• Steel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alexander "Alex" Susor, (The Law Offices of Alex Susor, P.C.), Decatur, Colette Resnik Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Ural D.L. Glanville, (Fulton County Superior Court), Atlanta, for other party; Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, Edward Donald Tolley, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S24A1245

    Court reverses contempt finding against attorney for failure to disclose source of information, citing due process violations and finding that the trial court judge should have recused himself

  • November 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Free Speech Causes a Neighborly Feud

    This case involves the free speech provision found in Article I, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The court found that the injunction entered by the trial court violates free speech. The neighbors had a right to put up the signs.

    1 minute read

  • November 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Akerman Opens Charlotte Office With Focus on Renewable Energy, Data Center Practices

    The firm brought on a new tax partner and energy partner from Moore & Van Allen to launch the new office, its 26th in the U.S.

    1 minute read

  • November 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Largest Law Firms: Firm Leadership and Practice Areas

    We're seeing a broad range of financial services, with a small uptick in the number of firms listing private equity and venture capital services - a sure sign of firms' efforts to capture an expanding market.

    1 minute read

  • November 19, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Why Kramer Levin Decided to Merge

    If the firm waited any longer for a merger, it may have been vulnerable to the same fate that other New York-founded firms outside the Am Law 50 have seen.

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  • Davis v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-22-00307-CV

    Appellant and appellees formed Precision Frac, a company that provided water transfer products and services to the fracking industry.

  • Appellate Division, First Department: November 18, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    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 List & Motions List released on:November 14, 2024

  • Reid v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Myrna Pérez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner Everod Ray Anthony Reid: Molly Lauterback, Sophie Dalsimer, Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief, Andrew D. Bergman, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Houston, TX.
    for defendant: For Respondent Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General: Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, Paul Fiorino, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Former Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals, in support of Petitioner: John J. Clarke, Jr., Subarkah Syafruddin, John O. Wray, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc., Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society, and Open Immigration Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: John Harland Giammatteo, Staff Attorney and Justice Catalyst Fellow, Lutheran Social Services of New York, Immigration Legal Program, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Disability Rights Advocates, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Pangea Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: Allen Burton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Martha F. Hutton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 20-3324

    IJ Improperly Applied Framework to Protect Rights of Noncitizens Who May Be Incompetent

  • November 14, 2024 | Law.com

    More Than 2 Dozen Lawyers Leave DLA Piper Affiliate in Brazil to Form New Firm

    COSRO Advogados is launching as a full-service firm with 12 partners, several of whom held prominent roles at DLA Piper and its affiliate, Campos Mello.

    1 minute read

  • Appellate Division, First Department: November 14, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-11-14
    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 List & Motions List released on:November 12, 2024