• In the Int. of J.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0420

    A mother, who had her parental rights terminated by the trial court, failed to prove she was entitled to relief.

  • People v. Valdez

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Criminal Court, Kings
    Judge: Judge Patrick Hayes Torres
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Kings County, Molly Sheehan, Esq., Assistant District Attorney.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Kiersten Reider, Esq., of counsel, Brooklyn Defender Services.

    Case Number: CR-034714-22KN

    Defendants Must Timely Inform Prosecution of Defects in Certificate of Compliance

  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan S. Kanter, Doha Mekki, Maggie Goodlander, David B. Lawrence, Daniel E. Haar, Nikolai G. Levin, Peter M. Bozzo, Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Amanda P. Reeves, Lindsey S. Champlin, David L. Johnson, Charles S. Dameron, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Christopher S. Yates, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy G. Cameron, Peter T. Barbur, David R. Marriott, Daniel K. Zach, Michael K. Zaken, Lindsey J. Timlin, Hannah L. Dwyer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Amanda L. Wait, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Daniel K. Hogan, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for defendant-appellees.

    Case Number: 22-2806

    Rather than employ the hypothetical monopolist test analysis for determining product market under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's analysis using the actual market for refined sugar as the product market definition.

  • S. Cent. Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church v. SMU

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goldstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-21-00151-CV

    Appellee, Southern Methodist University, was founded in 1911 and its original charter stated that it was "to be forever owned, controlled and managed" by a predecessor conference of appellant South Central Jurisdiction Conference of the United Methodist Church.

  • Membreno-Hernandez v. Bank of Am., N.A.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Silva
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-22-00390-CV

    Appellee Bank of America sued appellant on an account stated claim to collect the unpaid balance of $4,739.71 on her credit card account which it claimed was past due.

  • Boyd v. McNamara

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Elrod
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-50945

    A prisoner, who was repeatedly tased during pretrial detention at a county jail, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in finding no genuine issues of material facts to justify summary judgment in favor of the county.

  • Whispering Pines Associates, LLC v. Town of Queensbury Planning Board

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Warren
    Judge: Justice Robert J. Muller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners Whispering Pines Associates, LLC and Robert Gardens North, LLC: Claudia K. Braymer of counsel, Braymer Law, PLLC, Glens Falls. For Petitioner Queensbury Holdings LLC: John D. Aspland of counsel, Fitzgerald Morris Baker Firth P.C., Glens Falls.
    for defendant: For Respondents Town of Queensbury Planning Board and Town of Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals: Jacquelyn P. White of counsel, Miller, Mannix, Schachner & Hafner, LLC, Glens Falls. For Respondent Hoffman Development Corporation: Javid Afzali of counsel, Harris Beach PLLC, Albany. For Respondent 919 State Route 9, LLC: John D. Wright of counsel, Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P.C., Glens Falls.

    Case Number: EF2022-70258

    Zoning Approval For Property Remanded Back to Proceedings Following Court Decision

  • Hrymoc v. Ethicon, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-06
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Slater (Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, attorneys; Adam M. Slater and Christopher J. Geddis, on the briefs)
    for defendant: David R. Kott (McCarter & English, attorneys; David R. Kott and Natalie H. Mantell, of counsel and on the briefs, and Meghan McSkimming and Benjamin D. Heller, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-21/23-21 (085547)

    §510(k) Evidence Relevant to Negligence Theory in Product Liability Case, But Challenges to Admission Should Be Resolved by Motion in Limine

  • August 4, 2023 | Daily Business Review

    Slavery Was Not a Choice Nor Was It a Personal Benefit

    The Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Bar Association calls on our leaders' better angels to reach a resolution. We seek a resolution that draws us together, not divides us. A resolution that is not marred in resentment over past wrongs or vitriol over present cultural and political strife.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: August 4, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-08-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:August 2, 2023