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  • July 22, 2021 | Law.com

    Virtual Firms Push Back on Morgan Stanley CLO: The Morning Minute

    The news and analysis you need to start your day.

    5 minute read

  • Montanez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0246

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Conviction as to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; Evidence Independent of Alleged Accomplice's Testimony Provided Slight Corroboration of Alleged Accomplice's Account

  • Coster v. UIP Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael K. Ross, Thomas Shakow, Serine Consolino, Sean Roberts, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69471

    Chancery court erred in ruling that stock sale to break shareholder deadlock and avoid shareholder's action for appointment of a custodian for the company was permissible if the stock was sold at a fair price, as the company and its board and other shareholder were obligated to demonstrate a compelling justification for conducting the sale.

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: July 19, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: July 19, 2021

  • July 20, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    EU Signals Approval for Aon-WTW Deal but With Conditions

    While the deal is moving along in Europe, U.S. regulators could stall its momentum.

    4 minute read

  • Appellate Term, Second Department: July 15, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth JudicIal Districts & Ninth and Tenth JudicIal DisTRICTS
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Term, Second Department: July 15, 2021

  • People v. Addimando

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Reinaldo Rivera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Larry Glasser of counsel, Robert V. Tendy, Special District Attorney, Carmel, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Garrard R. Beeney, Timothy J. Weinstein, James J. Browne, Samantha R. Briggs, Amanda F. Davidoff, Kamil R. Shields, Alexander M. Self, and Jennifer B. Lee of counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae New York City Bar Association (one brief filed): Tyler Maulsby of counsel, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C., New York, NY, Jeffrey A. Udell of counsel, Walden Macht & Haran, LLP, New York, NY, Denise A. Rubin of counsel, Rubin Law, PLLC, New York, NY, Christopher J. Stanley of counsel, and Joseph Hage Aaronson, LLC, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Sanctuary for Families, Day One New York, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Safe Horizon, Inc., Her Justice, Urban Resource Institute, Urban Justice Center, Empire Justice Center, Legal Momentum, New York Legal Assistance Group, New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, and Lawyers Committee Against Domestic Violence: Marissa K. Perry, Maura Douglas, and Brianne Holland-Stergar of counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Jeffrion L. Aubry, Brian A. Benjamin, Alessandra Biaggi, David Carlucci, Andrew Gounardes, Brad Hoylman, Monica R. Martinez, Shelley B. Mayer, Zellnor Myrie, Kevin S. Parker, Roxanne J. Persaud, Gustavo Rivera, Diane J. Savino, and Luis R. Sepúlveda: Sharon L. Caffrey and Leah A. Mintz, pro hac vice, and Eric R. Breslin of counsel, Duane Morris, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 2020-02485

    Murder, Weapon Sentences Reduced; Domestic Violence Survivor's Act Improperly Applied

  • Matter of Smith v. Morrison

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
    Judge: Presiding Justice John Egan Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Kristin A. Bluvas of counsel, Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Dennis B. Laughlin, Cherry Valley.
    Case Number: 530752

    Order Granting Petitioner Order of Protection for Harassment, Disorderly Conduct Reversed

  • HSBC Bank USA NA v. Khemraj

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Mary Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Shapiro, Dicaro & Brak, LLC, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant 1028 Grant: Kenneth R/ Berman, Esq., Forest Hills, NY. Attorneys for Defendant Khemraj 70-20 Austin Street, Suite 111: David J. Broderick, P.C., Forest Hills, NY.
    Case Number: 50068/2016

    HSBC Denied Renewal of Prior Order as Untimely, Finding Previous Foreclosure Dismissed

  • In the Matter of Joseph Roger Davis.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Roger Davis, (Robert O. House PC), Macon, Joseph Roger Davis, Sr., Macon, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0752

    Court affirms sanction of disbarment against an attorney with a prior disciplinary record who had abandoned and failed to respond to a client