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  • April 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Legal Community Kicks in $7K for Portrait of DeKalb Judge Clarence Seeliger

    Seeliger, who launched his judicial career by ousting an incumbent judge who had sentenced Martin Luther King Jr. to prison, said he was "humbled" by what he called "a great gift to me."

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  • April 22, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    11th Circ.: Websites Generally Do Not Fall Under ADA's Accessibility Requirements

    In a 2-1 decision, the panel in Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, held that websites are not within the 12 types of tangible physical places identified in 42 U.S.C. Section 12182(a), and it is the job of Congress, not courts, to decide this issue.

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  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Christian Fuller, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Courtney Elgart, (Perkins Coie LLP), Washington, Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1818

    Court reverses and remands a matter to the superior court for entry of an order enforcing a subpoena for documents and information from a campaign committee

  • Kohler v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Andrew Carter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1:17-CV-07839

    Temporary FEMA Appointee Not 'Employee'; Pretext Not Shown in Firing for Poor Performance

  • Brackeen v. Haaland

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-11479

    A divided Fifth Circuit, which reconsidered nearly a dozen constitutional issues related to the Indian Child Welfare Act, could only set precedent for a few issues.

  • L.A. v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Paul Crotty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1:20-CV-05616

    Despite Live Dispute Over IED for Disabled Child IDEA's Exhaustion Requirements Not Met

  • Pinkston-Shay v. Metro. Transp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Kenya Pinkston-Shay: Alan Edward Wolin, Wolin & Wolin, Jericho, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Alison Leigh MacGregor, Brian Isaac Confino, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19 CV 1671

    MTA Did Not Discriminate Against Black Woman Police Officer When It Did Not Promote Her

  • City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant City of New York: Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton, Nwamaka Ejebe, on the brief, John Moore, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY; Steve W. Berman, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Matthew F. Pawa, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Newton Centre, MA. For Appellee Chevron Corporation: Joshua S. Lipshutz, on the brief, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Anne Champion, on the brief, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Herbert J. Stern, Joel M. Silverstein, on the brief, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ. For Appellee ConocoPhillips: John F. Savarese, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Sean C. Grimsley, James R. Jones, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO. For Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Jaren Janghorbani, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, TX. For Appellee Royal Dutch Shell: David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Appellee BP p.l.c.: Nancy G. Milburn, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law: Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae States of New York, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and the District of Columbia: David S. Frankel, Assistant Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors Sarah H. Cleveland, Zachary D. Clopton, William S. Dodge, Harold Hongju Koh, Kermit Roosevelt III, and Christopher A. Whytock: Harold Hongju Koh, Michael J. Wishnie, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, Yale Law School, Rule of Law Clinic. For Amici Curiae New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Point Community Development Corporation, and Uprose: Kimberly Ong, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and International Municipal Lawyers Association: Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation: Corbin K. Barthold, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Eric Grant, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, R. Justin Smith, Christine W. Ennis, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Division, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Peter D. Keisler, C. Frederick Beckner III, Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Steven P. Lehotsky, Michael B. Schon, Jonathan D. Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers: Philip S. Goldberg, Christopher E. Appel, Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, DC; Linda E. Kelly, Peter C. Tolsdorf, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia: Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Kian J. Hudson, Deputy Solicitor General, for Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN. For Amicus Curiae Professor Richard A. Epstein: Yaakov M. Roth, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Robert E. Johnson, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Kelly Holt, Jones Day, Boston, MA.
    Case Number: 18-2188

    Clean Air Act Displaces State Law Claims in City's Suit to Recover Costs of Global Warming

  • April 6, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Legal Aid, Milbank Secure Settlement Binding New York City Govt. to Complete Wi-Fi Installation in Shelters

    Attorneys said that the city government has agreed to install wireless internet in more than 200 homeless and domestic violence shelters that haven't yet received the updates, bringing connectivity to approximately 11,000 3-K to 12th-grade students across the five boroughs.

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  • Matter of New York Times Co. v. City of New York Off. of the Mayor

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Rolando Acosta
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Al-Amyn Sumar, David E. McCraw, and Alexandra Settelmayer of counsel, The New York Times Company, Legal Department, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellant: MacKenzie Fillow and Richard Dearing of counsel, James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York.
    Case Number: 158472/19

    City Charter §2603(k) Does Not Protect CIB's 'Private' Letter to Mayor From Disclosure