Filter This View

  • October 29, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    July 2013 Pennsylvania Bar Exam Results Announced

    The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners on Oct. 18 announced the results of the bar examination given July 30 and 31. Of the 2,117 applicants who took the examination, 1,637 passed; the overa

    1 minute read

  • October 24, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: October 24, 2013

    China/Hong Kong Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has advised China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., better known as Sinopec, on a second $3.5

    1 minute read

  • October 21, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2013

    Things just keep looking up for associate hiring at New Jersey’s larger firms. Since 2010, there’s been a steady rise in staffing rates, and it continued this year. Though weR

    1 minute read

  • Burger v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy Floyd, James Wright, District Attorneys, and Alicia Gant, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0900

    Trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to tender into evidence certified copies of the co-defendants' convictions for impeachment purposes, although the better practice would have been to

  • Taylor Morrison Servs. Inc. v. HDI-Gerling Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg, and Ellen P. McCarley Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Anthony P. Tatum King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Kevin P. Branch, Dana M. Mango McMickle, Kurey & Branch LLP, Alpharetta, Zachary D. Tripp, Martin M. McNerney, Taylor T. Lankford King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D. C., and Ryan M. Suerth, Madison, Conn. Michael P. Bruyere Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, and Ann T. Kirk Fields Howell Athans & McLaughlin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Linda B. Foster Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, John S. Berry McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, Laura Foggan, and Matthew W. Beato Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D. C.
    Case Number: S13Q0462

    The Supreme Court answered two certified questions related a standard commercial general liability insurance p

  • Ramotar v. The Kroger Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-06-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Stuckey Stuckey Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephanie Capezzuto Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, and Douglas Wilde, Tyrone, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0158

    An issue of fact remained regarding a grocery store's constructive knowledge of a puddle of oil on the floor, which caused the plaintiff to slip and

  • Whorton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Smith, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Brooks, John Browning, District Attorneys, Cedartown, Gary Bergman, Special Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, and Charles Spahos, Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0578

    The Child Hearsay Statute did not require the trial court to conduct a pre-trial hearing to determine the reliability of the child victim's hearsay statements or make a finding of sufficient indicia

  • April 17, 2013 |

    Circuit Affirms Insurer’s Right to Recoup Nearly $1 Million in Legal Fees Paid on Behalf of Ex-Taylor Bean CEO

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a district court ruling that an insurance company was entitled to recoup nearly $1 million…

    1 minute read

  • River Walk Farm LP v. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy and Jared Heald Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Richard, Sean Smith, Jason Curles and Samuel Zeigler Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1843; A12A1844

    The plaintiffs failed to present complete evidence regarding the true market value of the foreclosed property, as their appraiser's testimony did not identify records on which he based his conclusi

  • March 25, 2013 |

    Strategies for leaner legal departments: Part 2

    How to cut external costs and get the most from your service providers

    1 minute read