• Gazzola v. Hochul

    Publication Date: 2023-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Paloma A. Capanna, Law Office of Paloma A. Capanna, Beaufort, NC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Jeffrey W. Lang, on the brief, Beezly J. Kiernan, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-3068-CV

    State Regulations on Gun, Ammunition Sales Did Not Threaten Second Amendment Rights

  • United States v. Croft

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-50380

    In 2019, appellant was convicted of four counts of aggravated identity theft.

  • In the Matter of Carl Lawrence Collins.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl Lawrence Collins, (Law Office of Carl Collins III), Southfield, for appellee; Michael J Blakely, Jr., (The Blakely Firm), Decatur, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y1064

    Court accepts lawyer's petition for voluntary suspension of his law license pending his appeal of criminal convictions for filing false tax returns

  • In the Matter of W. McCall Calhoun, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Clarence Evans, Jr., (Evans & Rhodes, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee; LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y1160

    Court suspends attorney law license pending appeal of his felony and misdemeanor convictions related to his participation in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0970

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his law license in a disciplinary matter relating to representation of a client in a wrongful death action against Alexander Murdaugh

  • People of the State of New York v. Red Rose Rescue

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth M. Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Heather McKay, Esq., Julia K. Toce, Esq., Sandra E. Pullman, Esq., Zoe Ridolfi-Starr, Esq., Office of the New York Attorney General, New York, Rochester, and Watertown, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants Red Rose Rescue, Christopher Moscinski, Matthew Connolly, William Goodman, Laura Gies, and John Hinshaw: Christopher A. Ferrara, Esq., Thomas More Society, Whitestone, NY. Counsel for Defendant Christopher Moscinski: Dennis J. Ring, Esq., Law Office of Dennis J. Ring, Whitestone, NY. Counsel for Defendant Laura Gies: Catherine Short, Esq., Life Legal Defense Foundation, Ojai, CA. Counsel for Defendant Laura Gies: John P. Margand, Esq., Law Offices of John P. Margand, P.C., Yonkers, NY. Counsel for Interested Party the United States of America: Amanda M. Lee, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 23-CV-4832

    Preliminary Injunction Only Partly Granted; Its Scope Limited to SDNY, EDNY

  • December 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lloyd's of London Prevails in Insurance Claim Over KN95 Masks Detained by Customs Authorities

    "The central issue is whether the detention of the masks by customs authorities constituted a 'physical loss or damage' to the masks," the opinion said. "Our review of the plain language of the policy does not convince us it was ambiguous."

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  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party

    Case Number: S22Y0940

    ourt accepts attorney's petition for public reprimand in response to disciplinary matter over her violations of Practice Rules 1.4, 1.5(b), and 7.1

  • Vans Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Philip A. Goldstein, McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY; Tanya L. Greene, McGuire Woods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Megan K. Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William D. Patterson, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago IL, on the brief, David H. Bernstein. For Amicus Curiae Daniel Arsham in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Vivek Jayaram, Jayaram Law Group, Chicago, IL. For Amici Curiae Emmanuel Perrotin, Jean-Paul Engelen in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Ronald D. Coleman, Dhillon Law Group Inc., Newark, NJ. For Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Mark A. Lemley, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., and Accessories Council in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Zachary D. Cohen, Rachel W. Adams, on the brief, John P. O'Herron, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond, VA. For Amicus Curiae Nike, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Tamar Y. Duvdevani, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, on the brief, Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA. For Amicus Curiae International Trademark Association in Support of neither party: Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY; David Donahue, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Vijay K. Toke, Rimon P.C., San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae Authors Alliance, Mason Rothschild, Alfred Steiner in Support of neither party: Mark P. McKenna, Christopher J. Sprigman, Rebecca Tushnet, on the brief, Rhett O. Millsaps II, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1006

    Confusion on Source of Wavy Baby Shoe Likely; Vans Likely to Prevail on Infringement Claim

  • Hartman Income REIT v. Summer Energy

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Commercial Law | Contracts | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-22-00469-CV

    Appellant owned and operated over 50 buildings and obtained electricity for them from appellee.