• August 31, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    Florida COVID-19 Mask Case Centers on Students With Disabilities

    Parents of children with disabilities are asking a federal judge in South Florida for a preliminary injunction against an executive order issued July 30 to try to block school districts from requiring students to wear masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    5 minute read

  • Hatikvah Int'l Acad. Charter Sch. v. E. Brunswick Twp. Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas O. Johnston (Johnston Law Firm LLC)
    for defendant: Jodi S. Howlett (Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri & Jacobs, LLC); Michael I. Inzelbuch

    Case Number: 20-2083

    Resident School District Obliged to Bear Financial Responsibility for Placement Costs from IEP Created by Charter School

  • In the Interest of S.K.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1000

    Superior court erred in reversing trial court's denial of termination of mother's parental rights because superior court exceeded its standard of review and erred in substituting its judgment for that of the trial court. Vacated.

  • August 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Citizen Journalist Settles Video Arrest Claims With Macon County, Marshallville for $95K

    Citizen journalist and blogger Kennon Dunn was arrested in 2019 in Middle Georgia when he recorded video in the Marshallville City Hall and later at the Macon County Sheriff's Office, where he was booked since-dropped disorderly conduct charges.

    7 minute read

  • Jacobs v. Cumberland County

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Michael Barker (Barker Gelfand & James)
    for defendant: Surinder K. Aggarwal (Stone Conroy)

    Case Number: 19-3269

    Corrections Officers Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity Where Evidence Supported Finding They Used Force on Inmate When No Force Was Required

  • State v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nirmalan Nagulendran (Miller, Meyerson & Corbo, attorneys; Nirmalan Nagulendran and Gerald D. Miller, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Lauren Bonfiglio, Deputy Attorney General (Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Steven K. Cuttonaro, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-15/16-20 (084365)

    Forfeiture of Public Pension Not a Fine Where Benefits Conditioned Upon Honorable Service, Meaning Employees Who Committed Offenses Had No Property Interest

  • August 16, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

    Cuomo Case May Be the Catalyst to Change Sexual Harassment Laws

    Has the law concerning sexual harassment kept abreast of the societal change triggered by the #MeToo movement, or has it remained stuck in a pre-#MeToo time warp?

    9 minute read

  • Bellin v. Zucker

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Rosalind Bellin: Nina Keilin, Law Office of Nina Keilin, New York, NY, on the brief, Aytan Y. Bellin, Bellin & Associates LLC, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: for Defendant-Appellee Howard A. Zucker: Caroline A. Olsen, Assistant Solicitor General of Counsel, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee ElderServe Health, Inc., DBA RiverSpring at Home: Mara R. Lieber, on the brief, Brian T. McGovern, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY. For National Health Law Program, Center for Medicare Advocacy, and Justice in Aging, Amici Curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Rosalind Bellin: Martha Jane Perkins and Sarah Somers, National Health Law Program, Chapel Hill, NC; Alice Bers, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT. For Empire Justice Center and New York Legal Assistance Group, Amici Curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Rosalind Bellin: Benjamin W. Taylor, New York Legal Assistance Group, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-1463

    Medicaid Beneficiary Shows MLTC Personal Care Hours Channeled by Contract, Regulation

  • Jackson v. Nassau County

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Joanna Seybert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Gabriel Paul Harvis, Esq., Baree N. Fett, Esq., Elefterakis Elefterakis & Panek, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Nassau County Defendants: Peter A. Meisels, Esq., Janine A. Mastellone, Esq., John Martin Flannery, Esq., Lalit Kumar Loomba, Esq., Allison Michelle Holubis, Esq., Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, White Plains, New York. For Village of Freeport Defendants: Keith Michael Corbett, Esq., Stephanie L. Tanzi, Esq., Harris Beach PLLC, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 18-CV-3007

    Malicious Prosecution, Indifference Pleaded by Man Wrongfully Convicted of 1994 Murder

  • Henry v. County of Nassau

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Steven M. Lester, on the brief, Robert J. La Redolla, La Redolla Lester & Associates, LLP, Garden City, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellees: Jared A. Kasschau, on the brief, Robert F. Van Der Waag, Nassau County Attorneys, Mineola, New York.

    Case Number: 20-1027-cv

    Second Amendment Gun Rights Claim Reinstated; County Lacked Evidence of Danger to Safety