• Harris v. Upton

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad C. Kodish, Brian P. Boyd, Jack P. Smith III, General Counsel, Erin P. Alper, General Counsel, and Jacqueline Tio Fish & Richardson PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Harris, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1498

    Appellate counsel was not deficient in failing to locate the defendant's trial counsel for the motion for new trial hearing, since she attempted to contact him using information from State Bar reco

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  • November 26, 2012 |

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  • November 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    July 2012 Bar Pass List

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  • October 26, 2012 | The Recorder

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  • July 30, 2012 |

    Baxter battle may change IP litigation

    PTO decision encourages infringers to challenge patents in both court and PTO proceedings

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  • July 12, 2012 |

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  • June 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

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  • June 29, 2012 |

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  • June 20, 2012 |

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