• Hamilton v. Westchester County

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Samuel Weiss and Kelly Jo Popkin, Rights Behind Bars, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Tamara Livshiz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Westchester County, Joseph K. Spano, Francis Delgrosso, Karl Vollmer, and Leandro Diaz: Justin R. Adin, Deputy County Attorney, for John M. Nonna, Westchester County Attorney, White Plains, New York. For Defendants-Appellees Correct Care Solutions, LLC, Raul Ulloa, and Westchester County: Paul A. Sanders, Barclay Damon LLP, Rochester, New York.

    Case Number: 20-1058-pr

    Transitory Injury Lasting Less Than Six Months Can Qualify as 'Disability' Under ADA

  • July 2, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Scrap the Cap? After $50M Punitive Damage Award, Cobb Judge Urged to Rule $250K Limit Unconstitutional

    Lawyers for the plaintiff, who won a $55 jury award that including $50 million in punitive damages, told Cobb State Court Judge Maria Golick she should declare the state's $250,000 punitive damages cap unconstitutional.

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  • Pina-Rodriguez v. Garbutt

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Vincent Briccetti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-CV-5167

    Technician Not Shown Aware of Adverse Effect if Orthodontic Braces Subjected to MRI Scan

  • Weisshaus v. Cuomo

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Covid-19
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Brian Cogan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-CV-5826

    State's Covid-19 Traveler Health Form Not Preempted by Federal Law

  • In re Atty. Gen. Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 and 2020-6

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Rabner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin D. Jarvis (O’Brien, Belland & Bushinsky, attorneys; Kevin D. Jarvis and Matthew B. Madsen, on the briefs); James M. Mets (Mets Schiro & McGovern and Markman & Cannan, attorneys; James M. Mets and Robert R. Cannan, of counsel and on the briefs, and Brian J. Manetta, on the briefs); Katherine Hartman (Attorneys Hartman, Chartered, Law Offices of Robert A. Ebberup, Law Office of D. John McAusland, and Loccke, Correia & Bukosky, attorneys; Katherine D. Hartman, Mark A. Gulbranson, Jr., Robert A. Ebberup, D. John McAusland, and Michael A. Bukosky, on the briefs); Matthew Areman (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; and Markowitz & Richman, attorneys; Paul L. Kleinbaum, Craig A. Long, and Matthew Areman, on the briefs); Frank M. Crivelli (Crivelli & Barbati, attorneys; Frank M. Crivelli, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Jeremy Feigenbaum, State Solicitor (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jeremy Feigenbaum and Jane C. Schuster, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the briefs, and Christopher Weber, Sean P. Havern, Patrick Jhoo, Brandon C. Simmons, Emily K. Wanger, and Emily Marie Bisnauth, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-26/27/28/29/30-20 (085017)

    Attorney General Directives Requiring Public Release of Law Enforcement Disciplinary Records Consistent with Public Policy Favoring Accountability and Transparency

  • June 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Murphy Nominates 8 to Superior Court, Continuing Flurry of Activity to Fill Vacancies

    The Senate Judiciary Committee will review those eight nominees, plus a ninth named last month, on Monday.

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  • Reed v. County of Westchester

    Publication Date: 2021-06-18
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs: Daniel Joshua Wasserberg, Esq., Jonathan A. Alvarez, Esq., Kush Shukla, Esq., Samuel Miles Meirowitz, Esq., Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: Francesca Lynn Mountain, Esq., Westchester County Attorney's Office, White Plains, NY.

    Case Number: 20-CV-2268

    Jail Guard Acted on Personal Dispute, Not Under Color of State Law, in Shooting Colleagues

  • State of Delaware, Dep't of Fin. v. AT&T Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara A. Lima, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69437

    Where defendant made a particularized showing regarding an improper purpose in connection with an agency's issuance of a governmental subpoena, the court was entitled to request further submissions before deciding the matter.

  • Lawson v. Dewar

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin T. Flood
    for defendant: Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP, attorneys for respondents Sergeant Vito Bet, Sergeant John Mazuera, Sergeant Jeffrey Raub, Captain Kevin Rivenbark, Chief Michael D. Jannone, Mayor Bob Frazen, Borough of Bound Brook, and Bound Brook Police Department (Susan K. O'Connor, of counsel and on the brief); Dwyer Connell & Lisbona, LLP, attorneys for respondent Officer Janos Bojtos (William T. Connell and Beth Connell O'Connor, on the brief); Martin Kane Kuper, LLC, attorneys for respondents Officer Jeff Dewar, Officer Brian Wertheim, and Officer Keith Kilgore, join in the brief of respondent Officer Janos Bojtos; Michael J. Stone, attorney for respondent Sergeant Robert Lavin, joins in the brief of respondent Officer Janos Bojtos

    Case Number: A-2443-20

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Reconsideration of Interlocutory Order by Applying Standards for Final Orders

  • June 11, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    Florida Judge to Show Cause After JQC Disciplinary Recommendation

    "When I say my children, I'm not trying to curry favor, I've just got people in the jail that don't like me and they may find out who he is," the judge said.

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