• Appellate Division, Second Department: May 31, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Handdown List released on:May 29, 2024

  • MCCloud v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Hannah McLear, (Barrow County Da’s Office), Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0126

    Court affirms child abuse convictions and rejects defendant's challenges to circumstantial evidence and trial procedures, admission of certain evidence, and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: May 29, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-05-29
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motion List & Order on Application released on:May 24, 2024

  • May 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The EPA's Latest Efforts to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    In the last few months, the EPA has finalized several regulations pertaining to GHG emissions, including revising the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (GHGRR); issuing new source performance standards (NSPS) applicable to fossil-fuel powered power plants; and finalizing updated standards applicable to the crude oil and natural gas sector.

    7 minute read

  • Tereshchenko v. Karimi

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee: Richard Min, Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore, LLP, New York, NY; Daniel Lipschutz, Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Michael Banuchis, Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellant: Jeremy D. Morley, The International Family Law Office of Jeremy D. Morley, New York, NY, on the brief, Karen R. King, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 24-172-cv

    Circuit Affirms Order Under Hague Convention Placing Children With Father in Third Country

  • May 22, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Are Law Firms Headed for an Era of Rapid Staff Turnover?

    "Whether it's due to redundancies, retirement or switching firms, support staff turnover seems to be fixed at a high rate for the foreseeable [future]," a recent report concluded.

    6 minute read

  • May 21, 2024 | Pro Mid Market

    Midmarket Roundup: Northeast Firms Seize Opportunities in Florida and California

    Sills Cummis & Gross follows in a long line of Northeast firms opening in Florida; Philadelphia sees an influx of midsize law firm entrants; attorneys defending a U.K. tailor couldn't resist sewing-related wordplay following an appellate win; and a Shipman & Goodwin partner will moderate Yale's innovation summit.

    6 minute read

  • May 20, 2024 | National Law Journal

    4th Circuit Reinstates $523K Jury Verdict in Gas Pipeline Eminent Domain Takings Case

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinstated a $523,000 jury verdict awarded to Virginia landowners who lost more than 8 acres of land to a gas pipeline construction company invoking eminent domain, reversing a lower court judgment.

    3 minute read

  • Origis USA LLC v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn H. Rosenberg, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen T. Raptis, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Margulies, Charles W. Strotter, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY; Jennifer C. Jauffret, Puja A. Upadhyay, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Courtney E. Scott, Tressler LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Kevin M. Mattessich, Kevin Windels, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, New York, NY; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, James T. Sandnes, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington DE; Michael F. Perlis, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Woodland Hills, CA; Patrick Stoltz, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY; Shaun Michael Kelly, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Sara A. Barry, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; James K. Thurston, Wilson Elser, Chicago, IL; Daniel E. Tranen, Wilson Elser, St. Louis, MO; Erik J. Tomberg, Wilson Elsner, Raleigh, NC; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Smith, Bryan W. Petrilla, Stewart Smith, West Conshohocken, PA; Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-102

    No action clause in D&O insurance policy was enforceable and precluded insured from filing legal action against the insurer until the insured's financial obligations were fixed in an underlying litigation.

  • Appellate Division, First Department: May 17, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on: May 14, 2024