• February 8, 2024 | Law.com

    Governor Criticized by State GOP for Nominating Ex-Romantic Partner to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

    Massachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, who has served on the appellate court for 16 years, is the governor's second nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the matter of weeks.

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  • Scanlon v. County of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2024-02-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bybee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-55999

    Social worker's false statement in warrant affidavit was both misleading and material

  • February 6, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Unemployable? Substance Abuse and Negligent Hiring Central in Ga. Med-Mal Appeal

    The plaintiff-appellants also alleged that the nurse responsible been involved in a prior incident where she tested positive for a narcotic substance and ended up breaking the jaw of an unrelated patient while administering anesthesia.

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  • Coles v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Gary L. Sharpe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff, pro se: Joshua Coles, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Marcy, NY.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 9:23-CV-1293

    Pre-Trial Detainee's Excessive Force Claims Against Jail Guard Require Response

  • Villareal v. City of Laredo

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-40359

    In this en banc case, the court revisited whether a journalist may be prosecuted for making public non-public information acquired by reporting (that is, asking sources for information).

  • February 1, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Steptoe Duo, Including Ex-Puerto Rico Governor, Jumps to Reed Smith

    Luis Fortuño, the former governor of the U.S. territory, and global commercial disputes group partner Juliya Arbisman both have international practices.

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  • January 26, 2024 | Law.com

    State High Court Rejects Law Professor's Wage Dispute, Finding Fee Basis Is 'Far Exceeding' Minimum Wage, Salary Requirements

    Based on his hours in the classroom, the adjunct professor earned $75 per hour for teaching the banking law course, and approximately $102 per hour for the second course—rates "far exceeding" Maine's minimum wage and salary-basis requirement in Section 663(3)K, the court determined.

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  • January 22, 2024 | Daily Business Review

    After Miami Attorneys Reject $80K Settlement, Jurors Award Their Client $5.2M Verdict

    "The proposal for settlement was a total insult to the family, and when they did that, the family made up their mind that a settlement was never an option," said Judd Rosen, the managing partner at Goldberg and Rosen.

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  • State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt

    Case Number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD

    State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

  • January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    'An Untenable Position': Ex-City of Atlanta Defense Lawyers Appeal Sanctions Order

    The trial court imposed sanctions when the lawyers ended their representation in a case because of a conflict of interest their client made them aware of during voir dire.

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