-CV

Appellee, Adil Ahmed, had his home insured by appellant Texas FAIR Plan Association and sustained hail damage in spring 2015.

Williams v. MTA Bus Co.

Publication Date: 2022-08-19
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Ike Williams: David John Hommel, on the reply brief, Andrew Rozynski, Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee MTA Bus Company: Gabriella Palencia, Executive Agency Counsel, for David Farber, General Counsel, MTA Bus Company, New York, NY.
Case Number: 20-2985

Applicant's Qualifications for Job Sought Not Shown; No Bias in Denial of ASL Interpreter

U.S. v Godfrey

Publication Date: 2022-08-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge: District Judge Sidney Stein
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Case Number: 17-Cr-511

Court Vacates Defendant's Conviction; Shooting Does Not Meet Elements of Assault

August 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses Lemberg Found. v. Shuttleworth Artists," and "Boston LLC v. 35 West Realty Co., LLC."

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