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August 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Giuliani Turns Himself in on Georgia 2020 Election Charges After Bond Is Set at $150K

The former New York mayor was indicted last week along with Trump and 17 others. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said they participated in a wide-ranging conspiracy to subvert the will of the voters after the Republican president lost to Democrat Joe Biden in November 2020.

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Sinvany v. The Metropolitan Transit Authority

Publication Date: 2023-08-23
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, Kings
Judge: Justice Patria Frias-Colon
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: 512449/2017

Motion to Name Unnamed Defendant in Tort Action Denied as Untimely, Court Rules

Arkansas Teacher Ret. Sys. v. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Publication Date: 2023-08-23
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Kevin K. Russell, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD; Spencer A. Burkholz, Joseph D. Daley, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, James W. Johnson, Michael H. Rogers, Irina Vasilchenko, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD. For Defendants-Appellants: Richard H. Klapper, David M.J. Rein, Benjamin R. Walker, Julia A. Malkina, Jacob E. Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Morgan L. Ratner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellants: Audra J. Soloway, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington D.C. For Amicus Curiae Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission Officials and Law Professors in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Todd G. Cosenza, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Economic Scholars in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Victor L. Hou, Jared Gerber, on the brief, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Property Casualty Insurance Association in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Craig S. Waldman, Joshua C. Polster, Daniel H. Owsley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Ira D. Hammerman, Kevin Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, D.C.; Thomas Pinder, American Bankers Association, Washington, D.C.; Gregg Rozansky, Bank Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.; Tyler S. Badgley, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Stoller, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Society for Corporate Governance in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Jeremy C. Marwell, James T. Dawson, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Darla C. Stuckey, Randi V. Morrison, Society for Corporate Governance, New York, NY, on the brief, Christopher E. Duffy, Vinson & Elkins LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation in Support of Defendants-Appellants: George Anhang, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C.; William Marsh, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Dallas, TX; Cory L. Andrews, John M. Masslon II, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Lyle Roberts, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Financial Economists in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeremy Lieberman, Emma Gilmore, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Andrew L. Zivitz, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Stacey M. Kaplan, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Fransisco, CA, on the brief, Ernest A. Young, Apex, NC. For Amicus Curiae Securities Law Scholars in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Linnet R. Davis-Stermitz, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Salvatore J. Graziano, Jai K. Chandrasekhar, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Joseph E. White, III, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Better Markets, Inc. in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Former SEC Officials in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Daniel P. Chiplock, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Carolyn E. Shapiro, Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: 22-484

Misrepresentations Did Not Impact Stock Price; Shareholder Class Decertified

In the Matter of Keith Chance Hardy.

Publication Date: 2023-08-22
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Keith Chance Hardy, Columbus, for appellee; Delia T. Crouch, (Law Office of Delia T. Crouch), Newnan, for other party.
Case Number: S23Y0869

Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Abandoned Clients, Converted Client Property, and Demonstrated Lack of Competence

Cuevas v A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co.

Publication Date: 2023-08-22
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, New York
Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
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Case Number: 190009/2014

Motion to Dismiss Denied in Part; Granted in Part as Issues of Products Liability Remain

My Mavens LLC v. Grubhub Inc.

Publication Date: 2023-08-22
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
Judge: District Judge Paul G. Gardephe
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Case Number: 20 Civ. 4657

Company Fails to Allege Its Proprietary Functionalities Are Protectable Trade Secrets

Nanoventions, LLC v. Daniels

Publication Date: 2023-08-22
Practice Area: Damages
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Land
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Mones, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Steven Daniels, (Montgomery State Prison), Mt. Vernon, Bonnie Hutchinson, Cumming, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A0295

Court reverses order denying damages against a defendant in a RICO case against whom a default judgment was entered, and reverses and remands on an attorney fee issue

August 21, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Litigation Leaders: Cohen Ziffer Chair Talks the Advantages of Being on the Policyholder Side of the Insurance Recovery Practice

In February 2022, a Delaware jury found that Conduent allegedly tried to defraud AIG into covering part of its Medicaid fraud-related settlement.

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August 21, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Robin Cohen of Cohen Ziffer on the Advantages of Being on the Policyholder Side of the Insurance Recovery Practice

"Rather than competing with my colleagues for business, I have been able to partner with so many of my former Big Law colleagues who routinely refer me clients because of conflicts," says Cohen, who launched her boutique with colleagues from McKool Smith.

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United States v. Sadeek

Publication Date: 2023-08-21
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: 22-40332

Defendant was convicted of enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and transfer of obscene material to a minor.