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  • J.R.B. v. K.M.B.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A-3329-17T1

    Defendant appealed lower court's order granting of final restraining order.

  • In Re Rebekah Gee

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-30353

    Plaintiffs brought a "cumulative-effects challenge" to Louisiana's laws regulating abortion, arguing the provisions taken as a whole were unconstitutional.

  • In the Interest of AW

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-19-00024-CV

    In a suit brought by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the trial court terminated mother's and father's parental rights to their two children.

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0785

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenges to jury instructions, and arguments on his right to be present and on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Attestor Value Master Fund v. Arag-A-Limited

    Publication Date: 2019-11-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Kenneth I. Schacter, on the brief, Peter Sabin Willet, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA and New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Michael A. Paskin, Daniel Slifkin, and Damaris Hernandez, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 16-1124

    To Be Binding, Purported Contracts Expressly Required Defendant's Countersignature

  • In the Matter of Denise F. Hemmann

    Publication Date: 2019-11-01
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Spencer Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19Y1546

    Public Reprimand Not Adequate Discipline For Attorney With Numerous Rules Violations

  • In the Matter of Sherri Jefferson

    Publication Date: 2019-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherri Jefferson, Riverdale, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19Y0527

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Made False Statements to Tribunal, Knowingly Communicated With Person Represented by Counsel, and Engaged in Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit, and Misrepresentation

  • Make the Road New York v. Cuccinelli

    Publication Date: 2019-10-31
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge George Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19 Civ. 7993

    USCIS and DHS Preliminarily Enjoined from Implementing, Enforcing 'Public Charge' Rule

  • In The Interest of KAMS

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-00015-CV

    In 2006, mother filed an original suit affecting a parent-child relationship and the trial court signed an order adjudicating father the parent of two children, K.A.M.S. and K.A.S., born to mother, The trial court ordered mother and father have joint-managing conservatorship, mother had exclusive right to determine primary residence within Harris County, and father had standard possession and access.

  • L.M. v. K.D.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A-3443-17T2

    Plaintiff mother appealed the order denying her motion to transfer jurisdiction to Virginia under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.