• In the Matter of the Competitive Solar Incentive Program

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Mawla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bevan, Mosca & Giuditta, PC (William K. Mosca, Jr., and Jennifer McCave, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General (Donna Sue Arons, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Brandon Cole Simmons, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief); Brian O. Lipman, Director, Division of Rate Counsel (Sarah H. Steindel, Assistant Deputy Rate Counsel, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-2232-22

    Board of Public Utilities Correctly Interpreted Statutory Solar Facility Siting Requirements to Include Both Statewide and County Limits

  • Integrate NYC Inc. v. State of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Peter H. Moulton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Melissa ColÓn-Bosolet, Eamon P. Joyce, Zachary J. Strongin, Karma O. Farra, Alyssa M. Hasbrouck, Ernesto R. Claeyssen of counsel), Sidley Austin LLP, District of Columbia (Carter G. Phillips of the bar of the district of Columbia, of counsel), Sidley Austin LLP, London, UK (Tanisha Singh of counsel), Peer Defense Project, New York (Sarah Medina Camiscoli of counsel), and Public Counsel, Los Angeles, CA (Mark D. Rosenbaum, Amanda Mangaser Savage, Kathryn Eidmann and Sarah Camiscoli of the bar of the State of the State of LA, California, of counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, New York. For State of New York, Governor of the State of New York, New York State Board of Regents, New York State Education Department and New York State Commissioner of Education, Respondents: Mark S. Grube and Ester Murdukhayeva of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York.
    for defendant: For Bill DeBlasio, Mayor of New York City, New York City Department of Education and Meisha Porter, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Respondents: Philip Young, Richard Dearing and Devin Slack of counsel, Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel, New York. For Parents Defending Education, Respondent: James F. Hasson, Taylor A.R. Meehan of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice and Thomas S. Vaseliou of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Dennis J. Saffran, Douglaston, NY, and Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA.

    Case Number: 152743/21

    Court Erred in Dismissing Suit Over Denial of Basic Education for Lack of Controversy

  • May 7, 2024 | Law.com

    Kansas Courts ID 150K Potential Victims of 'Cybersecurity Incident,' Notifications Mailed

    Some of the personal information came from litigation documents in the Kansas appellate courts, applications to the Kansas bar, or other records held by the office, court administrators announced in a news release.

    2 minute read

  • May 2, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    A Good Complaint Tells a Story

    Even the most sophisticated commercial dispute—even the most dry-as-dust regulatory appeal—involves a basic human value that should leap from your complaint shouting for justice.

    5 minute read

  • April 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Defendant Finds 'Daniel's Law' Has Teeth But the ACLU Is Pushing Back

    "This isn't a case where we ask 'why does Mr. Kratovil want to report this particular fact?' It's a case where we say 'does the government have the right to tell journalists which facts they get to report and which facts they don't, when the facts are true, related to issues of public concern and lawfully obtained?'" said ACLU-NJ attorney Alexander Shalom.

    6 minute read

  • April 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    'That Seems to Be a Stretch for Me': Judge Upholds Fulton County Judicial Candidate Disqualification

    "If I say Johnson is 12 years old and she can't run, it might be wrong, but she's not there to rebut it. … That's all Judge Walker heard," counsel arguing to uphold the disqualification, said.

    4 minute read

  • Rieman v. Vazquez

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge M.D. Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-56054

    Social workers not entitled to absolute or qualified immunity for misrepresentations to dependency court or failure to provide parent notice of scheduled detention hearing

  • April 8, 2024 | Law.com

    State Appellate Court Slaps Down Class Action Challenging Policy Change that Impacted Unemployment Benefits

    The plaintiffs sued after the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reportedly cut off their weekly benefits without notifying them of a new provision requiring them to conduct at least one job search per week using the SC Works Online System (SCWOS).

    5 minute read

  • Big Smoke LLC v. Twp. of W. Milford

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Vanek
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth R. Tipton (Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor LLC, attorneys; Seth R. Tipton, Sarah K. Powell, and Wade Lawrence Dickey, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Edward R. Pasternak (Dorsey & Semrau, LLC, attorneys; Fred C. Semrau, of counsel; Edward R. Pasternak, on the brief); Eric D. Reiser (Shapiro, Croland, Reiser, Apfel & Di Iorio, LLP, attorneys; Eric D. Reiser, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-1755-22

    Trial Court Failed to Adequately Explain Basis for Dismissal of Challenge to Township's Effective Denial of a Resolution of Support

  • April 4, 2024 | Law.com

    Florida Marijuana Measure / Another NY Licensing Suit / To License or Crack Down? / 9th Circuit's Take on Cannabusiness Marks

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner John Bash says one of the keys to persuading Florida Supreme Court justices to allow a cannabis legalization measure on the November ballot was "speaking on their terms."

    11 minute read