• September 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    'Bewitched by the Technology': $300K to Settle Faulty Facial Recognition

    Sexton likened the Woodbridge police department's handling of facial recognition to early users of GPS technology who drove off a cliff because the technology told them to. "It was like this magic thing. You're kind of bewitched by the technology," he said.

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  • April 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    IOLA Exec: Hochul Set to Divert $55M From Fund, in Latest Twist in Legal Services Row

    Hochul had previously abandoned a plan that would have taken millions more from the interest on lawyer accounts fund.

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  • February 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    NY Governor Drops Plan To Remove $100M From Fund for Low-Income Civil Litigants

    More than 250 signatories from a cross-section of the legal profession – law firm leaders, managing partners, pro bono professionals, in-house counsel, bar association leaders, small and midsize law firm leaders, solo practitioners, and nonprofit and legal services lawyers – wrote to Hochul in recent days, calling for her to undo the proposed transfer of IOLA funds.

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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 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Chief Judge Rowan Wilson Accepts Award at NYSBA Meeting

    The Stanley H. Fuld Award is given to those who are seen having made significant contributions to the practice of commercial litigation in New York.

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  • December 4, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    'It Was Really in the Tank': Wilson Says Top Goal Was to Rescue Court System Morale

    Chief Judge Rowan Wilson said he saw a need to "reset" the way the Office of Court Administration treats judges and everyone else working in the court system.

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  • November 20, 2023 | The Recorder

    PG&E Shielded From Class Action Over 2019 Blackouts, California Supreme Court Says

    Writing for the high court, Justice Goodwin Liu said that while a $2.5 billion class action against PG&E is preempted, a more "narrowly tailored" suit targeting negligent utilities that shut power may survive.

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  • Reid v. New York State Office of Children and Family Services

    Publication Date: 2023-10-04
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Anne M. Nardacci
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Daniel Grace, Esq., Douglas Mace, Esq., of counsel, Danny Grace, PLLC, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant: Keith J. Starlin, Esq., Konstandinos D. Leris, Esq., Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel, Attorney General for the State of New York, The Capitol, Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 3:21-CV-089

    Title VII Race, Sex Discrimination, Retaliation Claims Fail; Job Was Poorly Performed

  • Elisa W. v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Antony L. Ryan, Justin C. Clarke, Nicole M. Peles, on the brief, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, Marcia Robinson Lowry, A Better Childhood, Inc., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee City of New York: Claude S. Platton & Richard Dearing, on the brief, Jamison Davies, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York for Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Sheila J. Poole: Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Elizabeth A. Brody, Assistant Solicitor General, for Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-7

    Court Erred in Analyzing FRCP 23(a) Requirements in Class Suit Over NYC Foster Care System

  • April 13, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    Senate Schedules Hearings for Chief Judge, Associate Nominations to New York's Highest Court For Early Next Week

    The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee told the Law Journal that the panel will hold a hearings for Rowan Wilson on Monday and reconvene the following day to fire questions at Caitlin Halligan

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