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  • U.S. v. Familetti

    Publication Date: 2017-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the United States of America: with Patrick Egan, Karl Metzner, on the brief, Jessica K. Fender, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jerald Brainin, Esq., Los Angeles, California.
    Case Number: 16-2334-pr

    Although Agent's Cooperation Request Would be Interrogation, Defendant Was Not in Custody

  • In The Matter Of John F. Meyers.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, W. Matthew Wilson (Akin & Tate PC), Cartersville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; David Anthony LaMalva, (LaMalva Geoffroy & Oeland PC), Conyers; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1593

    The Supreme Court suspended an attorney from the practice of law for two years for his violations of various Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with improper billing to his law firm's corporate client.

  • In Re Accident Fund General Insurance

    Publication Date: 2017-12-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-0556

    The Texas Workers' Compensation Act "provides the exclusive process and remedies for claims arising out of a carrier's investigation, handling, or settling of a claim for workers' compensation benefits."

  • Cooper Industries v. National Union Fire

    Publication Date: 2017-12-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-20539

    Appellant invested its pension-plan assets in what turned out to be a Ponzi scheme. It submitted a claim under a commercial-crime insurance policy underwritten by appellee; appellee denied the claim and appellant instituted the underlying suit.

  • Allen-Pieroni v. Pieroni

    Publication Date: 2017-12-25
    Practice Area: Family Law | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-0900

    "Slander of title" consists of a "false and malicious statement made in disparagement of a person's title to property which causes special damages."

  • Div. of Child Protection and Permanency v. K.H.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A-3446-15T4

    Defendant appealed the determination that she abused or neglected her granddaughter by being under the influence of prescription medication while caring for her.

  • Matter of Rich

    Publication Date: 2017-12-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Attorney Grievance Committee
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jorge Dopico, Chief Attorney, Attorney Grievance Committee, New York (Raymond Vallejo, of counsel), for petitioner.
    for defendant: Michael S. Ross, Esq. for respondent.
    Case Number: M-3879

    In the Matter of Stuart I. Rich, an attorney and counselor-at-law.

  • In The Matter Of April Dabney-Froe.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17Y1823

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of her license to practice law arising out of her multiple failures to promptly give clients an accounting of settlement proceeds, disburse settlement funds, and/or pay medical bills in her clients cases.

  • 366 W. 30th St. LLC v. Avila

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, First Department
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 570431/17

    Landlord Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment of Possession Against Tenant

  • In The Matter Of Nolen Arthur Hamer.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nolen Arthur Hamer (Hamer Law Firm), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Thomas L. Holder (Long & Holder), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1988

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after previously rejecting his petition for voluntary discipline, in which he sought a Review Panel reprimand for his admitted violations of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.