• K.J. v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2025-02-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Paez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-3052

    School district defendants not entitled to qualified immunity in suit brought by high school student alleging due process rights violations

  • McGoveran v. Amazon Web Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-11
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander L. Braitberg, Andrew D. Schlichter, Joel Rohlf, Nathan D. Stump, Schlichter Bogard LLP, St. Louis, MO; David T. Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari M. Selman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY; Elizabeth Herrington, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL; Jordan McCrary, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Raechel K. Kummer, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: 1:20-cv-01399-SB

    Court declined to enjoin subsequently-filed state court action where the issues and parties in that action were different from the present case and the state court was the proper forum for defendant to raise a claim preclusion defense.

  • N.K. v. A.D.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-2986-22

    Plaintiff appealed the amended FRO denying her request for attorney fees as compensatory damages following the issuance of a final restraining order against defendant under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act.

  • Cardinal Spellman High School v. Chenault

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Civil Court, Bronx
    Judge: Judge Betty Lugo-Martinez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-005250-23/BX

    Court Holds Action Was Timely Commenced Pursuant to Ledger Entries

  • Appellate Division, First Department: February 10, 2025

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    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 & Motions List released on:February 6, 2025

  • Clarke v. Town of Newburgh

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Cheryl E. Chambers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Robert A. Spolzino, Jeffrey A. Cohen, David Imamura, Steven Still, and Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School [Ruth Greenwood, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, Daniel Hessel, and Samuel Jacob Davis, pro hac vice], of counsel, Abrams Fensterman, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Misha Tseytlin and Bennet J. Moskowitz of counsel, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY. Intervenor-Appellant Pro Se: Barbara D. Underwood, Judith Vale, Andrea Trento, Beezly J. Kiernan, Sandra Park, Lindsay McKenzie, and Derek Borchardt of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY. Amicus Curiae Pro Se and for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California: Robert Brent Ferguson of counsel, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC. Amicus Curiae Pro Se: Adam Lioz, Samuel Spital, Stuart Naifeh, Michael Pernick, and Maia Cole of counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Town of Mount Pleasant and Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant: Ariana Dindiyal, Robert J. Tucker, Erika D. Prouty, Rebecca Schrote, and E. Mark Braden of counsel, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Town of Cheektowaga: Joseph Burns of counsel, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 2024-04376

    90-Day Safe Harbor Not Triggered by Resolution to Remedy Voting Rights Violation

  • Whitaker v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rivas-Molloy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-22-00923-CR

    Appellant pled guilty to robbery with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

  • February 7, 2025 | Law.com

    Landlord Must Pay Prevailing Tenants' $21K Attorney Fees in Commercial Lease Dispute, Appellate Court Rules

    "We also see 'a reasonable connection between the fees and the amount involved in the litigation,' given that the tenants faced an abrupt end to their source of livelihood, and that the total amount awarded ($21,525) was much less than the amount of rent that was at stake in the suit (36 additional months x $1,600 = $57,600)," Justice Margaret Stanton-McBride wrote on behalf of an Illinois appellate panel.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: February 7, 2025

    Publication Date: 2025-02-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:February 5, 2025

  • HSBC Bank USA v. Howell

    Publication Date: 2025-02-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Katherine A. Levine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 506089/2015

    Court Grants Foreclosure to Plaintiff, Established It Was Holder of Note