• 2022-03176 - Matter of Max Stephen Leitman

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Disciplinaries
    Judge: Per Curiam Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Judith J. Gische Barbara R. Kapnick Angela M. Mazzarelli Jeffrey K. Oing, Justices.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding
    for defendant: Respondent, pro se.

    Case Number: Motion No. 2022-02900

    Matter of Max Stephen Leitman

  • 2022-03209 - Jonathan Terence Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Disciplinaries
    Judge: Per Curiam Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Judith J. Gische Barbara R. Kapnick Angela M. Mazzarelli Jeffrey K. Oing, Justices
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding
    for defendant: Respondent, pro se.

    Case Number: Motion No. 2022-02944

    Matter of Jonathan Terence Davis

  • 2022-03335 - Matter of Lisa Fordwooh Opoku

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Disciplinaries
    Judge: Per Curiam Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Judith J. Gische Barbara R. Kapnick Angela M. Mazzarelli Jeffrey K. Oing, Justices.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding
    for defendant: Respondent, pro se.

    Case Number: Motion No. 2022-03077

    Matter of Lisa Fordwooh Opoku

  • Phillips v. Jackson, Judge et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Christopher Wynter, Hermise Pierre, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0503

    Court affirms denial of habeus petition to municipal court's decision because petitioner had another adequate remedy at law.

  • B.C. v. M.C.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Ronald Castorina Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Plaintiff, B.C.: Michael J. Kuharski, Esq., Kuharski, Levitz & Giovinazzo, Staten Island, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant, M.C.: Gary Burton Port, Esq., Port & Sava, Lynbrook, NY.

    Case Number: 50153/2020

    Military Disability Benefits Are Not Subject to Equitable Distribution in Divorce

  • City of Hoboken v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Thomas G. Hungar (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Joel M. Silverstein and Herbert J. Stern (Stern Kilcullen & Rufolo); Joshua D. Dick (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Andrea E. Neuman (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William E. Thomson, III (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William T. Marks and Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Daniel J. Toal and Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Kevin H. Marino and John D. Tortorella (Marino Tortorella & Boyle); Paul J. Fishman (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Matthew T. Heartney and John D. Lombardo (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Jonathan W. Hughes (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Nancy G. Milburn and Diana E. Reiter (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Steven M. Bauer and Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Daniel R. Brody and Jameson R. Jones (Bartlit Beck); Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Michael K. Plumb, and Dennis M. Toft (Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Steven M. Bauer (Latham & Watkins); Anthony P. Callaghan (Gibbons); Sylvia-Rebecca Gutierrez and Thomas R. Valen (Gibbons); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Kathryn M. Barber and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Jeffrey M. Beyer and Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr. (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti); Kevin J. Mangan (Womble Bond Dickinson); Andrew G. McBride (McGuireWoods); David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, and Daniel Severson (Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick); Steven L. Caponi (K&L Gates); Joseph J. Bellew (White & Williams); Megan H. Berge (Baker Botts); J. Scott Janoe (Baker Botts); Tristan L. Duncan (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Daniel B. Rogers (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); Shannon S. Broome and Ann M. Mortimore (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Shawn P. Regan (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Antionette D. Hubbard (Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson); Robert E. Dunn (Eimer Stahl); Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, and Lisa S. Meyer (Eimer Stahl); Jeffrey L. Moyer (Richards Layton & Finger); Vanessa Lavely and Kevin J. Orsini (Cravath Swaine & Moore); Joy C. Fuhr and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Christian J. Singewald (White & Williams); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Alexandra Ewing and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); J. Benjamin Aguinaga (Jones Day); Noel J. Francisco and David M. Morrell (Jones Day); David C. Kiernan (Jones Day); Tracy A. Roman and Kathleen T. Sooy (Crowell & Moring); Honor R. Costello (Crowell & Moring); Michael F. Healy (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Mackenzie M. Wrobel (Duane Morris); Michael L. Fox (Duane Morris); Blake K. Rohrbacher, Alexandra Ewing, and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger)
    for defendant: Jonathan S. Abady, Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Ananda V. Burra, andMax R. Selver (Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel); Gerald Krovatin and Helen A. Nau (Krovatin Nau); Stephanie D. Biehl, Matthew K. Edling, Quentin C. Karpilow, and Victor M. Sher (Sher Edling); Ralph K. Durstein, III and Christian D. Wright (Office of Attorney General of Delaware); Jameson A.L. Tweedie (Delaware Department of Justice)

    Case Number: 21-2728 & 22-1096

    State Law Tort Claims Arising from Climate Change Caused by Use of Fossil Fuel Products Did Not Create Federal Question Permitting Removal to Federal Court

  • NFTD v. Haynes Boone

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hassan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00999-CV

    A law firm, that successfully obtained attorney immunity and was granted summary judgment, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court was correct to grant the motion.

  • Matter of People of the State of N.Y. v. Quality King Distribs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Covid-19 | White Collar Crime
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice John Higgitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant-respondent: Philip J. Levitz and Steven C. Wu of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-appellant: Anthony J. Viola and Andre K. Cizmarik of counsel, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 451296/20

    AG Made Showing of Price Gouging by Lysol Disinfectant Distributor During 'Covid' Pandemic

  • People v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2022-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Erie
    Judge: Justice M. William Boller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: John J. Flynn, Esq., District Attorney, Erie County, Rebecca A. Fioravanti, A.D.A.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Brittany L. Penberthy, Esq.

    Case Number: 71874-22/003

    Court Grants Motion to Compel Defendant to Provide a DNA Buccal Swab

  • People v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2022-08-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: Jonathan Selkowe, Esq. of Counsel, Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Queens County.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: David D. Strachan, Jr., Esq.

    Case Number: 869/2020

    Statutory Language Overrides Presumption of Disclosure in Discovery Dispute