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  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0779

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Guaranteed Rate, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas A. Marrinson, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Jessica K. Jacobs, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: D69523

    A civil investigative demand in an action under the False Claims Act constituted a claim under plaintiff's insurance policy, so defendant insurer was obligated to advance defense costs.

  • Country Life Homes, LLC v. Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Carol A. Vanderwoude, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Art C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69520

    Former clients sufficiently pled legal malpractice cause of action by alleging that legal counsel negligently advised clients to pursue litigation strategy that had no merit, resulting in clients incurring unnecessary litigation expense.

  • U & Me Homes LLC v. Cnty. of Suffolk

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attys. For Plaintiff: Borchert & LaSpina, PC, Whitestone, NY.
    for defendant: Suffolk County Attorney By: Jacqueline Caputi, Esq., Assist. County Atty, Dennis M. Brown, Esq. Atty. For Defendant PSEG: Andrew McCabe, Esq., Uniondale, NY. Atty. For Defs. Escue: Nina B. Strunk, PLLC, Southampton, NY. Atty. For Def. Town of Southampton: James M. Burke, Esq, Southampton, NY.
    Case Number: 11760/14

    Alleged Restrictive Covenant Did Not Run With Land; Petitioner May Pursue Permit Petition

  • August 30, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    2 Veteran South Florida Lawyers Sentenced for Financial Fraud

    "Both the judge and the prosecution in this case were wise," defense counsel David Markus said.

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  • Hatikvah Int'l Acad. Charter Sch. v. E. Brunswick Twp. Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas O. Johnston (Johnston Law Firm LLC)
    for defendant: Jodi S. Howlett (Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri & Jacobs, LLC); Michael I. Inzelbuch
    Case Number: 20-2083

    Resident School District Obliged to Bear Financial Responsibility for Placement Costs from IEP Created by Charter School

  • State of Texas v. Martinez

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hassan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00255-CR

    Appellee was charged by information with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.

  • Federal Corp v. Truhlar

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-16-00095-CV

    A foreign corporation, that was sued in relation to the sale of tires and argued lack of personal jurisdiction, failed to show the court lacked personal jurisdiction.

  • In the Interest of S.K.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1000

    Superior court erred in reversing trial court's denial of termination of mother's parental rights because superior court exceeded its standard of review and erred in substituting its judgment for that of the trial court. Vacated.

  • In Re Shire

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-21-00016-CV

    Health Choice Advisory brought a qui tam action under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act against Shire alleging it violated anti-kickback provisions of the Act by implementing two marketing programs that incentivized medical providers to prescribe certain pharmaceutical products covered by the Texas Medicaid Program.