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  • University of Texas v. Vitetta

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Molberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-19-00105-CV

    Appellee, renowned professor of microbiology and immunology, brought suit against appellant university alleging discrimination and retaliation for cutting her salary, cutting her lab space and staff, and sabotaging her role as president of the university's faculty senate.

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Grossman, (Law Office of Richard A Grossman), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, David K. Getachew-Smith, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0826

    Court affirms defendant's murder convictions over multiple contentions of error relating to his mental state

  • Innovative Images, LLC v. James Darren Summerville, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-06
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn S. Whitlock, Kelli Kimberly Steele, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Caleb Frank Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Daniel Brent Snipes, (Taulbee Rushing Snipes Marsh & Hodgin, LLC), Statesboro, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1026

    Mandatory arbitration clause in attorney engagement letter was not unenforceable as against public policy or substantively or procedurally unconscionable

  • In re Teagan K.-O.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McDonald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: SC 20245

    Court Held That Connecticut Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction Over Neglect Petition

  • In the Interest of CEH

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kreger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 09-19-00120-CV

    Father challenged the Order in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship concerning his child C.E.H.

  • In re: Allergan ERISA Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob H. Zamansky and Samuel E. Bonderoff (Zamansky, LLC); Gary S. Graifman (Kantrowitz Goldhammer & Graifman); Michael J. Klein (Abraham Fruchter & Twersky); Mark Levine; Patrick K. Slyne (Stull Stull & Brody)
    for defendant: Anjuli M. Cargain, Robert D. Eassa, and Paul J. Killion (Duane Morris); Joseph F. Falgiani, Joseph G. Harraka, Jr., David G. Tomeo, and Robert D. Towry (Becker, LLC)
    Case Number: 18-2729

    ERISA Action Arising from Alleged Stock Price Inflation Failed Where No Evidence Company Engaged in Unlawful Price-Fixing of Its Products

  • Polsky v. Lucio

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Perkes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-19-00062-CV

    Cameron County promulgated a regulation prohibiting sexually oriented businesses within 1,500 feet of public parks, which their regulations defined as "any tract of land dedicated for public use and accessible to the general public for recreational purposes, including locations owned by non-profit organizations that provide education and recreational facilities but not including public road ways, walkways, easements, and rights of way."

  • Skeels v. Suder

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Corporate Governance | Law Firm Partners
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Birdwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 02-18-00112-CV

    At issue in this acrimonious shareholder dispute was the applicability of one of the law firm's governing resolutions to the law firm's attempted redemption of the departing shareholder's shares in the absence of a specific document or agreement expressly setting forth the redemption price of those shares.

  • Hammad v. Jamal Kamal Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Leonard Livote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 713239/2017

    Court Found Dissolution Not Appropriate Remedy Given Current State of Corporate Affairs

  • Audthan LLC v. Nick & Duke LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Robert Reed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff by: Jeremy A. Cohen, Esq., Tracee Elaine Davis, Esq., Jonathan Paul Wolfert, Esq., and Owen Richard Wolfe, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant by: Bradley S. Silverbush Esq., and Amanda M. Toombs, Esq., Rosenberg and Estis, P.C., New York, NY. By: Richard Adam Hubell, Esq., Hubell & Associates, LLC, New York, NY. By: Barry A. Cozier, Esq., Barry A. Cozier, Attorney at Law, Bronx, NY.
    Case Number: 652050/2015

    Court Vacates Note of Issue for Oustanding Discovery, Strikes Case From Trial Calendar