• Morrissey v. Constantine

    Publication Date: 2025-02-20
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Philippe Solages, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 616062/2019

    Court Disregards Investment Equity Option Agreement, Judgment Found For Plaintiff

  • Wasserman v. Franklin County

    Publication Date: 2025-02-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Butler, II, (Law Offices of George E. Butler II, LLC), Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric James O’Brien, Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Stephen John Petrany, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S23G1029

    Court Overrules Precedent and Rejects Federal Third-Party Standing Doctrine in a Real Estate Zoning Case Based on Equal Protection Arguments, and Remands for Further Analysis

  • February 19, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    The Trump Effect vs. The Brussels Effect: The Future of Antitrust

    The current narrative that overregulation has harmed the EU’s competitiveness may cast a cloud on the appeal of copying the bloc’s rules in other parts of the world.

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  • February 19, 2025 | Law.com

    The Brussels Effect vs. the Trump Effect: Is the EU’s Power and Influence Waning?

    The current narrative that overregulation has harmed the EU’s competitiveness may cast a cloud on the appeal of copying the bloc’s rules in other parts of the world.

    1 minute read

  • February 18, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Bar Report - Feb. 18

    The Solo and Small-Firm Conference on Feb. 21-22 is the CLE event of the year for solo and small-firm attorneys to network, have fun with colleagues and attend programs specially designed for the practice.

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  • Turnbull v. Klein

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C; Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Palestina, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Jaclyn C. Levy, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Lee, Joseph D. Cohen, Christopher G. Wawro, Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, TX; J. Clayton Athey, David C. Skoranski, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward Han, Alyssa K. Tapper, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA; April M. Ferraro, Noah H. Brown, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Jeffrey Crough, Virginia DeBeer, Megan Cloud, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-1125-BWD

    Shareholder's voting power was insufficient by itself to give rise to an inference of a controller position and company's formation of a special committee weighed against, not in favor of, finding controller status.

  • Maffei v. Palkon

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE, Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY, Jason Leviton, Nathan Abelman, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

    Jurisdictional conversion was reviewable under business judgment rule rather than entire fairness standard when plaintiffs failed to identify past conduct leading to concrete risk of liability for defendants that would be abrogated by the conversion.

  • Court of Appeals: February 18, 2025

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motions released on: February 13, 2025

  • Gopalan v. Marsh

    Publication Date: 2025-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-22-00649-CV

    The parties married in 2009, bought a house in early 2010 using funds contributed by both parties, and have two children.

  • State of Texas v. United States

    Publication Date: 2025-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-40653

    In 2021, the district court held that Texas has standing to challenge the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and that DACA is procedurally and substantively unlawful.