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  • January 11, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Federal Judge Sides With Sig Sauer Over Attorney-Critic's Defamation Counterclaims

    "The tragedy of this situation is that it will eventually result in the preventable death of a law enforcement officer, federal agent or civilian," Westport attorney Jeffrey S. Bagnell told the Connecticut Law Tribune on Wednesday. "Lawyers have not just a legal right but a moral obligation to share severe safety issues like this with the public. I do not care what Sig Sauer and its agents have to say about me after seeing the massive physical and emotional trauma this gun has caused."

    5 minute read

  • Daly v. Amchem Prods., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
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    Case Number: 190297/2019

    Defendant's Lack of Involvement in Asbestos Gaskets Grants Summary Judgment

  • December 18, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Winston & Strawn Names New Texas Partners

    Also: Polsinelli adds shareholder to Dallas real estate finance practice.

    7 minute read

  • December 4, 2023 | The Recorder

    A&O Sees Another LA Partner Exit, as Kirkland Adds to PE Bench

    Josh Birenbaum's departure was the second partner move from A&O in LA announced Monday, with Sidley touting the addition of former A&O office managing partner Andrea Lucan.

    2 minute read

  • James v. Hegar

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Government
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
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    Case Number: 22-50828

    Appellants claimed that the State of Texas abused their constitutional rights as well as those of others in its administration of the Texas Unclaimed Property Act.

  • Appellate Division, First Department: November 20, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:November 16, 2023

  • Sosebee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jake Allen Shapiro, (Hall County Public Defender’s Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, Kelley Martin Robertson, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee; Matthew P. Cavedon, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Gainesville, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas, (Federal Defender Program Inc.), Atlanta, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law LLC), Newnan, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0589

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and homicide by vehicle over defendant's challenges regarding the rule of lenity and cruel and unusual punishment

  • Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jose A. Cabranes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Steven M. Warshawsky, The Warshawsky Law Firm, Mount Kisco, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Greg Riolo, on the brief, Rebecca M. McCloskey, Jackson Lewis P.C., White Plains, N.Y. For Amicus Curiae U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Christopher Lage, Deputy General Counsel; Jennifer S. Goldstein, Associate General Counsel; Elizabeth E. Theran, Assistant General Counsel; Julie L. Gantz, Attorney, on the brief, James Driscoll-Maceachron, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 21-2919-CV

    Woman Professor Partly Wins Pay Disparity Dispute With Culinary Institute of America

  • Ford Motor Company v. Cosper

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Andrew Henderson, Michael Roger Boorman, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, D. Alan Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Timothy M Andrews, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathan Riggs Nicholson, Matthew Evan Cook, Kate Sievert Cook, Robert Harold Childres, III, (Cook Law Group, LLC), Gainesville, C. Tab Turner, Damon C. Singleton, (Turner & Associates, P.A.), North Little Rock, David Hogue, (Hogue Law Firm, PLLC), Fayetteville, Jonathan Andrew Parrish, (The Parrish Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, (Canella Snyder LLC), Atlanta, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23Q0625

    Reckless conduct under OCGA §51-1-11(c), as newly defined by the Court, is a standalone exception to the 10-year statute of repose in OCGA §51-1-11(b)(2).

  • Appellate Division, First Department: October 2, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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    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 28, 2023