Marianna Wharry

July 11, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Under the proposed agreement, a class member can only receive compensation by opting into the FLSA collective action against Turning Point and releasing all other FLSA and state law wage claims.

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

July 08, 2022 | Law.com

In a matter of first impression that found the court looking to the recent high-profile defamation trial involving Hollywood exes Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, a federal judge has held that attorney fees cannot be recouped under the state's anti-SLAPP statute where the complaint was voluntary dismissed by the plaintiff.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

July 06, 2022 | Law.com

Nearly 50 years after the indictment was first returned in the Massachusetts Superior Court, the state's Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a defendant convicted in 1975 of second degree murder and armed assault.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | Law.com

Four individuals who purchased and held long-term care policies with Virginia's Genworth Life Insurance Co. before 2002 filed a class action complaint against the insurer in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in January 2021.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

July 01, 2022 | Law.com

An Ohio attorney received a one-year suspension for multiple ethics violations after a disciplinary investigation revealed that he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a client and made false statements about his conduct to opposing counsel, a police chief and a municipal court.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

June 30, 2022 | Law.com

"Even accepting the assertion that the manufacturer was 'located in Macao,' the delivery of the batteries to Ohio shows that LG Chem had some connection to Ohio," the high court said.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

June 28, 2022 | Law.com

Kellogg admitted in his affidavit for the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board that he continued to represent Machen despite knowing that his client, a convicted felon, drafted three original wills naming himself the executor and residuary beneficiary of Williams' estimated $1.7 million estate.

By Marianna Wharry

5 minute read

June 24, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The founder and former CEO of the real estate investment firm Colony Capital, now known as DigitalBridge, is set to face a September trial after U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan of the Eastern District of New York rejected several of the defendants' arguments regarding allegations that they acted under the control of the United Arab Emirates and other charges.

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

June 23, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs Andre Fields, Kendall Green and Andre Roundtree filed an action in Pennsylvania district court against their employers, collectively referred to as American Air, in March 2019.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

June 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

"I'm embedded in my community, this is something that happened 10 years ago before my nine years of sobriety," Archie Leon Rich II told Law.com. "I've worked very, very hard to [maintain] my reputation. Integrity is important to a lawyer."

By Marianna Wharry

5 minute read