• Matter of State of New York v. Kerry K.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Cheryl Chambers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Anisha S. Dasgupta and Mark S. Grube of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY
    for defendant: For Appellant: Michael D. Neville, Ana Vuk-Pavlovic, and Dennis B. Feld of counsel, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 2018-12882

    MHL §10.06(k) Requires Sex Offender's Confinement Pending New Trial on Mental Abnormality

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard G. Milam, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A1021

    Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective in Failing to Request That the Jury Be Instructed it Could Consider Co-Defendant's Felony Convictions in Assessing His Credibility

  • Appellate Division, Second Department:September 4, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    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:September 4, 2020

  • In the Matter of Elizabeth Vila Rogan.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Vila Rogan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20Y0869

    Court Accepts Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Surrender of Her License; Attorney Had Been Indicted for Forging a Judge's Initials Without Express Permission

  • September 8, 2020 | Legaltech News

    Utah Approves Rocket Lawyer for New Regulatory Sandbox

    Utah's Supreme Court unanimously approved Rocket Lawyers application to join the state's pilot program, which allows nonlawyers to provide certain traditional legal services and authorizes new legal business models.

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  • New York v. Nat'l Highway Traffic Safety Admin.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner State of New York: Attorney General Letitia James, Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood, Yueh-Ru Chu, on the brief, Steven C. Wu, New York, NY. For Petitioner State of California: Attorney General Xavier Becerra, David Zaft, David A. Zonana, Laura J. Zuckerman, Los Angeles, CA. For Petitioner State of Connecticut: Attorney General William Tong, Matthew I. Levine, Hartford, CT. For Petitioner District of Columbia: Attorney General Karl A. Racine, Jacqueline R. Bechara, Washington, DC. For Petitioner State of Delaware: Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, Kayli H. Spialter, Wilmington, DE. For Petitioner State of Illinois: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Bridget DiBattista, Matthew J. Dunn, Jason E. James, Daniel I. Rottenberg, Chicago, IL. For Petitioner State of Maine: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey, Laura Jensen, Augusta, ME. For Petitioner State of Maryland: Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, Joshua M. Segal, Roberta R. James, Baltimore, MD. For Petitioner Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Attorney General Maura Healey, Christophe Courchesne, Carol Iancu, Matthew Ireland, David S. Frankel, Megan M. Herzog, Boston, MA. For Petitioner State of New Jersey: Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, Jeremy M. Feigenbaum, Trenton, NJ. For Petitioner State of Oregon: Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Paul Garrahan, Salem, OR. For Petitioner State of Vermont: Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan, Jr., Laura B. Murphy, Montpelier, VT. For Petitioner State of Rhode Island: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Tricia K. Jedele, Providence, RI. For Petitioner State of Washington: Attorney General Robert W. Ferguson, Emily C. Nelson, Olympia, WA. For Petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council: Alexander L. Tom, Gabriel Daly, on the brief, Ian Fein, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA. For Petitioner Sierra Club: Vera Pardee, Law Offices of Vera Pardee, Berkeley, CA.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Steven G. Bradbury, Paul M. Geier, Jonathan C. Morrison, Kerry E. Kolodziej, Joseph H. Hunt, H. Thomas Byron III, on the brief, Dennis Fan, Washington, DC. For Intervenor Alliance for Automotive Innovation: Ashley C. Parrish, Jacqueline Glassman, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, Andrew J. Chinsky, King & Spalding LLP, Chicago IL, Erika Z. Jones, Daniel E. Jones, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law as Amicus Curiae in support of Petitioners: Richard L. Revesz, Bethany A. Davis Noll, Max Sarinsky, Jason A. Schwartz, New York University School of Law, New York, NY. For Tesla, Inc. as Amicus Curiae in support of Petitioners: Joseph Mendelson III, Arlington, VA.

    Case Number: 19-2395-ag

    NHTSA 2019 Rule Vacated; CAFE Penalty Is Civil Monetary Penalty Under Improvements Act

  • September 7, 2020 | Litigation Daily

    How Lawyers Got a $1M Settlement After an Initial $10K Offer

    "We not only believed Mr. Ferguson, we have been inspired by his determination to get answers and seek justice," said Donovan Potter of Beasley Allen's Atlanta office.

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  • Reed v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Neill
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-19-00363-CR

    In three issues, appellant challenged his conviction for attempted sexual assault.

  • State of Texas v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Countiss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01-19-00137-CR

    The State appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to quash and dismiss the indictment that she committed the felony offense of compelling prostitution by a minor.

  • In Re Hughes

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-20-00442-CR

    Relator filed petitions for writs of mandamus while incarcerated.