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November 4, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Litigant's Threat to Kill Judge Reflects Growing Challenges of Preventing Violence Against Federal Jurists

According to PACER documents, Williams is a plaintiff in one active civil case, raising civil rights claims over his incarceration in the Mercer County Correctional Center. The pro se case is before Senior U.S. Judge Peter Sheridan. Williams also was a party in five other civil cases, four of which were dismissed by Sheridan and one by Chief Judge Freda Wolfson.

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K.L. v. R.H.

Publication Date: 2021-11-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
Judge: Justice Zelon
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: G059109

Record does not support issuance of mutual DVPA restraining orders against both perpetrator and victim of domestic violence

November 3, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Supreme Court Says State Budget Can't Be Used to Mandate Masks in Schools

The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling shortly after hearing oral arguments Tuesday that deemed it was unconstitutional for the…

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Lane v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-11-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, William C. Enfinger, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A1029

Trial Court Dd Not Err in Allowing Convicted Defendant's Friend, Who Has a Criminal Record, to Testify Regarding His Willingness to Take a Polygraph Test

Simmons v. Trans Express Inc.

Publication Date: 2021-11-03
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wage and Hour Litigation
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Charlene Simmons: Abdul K. Hassan, Abdul Hassan Law Group, PLLC, Queens Village, New York.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Trans Express Inc.: P. Kevin Connelly, on the briefs, Emory D. Moore, Jr., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois.
Case Number: 19-438

Claim Preclusion Applies to Small Claims Court Judgments, Is Defense to FLSA Action

In the Matter of Leonard T. Mathis.

Publication Date: 2021-11-03
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard F. Waddington, Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S21Y1269

Court Accepts Imposition of Public Reprimand as a Sanction for Lawyer's Admitted Violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

November 2, 2021 | Law.com

Arizona Supreme Court Says State Budget Can't Be Used to Mandate Masks in Schools

    The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling shortly after hearing oral arguments Tuesday that deemed it was unconstitutional…

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November 2, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Major Cases Could Come Before Judges on Pennsylvania Ballots

The marquee contest in Tuesday's election is for an open seat on Pennsylvania's highest court. The state Supreme Court race is between Maria McLaughlin, a Democrat, and Kevin Brobson, a Republican.

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November 2, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

OSHA Moves Closer to Issuing Vaccination Mandate

Review the potential impact the new directive will have on insureds operating in the private sector.

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Steen v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-11-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jared Tolton Williams, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A1002

Trial Court Must Rule in the First Instance on Convicted Malice Murder Defendant's Right-to-Be-Present at All Stages of His Trial Claim