• Clarke v. Town of Newburgh

    Publication Date: 2025-02-10
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Cheryl E. Chambers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Robert A. Spolzino, Jeffrey A. Cohen, David Imamura, Steven Still, and Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School [Ruth Greenwood, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, Daniel Hessel, and Samuel Jacob Davis, pro hac vice], of counsel, Abrams Fensterman, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Misha Tseytlin and Bennet J. Moskowitz of counsel, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY. Intervenor-Appellant Pro Se: Barbara D. Underwood, Judith Vale, Andrea Trento, Beezly J. Kiernan, Sandra Park, Lindsay McKenzie, and Derek Borchardt of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY. Amicus Curiae Pro Se and for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California: Robert Brent Ferguson of counsel, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC. Amicus Curiae Pro Se: Adam Lioz, Samuel Spital, Stuart Naifeh, Michael Pernick, and Maia Cole of counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Town of Mount Pleasant and Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant: Ariana Dindiyal, Robert J. Tucker, Erika D. Prouty, Rebecca Schrote, and E. Mark Braden of counsel, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Town of Cheektowaga: Joseph Burns of counsel, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 2024-04376

    90-Day Safe Harbor Not Triggered by Resolution to Remedy Voting Rights Violation

  • February 7, 2025 | Law.com

    Landlord Must Pay Prevailing Tenants' $21K Attorney Fees in Commercial Lease Dispute, Appellate Court Rules

    "We also see 'a reasonable connection between the fees and the amount involved in the litigation,' given that the tenants faced an abrupt end to their source of livelihood, and that the total amount awarded ($21,525) was much less than the amount of rent that was at stake in the suit (36 additional months x $1,600 = $57,600)," Justice Margaret Stanton-McBride wrote on behalf of an Illinois appellate panel.

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  • February 4, 2025 | Law.com

    Divided State Supreme Court Clears the Way for Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Church, Schools

    "The legislature can, and did, reopen the doors to the courthouse in order to rectify this problem. The enactment was not just constitutional, but essential," said Andrew S. Janet, a partner at Janet, Janet & Suggs, who joins two other firms in litigating against the archdiocese.

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  • February 3, 2025 | National Law Journal

    'Erroneous Rulings'?: Wilmer Asks 4th Circuit to Overturn Mosby's Criminal Convictions

    "I ask the court to set aside the convictions and the forfeiture order," Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner Daniel Volchok argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby appealing her white-collar criminal convictions.

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  • Grof v. Dinello

    Publication Date: 2025-01-27
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Amy Jane Agnew, Joshua L. Morrison, Agnew & Morrison, P.C., New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant Dinello: Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, Aimee Cowan, Assistant Attorney General, Of Counsel, Syracuse, New York. For Defendant Zaki: Ryan E. Manley, Ryan T. Donovan, Conway, Donovan & Manley PLLC, Albany, New York.

    Case Number: 9:23-CV-42

    Inmate's Complaint Over Medication's Denial Under DOCCS Policy Is Untimely

  • January 23, 2025 | Law.com

    Plaintiffs Attorneys Awarded $113K on $1 Judgment in Noise Ordinance Dispute

    "While the court concludes that the hourly rates requested are reasonable, the total number of hours should be reduced in order to account for Mr. Kellum’s vague billing, the excessive time spent related to the investigation and preparation of the Complaint, and the time spent preparing the present motion," Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger of the Western District of North Carolina said.

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  • January 14, 2025 | Law.com

    Mich. Attorney Faces One-Year Suspension in Ill. for Lying to Firm, Clients

    An attorney began working at a Michigan-based firm in July 2020, based on an agreement to seek admission to practice law in the state. His firm later discovered that he lied to its managing partners and clients about his admission to the Michigan State Bar for one year.

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  • January 7, 2025 | Law.com

    ExxonMobil Sues California AG Bonta, Environmental Groups for Advanced Recycling 'Smear Campaign'

    This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.

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  • January 3, 2025 | Law.com

    Improper Removal to Fed. Court Leads to $100K Bill for Blue Cross Blue Shield

    "The fact that attorneys' fees can quickly exceed the value of disputes is both a sad fact of litigation and also precisely the reason that attorneys' fees for unreasonable and bad faith litigation are awarded," said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry, noting the Seventh Circuit recognized in Wisconsin v. Hotline Industries that "'improper removal prolongs litigation (and jacks up fees).'"

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  • December 26, 2024 | National Law Journal

    Federal Judge Sets 2026 Admiralty Bench Trial in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Litigation

    Cozen O'Connor filed a motion asking U.S. District Senior Judge James K. Bredar to modify his restraining order that prohibits civil litigators from prosecuting claims against two Singapore-based shipping companies in other courts.

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