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February 5, 2025 | The American Lawyer

Reed Smith Joins Saudi Legal Boom as Firms Race for Market Share

Reed Smith is the latest law firm to secure a Saudi licence, joining a growing list of U.K. and U.S. firms already competing for private sector mandates and lucrative Vision 2030 contracts.

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February 3, 2025 | The Legal Intelligencer

Boosting Litigation and Employee Benefits Practices, Two Am Law 100 Firms Grow in Pittsburgh

Blank Rome has brought former Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir litigation co-chair Christina McKinley as a partner, while Morgan Lewis has rehired employee benefits attorney and former U.S. Air Force captain Matthew Chapman, who served as a corporate associate with the firm before jumping to K&L Gates.

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Arrigo v. Long Island Concrete Inc.

Publication Date: 2025-01-30
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, Kings
Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Joseph Kazmierczuk of counsel, Kazmierczuk & McGrath, Forest Hills.
for defendant: For Defendant/Third- Party Plaintiff Long Island Concrete Inc: Patrick J. Shelley of counsel, Kerley, Walsh, Matera & Cinquemani, P.C., Seaford. For Defendants Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. and The YMCA of Greater New York: Michael Guttman of counsel, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains. For Third-Party Defendants Barbieri Fence Corp d/b/a Eagle Fence a/k/a Eagle Fence NYC and Eagle Fence NYC: Taylor M. Williams of counsel, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., New York City.
Case Number: 519403/2019

Court Holds Accident Was 'Bizarre Occurrence,' Dismisses Action

January 28, 2025 | Law.com

Judge Sides With Retail Display Company in Patent Dispute Against Campbell Soup, Grocery Stores

The court granted the summary judgment motion regarding the alleged direct infringement of the patents, concluding the defendants failed to offer any non-infringement contentions regarding the products before the summary judgment proceedings.

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City of Houston v. Rodriguez

Publication Date: 2025-01-27
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Personal Injury
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Devine
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Case Number: 23-0094

Respondents Rodriguez and Okon were in a pickup truck stopped at a stop sign.

Appellate Division, First Department: January 23, 2025

Publication Date: 2025-01-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
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Case Number: DOCKET

Appeals & Motions List released on:January 21, 2025

Acrisure, LLC v. Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.

Publication Date: 2025-01-23
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
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Court: Supreme Court, New York
Judge: Justice Anar Rathod Patel
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Case Number: 652801/2024

Court Finds Defendant Engaged in Unfair Competition Against Plaintiff

City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Publication Date: 2025-01-22
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, New York
Judge: Justice Anar Rathod Patel
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Case Number: 451071/2021

Suit Dismissed By Court, City Defendants Failed to State A Cause of Action

January 21, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Provides Comfort to Land Use Litigants Through the Relation Back Doctrine

In his Zoning and Land Use column, John Armentano discusses the Court of Appeals decision in ‘Nemeth v. K-Tooling,’ which gives litigants, especially land use litigants, some additional “breathing room” to work with when they fail to name all the parties to an action when they first initiate it.

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Berkoski v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Publication Date: 2025-01-20
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
Court: Appellate Division
Judge: Judge Gilson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Foley (Foley & Foley, Atlee Hall, LLP, and Anapol Weiss, attorneys; Timothy J. Foley, Jeff Gutkowski, and Emily B. Ashe, of counsel and on the briefs)
for defendant: Wendy F. Lumish (Bowman and Brooke LLP) (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, and Wendy F. Lumish, attorneys; C. Brian Kornbrek, Thomas K. Murphy, III, Wendy F. Lumish, and Paul G. Cereghini (Bowman and Brooke LLP) of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the briefs)
Case Number: A-2887-22

Lack of Non-Mandated Vehicle Driver-Assistance Systems Did Not Make Vehicle Defective Under New Jersey Law