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  • Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10362

    Plaintiffs, a coalition of medical associations and individual doctors, challenged the regulation of mifepristone by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

  • U.S. v. Suquilanda

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jane Y. Chong, on the brief, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: S. Isaac Wheeler & Allegra Glashausser, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA.
    for defendant: For Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Justice Strategies, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Legal Aid Justice Center, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and National Immigration Law Center, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Nicholas D. Espiritu, Los Angeles, CA & Max S. Wolson, Washington, DC, National Immigration Law Center; Ghita Schwarz, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. For Legal Service Providers and Immigrant Rights Organizations, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Ann Garcia, Khaled Alrabe, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Washington, DC; Charles Roth, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL. For Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Human Rights First, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Michele A. McKenzie, McKenzie Scott PC, San Diego, CA. For Critical Race and Nation Studies, and Professor Eric Fish, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Alexander G. Tievsky, Edelson PC, Chicago, IL, for the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, the Aoki Center. For Dr. S. Deborah Kang, amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. For Immigration Scholars, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Amanda Valerio, Washington, DC & Alexia D. Korberg, Melina Meneguin Layerenza, Patrick McCusker, New York, NY, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
    Case Number: 22-1197-cr

    Defect in NTA Did Not Strip Immigration Court of Jurisdiction to Order Initial Removal

  • September 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    The 'Bad Actor Syndrome' in Matrimonial and Family Law: The Misbehaving Spouse or Parent

    "All too often such behavior on the part of the bad actor is intentionally designed to place the other party at a psychological or informational disadvantage," write Alton L. Abramowitz and Leigh Baseheart Kahn.

    23 minute read

  • Porretto v. The City of Galveston Park Bd. of Tr.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-16
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Constitutional Law | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-40035

    Plaintiff owns Porretto Beach. After years of litigation against the Texas General Land Office which had blocked her sale of the beach property, plaintiff filed for bankruptcy.

  • Read v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-23-00388-CR

    A man observed a suspicious SUV near Insurance Auto Auctions and reported it to the Randall County Sheriff's Office.

  • September 6, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    Maritime Law Column: When Is a Contract Maritime and Why Is That Important?

    "Whether a contract is maritime bears upon numerous substantive legal rights of the parties," writes Blank Rome's Keith Letourneau.

    7 minute read

  • U.S. v. Rivera

    Publication Date: 2024-08-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Alison J. Nathan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Mathew Andrews, Danielle Renee Sassoon, Thomas John Wright, Alison Moe, on the brief, Andrew K. Chan, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Anna Margaret Skotko, Skotko Law PLLC, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22-2081

    Plea Agreement's Breach Not 'Plain' Error Warranting Resentencing

  • Texas Med. Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Health & Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-40217

    At the behest of plaintiff/appellee healthcare providers and providers of air ambulance services, the district court vacated regulations promulgated by three federal departments that established priorities for independent arbitrators appointed to resolve insurance reimbursement disputes pursuant to the No Surprises Act.

  • Gilead Cmty. Servs. Inc. v. Town of Cromwell

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Alison J. Nathan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Yiyang Wu, Valerie Comenencia Ortiz, Gemma Donofrio, on the brief, Tara K. Ramchandani, Relman Colfax PLLC, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Thomas R. Gerarde, Howd & Ludorf, LLC, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 22-1209

    Punitive Damages Award Against Town Is Unconstitutionally Excessive, Violates Due Process

  • Petteway v. Galveston County

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-40582

    In 2021, The Galveston County Commissions Court enacted a new districting plan for county commissioner elections, which eliminated the count's sole majority-minority precinct.