• BSD 80 Broad LLC v. LSG (US) LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Alan Marin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 654078/2019

    Tenant's Affirmative Defenses in Landlord's Action for Unpaid Rent Dismissed

  • In Re Long

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Morriss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-20-00032-CV

    On June 16, 2020, the Sixth Court of Appeals denied a petition for writ of mandamus complaining of the trial court's oral rulings compelling a response to discovery requests from relators in their capacities as trustees of several trusts.

  • Solomon Capital v. Lion Biotechnologies

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice O. Peter Sherwood
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 651881/2016

    Defendant Granted Dismissal of Action for Plaintiffs' Failure to Prosecute

  • Cicio v. Kingswood Props.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Thomas Feinman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff, Phyllis Cicio: Dell & Dean PLLC.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant, Kingswood Properties, LLC: Gerard Glass & Associates, P.C.

    Case Number: 605995/15

    Defendant Granted Vacatur of Order, Judgment in Personal Injury Action

  • Gardhigh v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke Anthony Martin, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0227

    Trial Court Was Authorized to Deny Voluntary Manslaughter Defendant's Pretrial Motion for Immunity From Prosecution; Court Properly Found That Defendant Did Not Act in Self-Defense

  • Tumlinson v. Dix

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Fortune, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A1277

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That it Lacked Authority to Consider Merits of Defendant's Petition for Pre-trial Habeas Relief

  • Matter of James v. iFinex Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure | Securities Litigation | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Ellen Gesmer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Philip J. Levitz, Scott A. Eisman and Steven C. Wu of counsel, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellants: Charles A. Michael of counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, Zoe Phillips of counsel, and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York.

    Case Number: 450545/19

    Martin Act Investigation of Virtual Currency Not Dismissed; Currency Deemed a 'Commodity'

  • In Re CJC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0694

    Abigail was born in 2014 and her mother died when she was three years old. Prior to the mother's death, her father, relator C.J.C., filed suit requesting a court determine conservatorship, possession, and child support for Abigail.

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Noah Jared Abrams, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0125

    Physician's Letter and Representations of Counsel Were Sufficient to Establish Crime Victim Was Not Available to Testify at Trial

  • In the interest of JMG

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-19-00865-CV

    The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services filed a petition for conservatorship of J.M.G. and termination of mother's parental rights.