• Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S23A0840

    Court affirms conviction entered on a defendant's voluntary guilty plea and overrules its previous strict application that required a trial court to include application of Boykin rights on the record

  • United States v. Rider

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-40144

    In 2019, law enforcement learned that two IP addresses associated with the Denison Church of the Nazarene and, its pastor, uploaded images of child pornography online. A search later uncovered a hard drive containing dozens of videos that captured children taking baths in the church offices with the pastor and appellant instructing the children on how to bathe.

  • United States v. Abundiz

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50697

    Appellant was convicted for violating 18 U.S.C. §2241(c) and was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing his six-year-old niece.

  • Katz v. New York City Hous. Pres. & Dev.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:21-cv-02933

    Housing Claim Dismissed for Failure to Allege Discrimination Based on Familial Status

  • United States v. Duffey

    Publication Date: 2024-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Justice Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-10265

    Appellants Corey Duffey, Jarvis Ross, and Tony Hewitt were initially convicted in 2009 for numerous counts related to conspiracy, attempted bank robbery, bank robbery, and using a firearm in furtherance thereof.

  • Revitalize Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust v. National Grid USA

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Beth Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Laura E. Jensen, on the brief, Jeffrey D. Talbert, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Alan J. Knauf, Linda R. Shaw, Amy K. Kendall, Jonathan R. Tantillo, Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Lockheed Martin Corporation: Steven T. Miano, Peter V. Keays, on the brief, Robert A. Wiygul, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant-Appellee General Electric Company: Dean S. Sommer, Kristin Carter Rowe, Young/Sommer LLC, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Northeast Management Services, Inc.: Douglas H. Zamelis, The Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis, Cooperstown, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC and Hauler's Facility LLC: Gregory M. Brown, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees National Grid USA and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation: Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Verizon New York Inc. as successor to Telesector Resources Group, Inc.: Philip H. Gitlen, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Honeywell International Inc.: Geoffrey Michael, Lauren C. Daniel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, and Syracuse LePage LLC: Michael A. Fogel, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, Syracuse LePage LLC, Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC, Hauler's Facility LLC: Patrick D. Donnelly, McGivney, Kluger Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Amparit Industries, LLC: Lori E. Petrone, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak, LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellee B&B Family Limited Partnership: Joseph R. Talarico, II, Talarico Law Firm, Fayetteville, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Jagar Enterprises, Inc.: Linda E. Alario, Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Magna Powertrain USA, Inc., and New Process Gear, Inc.: John J. Kuster, Sidney Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Onondaga Pottery Company, Inc.: Andrew C. Rose, Nixon Peabody LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Metalico New York, Inc. and Metalico Syracuse Realty, Inc.: Albert J. Millus, Jr., Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton, NY. For Defendants-Appellees C&S Engineers, Inc. and Calocerinos and Spina: Paul D. Sylvestri, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Corporation, Carlyle Air Conditioning Company Inc., and Raytheon Technologies Corporation f/k/a United Technologies Corporation: Elizabeth C. Barton, Erick M. Sandler, Day Pitney LLP, Hartford, CT. For Defendant-Appellee Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company: Glen R. Stuart, Adina D. Bingham, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, and Bernard J. Garbutt, III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Nokia of America Corporation and Western Electric Company, Incorporated: Meaghan G. Boyd, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, and David Venderbush, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Gardner Denver, Inc.: Daniel T. Flaherty, Daniel C.W. Narvey, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee

    Case Number: 22-1589-cv

    Consent Decree Resolved Only RACER's CERCLA Liability as to Plant, Pollutants Therefrom

  • Roe v. St. John's University

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Michael Valentine, on the brief, The Law Office of Michael Valentine, Brooklyn, NY, Peter G. Eikenberry, Law Office of Peter G. Eikenberry, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Michael J. Goettig, on the brief, Lyle S. Zuckerman, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Victoria L. Stork, on the brief, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY, Chardaie C. Charlemagne, Baker & Hostetler LLP, San Francisco, CA.

    Case Number: 21-1125

    Inference of Sex Discrimination in University's Disciplinary Proceedings Not Raised

  • February 8, 2024 | Law.com

    Governor Criticized by State GOP for Nominating Ex-Romantic Partner to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

    Massachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, who has served on the appellate court for 16 years, is the governor's second nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the matter of weeks.

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  • Villareal v. City of Laredo

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-40359

    In this en banc case, the court revisited whether a journalist may be prosecuted for making public non-public information acquired by reporting (that is, asking sources for information).

  • Book People, Inc. v. Wong

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-50668

    A group of booksellers, who obtained a preliminary injunction against the State over book ratings, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court's ruling was correct.