• In the Matter of Waymon Sims (two cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Catherine H. Hicks, (Fox, Chandler, Homan, Hicks & McKinnon), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: S22Y0395

    Petition For Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriately Accepted Following Attorney's Admission of Serious Rules Violations

  • In the Matter of Justin Grey Woodward.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Grey Woodward, (Law Offices of J.G. Woodward), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0331

    Public Reprimand Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • Fields v. Kijakazi

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-3760-cv

    Law Firm's High Contingency Fee Not 'Windfall'; Court, SSA Should Release $40,170 to Firm

  • February 2, 2022 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: Why No One's Worried about FCPA Enforcement Dip + DOJ Takes Aim at Unfavorable Antitrust Rulings + Near-Record False Claims Recoveries

    FCPA enforcement fell to its lowest level since 2015 last year, but practitioners expect it's only a blip before activity ramps up again.

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  • Page v. Oath, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: Consulting | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Todd V. McMurtry, Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, PLLC, Ft. Mitchell, KY; K. Lawson Pedigo, Miller Keffer & Pedigo, PLLC, Dallas, TX for plaintiff below, appellant.
    for defendant: T. Brad Davey, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elbert Lin, David M. Parker, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, VA; Jonathan D. Reichman, Jennifer L. Bloom, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY, for defendant below, appellee.

    Case Number: D69696

    The court held that plaintiff was required to plead actual malice in his defamation suit against defendant who owned online news organizations and published articles concerning investigation into plaintiff's connection to Russian figures because the articles were substantially true.

  • Shader v. Overby

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Albany
    Judge: Justice David Weinstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff by: David Gordon Esq., David Gordon Attorney & Counselor at Law, Highmount, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant by: Gabriel P. Harvis, Esq., Elefterakis Elefterakis & Panek, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 907245-20

    Facebook Remarks Amidst Black Lives Matter Protests Were Opinion, Not Defamation

  • United States v. U.S. Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hatcher, Chief, Civil Division, Shamoor Anis, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE; Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, Jenigh Garrett, Jill Ptacek, United States Department Of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Amanda P. Reeves, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Elyse M. Greenwald, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel K. Hogan, Daniel C. Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Amanda L. Wait, Vic Domen, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Darryl Wade Anderson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Christine A. Varney, David R. Marriott, Peter T. Parbur, Timothy G. Cameron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69700

    Court declined to transfer government's Clayton Act suit where the government had filed suit in the state of incorporation of the parties to the challenged transaction, where the corporate parties had also agreed to hear claims arising from their transaction, such that the government's of forum was entitled to substantial deference.

  • Estate of Hart

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, Rockland
    Judge: Surrogate Keith Cornell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Counterclaimants: Martin Wm. Goldman, Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Petitioner: Robert J. Bergson, Esq., Abrams Garfield Margolis Bergson, LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Petitioner: John Walsh, Esq., Walsh & Walsh, Esqs., Hackensack, NJ.

    Case Number: 2014-753/B

    Court Grants Petition for Legal Fees in Underlying Estate Action

  • Gruber v. Gruber

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Putnam
    Judge: Justice Gina Capone
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 500507/2019

    Issues of Fact Exist as to Whether Transfer of Property Was Effectuated

  • Appellate Division, First Department: January 27, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: January 27, 2022