Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

September 03, 2024 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled Syria is liable for $364 million in damages to the families of the late Staff Sgt. Alex R. Jiménez and Spc. Byron W. Fouty in a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act wrongful-death case filed by the Perles Law Firm and Meridian 361 International Law Group.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Deferring vacatur of the BiOp until mid-December strikes the appropriate balance between the importance of getting this unlawful agency action off the books and the public interest in a predictable, managed transition to a new biological opinion," U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in her memorandum opinion.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

August 29, 2024 | National Law Journal

Appraisal Management Solutions "breached" its appraisal duty by "failing" to determine the correct square footage of the D.C. residential property, according to the allegations in the complaint.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

August 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

The Maryland Supreme Court ruled a "reasonable juror" could conclude the hospital "breached" the settlement agreement by reporting information that is "materially inconsistent" with the contract.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

Similar to other antitrust lawsuits against major oil companies, Baltimore alleges that it has "paid artificially inflated prices for light petroleum products sold in the U.S., resulting from output restrictions in the crude oil market by cartel members."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

August 27, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Taking [Alexis] Guerrero's factual allegations together and accepting them as true, we find that he has sufficiently alleged that Ollie's intended to discriminate against him on the basis of race and that the discrimination interfered with a contractual interest," Judge DeAndrea Gist Benjamin wrote, reviving the plaintiff's lawsuit.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Viewed as a whole, the District's allegations about Amazon's market share and maintenance of its market power through the challenged agreements plausibly suggest that Amazon either already possesses monopoly power over online marketplaces or is close to a 'dangerous probability of achieving monopoly power,'" D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Corinne Beckwith wrote.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan ruled in favor of five environmental organizations represented by Earthjustice, granting their motion to compel the administrative record and denying the EPA's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

August 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

"We hold that TILA's offset provision, which prevents creditors from dipping into consumers' deposit accounts in order to offset outstanding payments on their credit card plans, applies to HELOCs," Judge Roger L. Gregory wrote in the majority opinion for the Fourth Circuit, reversing the district court's judgment on that claim.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 21, 2024 | National Law Journal

"We continue to be proud to partner with Mayor [Brandon] Scott and the City of Baltimore to fight this deadly epidemic and bring justice to everyone affected by it," Susman Godfrey partner Bill Carmody said in a statement.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

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