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  • In re Marriage of Pearson

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Justice Dato
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D070360

    No abuse of discretion in deducting sanctions from partys future spousal support

  • Merial Inc. v. ABIC Biological Labs.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Barry Ostrager
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioners: Thomas J. Kowqalski, Vedder Price P.C.
    for defendant: Respondents: Richard A. Cirillo, King & Spalding LLP.
    Case Number: 650137/2018

    Law Firm Disqualified From Representing Interests Materially Adverse to Former Clients

  • Morrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Morrison, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Tracy K. Chapman, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta.
    Case Number: S17A1750

    The evidence supported defendant's malice murder conviction in connection with the death of his girlfriend and defendant failed to prove his several prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • MacDonald v. CashCall, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-12
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Shwartz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph L. Barloon and Austin K. Brown (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP); Andrew Muscato (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)
    for defendant: Matthew W.H. Wessler (Gupta Wessler PLLC); Brock J. Specht (Nichols Kaster PLLP)
    Case Number: 17-2161

    Arbitration Provision Was Illusory Where It Provided No Forum for Arbitration and Waived State and Federal Statutory Rights

  • Goodrum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Monique Lynn Kirby, Edward Andrew Case, III (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange; Peter J. Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1748

    Defendant Had No Constitutional Right to Be Present When Attorneys Met in Chambers With Judge to Discuss Juror's Qualification

  • Keates v. Koile

    Publication Date: 2018-03-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Justice Ikuta
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-16568

    Child protective services worker not entitled to qualified immunity for alleged wrongful detention of minor child

  • Home Comfortable v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2018-03-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-16-00906-CV

    Appellants, a corporation and its president, induced appellees into starting a limited partnership and then denied them access to financial records and bank accounts, locked the business's doors, seized the business's assets, and gave the use of those assets to a new company.

  • Walker v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-17-00092-CR

    After a jury found appellant guilty of murder, the trial court sentenced her to thirty years confinement in prison.

  • People v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2018-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Rosalyn Richter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Clara H. Salzberg and Justin Braun of counsel, Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx
    for defendant: For Appellant: Joey Jackson of counsel, Kohler & Isaacs, LLP, New York
    Case Number: 971/14

    Failure to Instruct Jury on Justification Defense Was Reversible Error; New Trial Ordered

  • Konstantin v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen, Adam S. Ziffer, and Elizabeth A. Sherwin of counsel, McKool Smith, P.C., New York
    for defendant: For Defendant Resolute Management, Inc.: John M. Nonna and Suman Chakraborty of counsel, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, New York
    Case Number: 652897/2013

    Administrator's Failure to Explain Non-Payment Supports Tortious Interference Claim