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  • Human Services Council of New York v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Paul G. Gardephe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21 CV 11149

    NYC Local Law 87 Not 'Regulatory'; City Has Clear Interest in Avoiding Strikes

  • East Fork Funding LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven J. Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Steven A. Biolsi, Biolsi Law Group, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Anthony R. Filosa, Rosenberg, Fortuna & Laitman, LLP, Garden City, NY.
    for defendant: For Intervenor: Mark S. Grube, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, For Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: Steven Lazar, on the brief, Patrick G. Broderick, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 23-659

    Question Over FAPA's Retroactive Application Is Certified to State's Highest Court

  • Petteway v. Galveston County

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-40582

    In 2021, The Galveston County Commissions Court enacted a new districting plan for county commissioner elections, which eliminated the count's sole majority-minority precinct.

  • Braidwood Mgmt., Inc. v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-10326

    The Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires private insurers to cover certain preventive care, including contraception, human papilloma virus vaccines, and drugs preventing the transmission of HIV without cost sharing.

  • U.S. v. Benjamin

    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge J. Paul Oetken
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-CR-706

    Dismissal of Bribery, Honest Services Fraud Charges Against Lieutenant Governor Explained

  • Ex Parte Salinas

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Yeary
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: WR-90,982-01

    A criminal defendant, who claimed that he lacked constitutionally effective counsel at his murder trial, failed to prove that he was entitled to habeas relief.

  • Brackeen v. Haaland

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-11479

    A divided Fifth Circuit, which reconsidered nearly a dozen constitutional issues related to the Indian Child Welfare Act, could only set precedent for a few issues.

  • Elliott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jared Thomas Hall, (Thomas, Webb & Willis LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Washington Fleenor, Ethan Merritt Makin, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General's Office), Athens, Kenneth W. Mauldin, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee. Daniel J. Sabol, (Luftman, Heck & Associates LLP), Columbus, Donald Timothy Huey, Blaise J. Katter, (Huey Defense Firm), Columbus, for Amicus appellant. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, David Scott McLaughlinm, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, William Aubrey Finch, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, David Holmes, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Neutral Amicus. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, David Scott McLaughlin, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Gilbert Alexander Crosby, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S18A1204

    Under Georgia Constitution, Motorist's Invocation of Right to Refuse Blood Alcohol Test Could Not Be Admitted Against Her at Trial

  • Olevik v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Warren Tyler (Tyler Law Firm, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Joelle M. Nazaire (Office of the Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0738

    The Georgia Constitution's protection against compelled self-incrimination prohibits law enforcement from compelling a person suspected of DUI to blow their deep lung air into a breathalyzer.

  • Andrews v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2017-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, N. Randy Smith, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Burt (argued), Law Office of Michael Burt, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
    for defendant: Xiomara Costello (argued), Sarah J. Farhat, Shira Seigle Markovich, and A. Scott Hayward, Deputy Attorneys General; Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Keith H. Borjon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General; Edward C. DuMont, Solicitor General; Michael J. Mongan, Deputy Solicitor General; James William Bilderback II, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 09-99012 No. 09-99013

    Penalty phase counsel's failure to present evidence of brutal conditions endured by defendant during juvenile incarceration not prejudicial (Ikuta, J.)