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  • December 31, 2011 |

    British court provides clarity on joint interest privilege

    Court develops five-part test

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  • Yi v. Li

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Pierce Pierce & Dunkelberger, Atlanta, for appellant. Richard A. Kaye and E. Peyton Nunez Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1150

    Because the parties' franchise purchase agreement did not place the duty of obtaining the franchisor's consent on the seller and no evidence existed that the seller prevented the satisfaction of thi

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame L. Townes, Tucker, for Zywiciel. Kenneth W. Muhammad The Muhammad Firm, Smyrna, for Muhammad. Ernest L. Greer, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Hayden R. Pace Pace Law PC, and Michael E. Ross Taylor English Duma LLP, Michael P. Froman, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1243; A11A1582

    An easement existed in a section of road running between arties' properties because both properties descended from same original subdivision described on the recorded plat, despite the fact tha

  • Dan J. Sheehan Co. v. The Fairlawn on Jones Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Conner The Conner Law Group PC, Savannah, for appellant. Colby E. Longley, Mathew M. McCoy McCorkle & Johnson LLP, Margaret K. Clark Cole, Fleming & Clark, Elizabeth F. Thompson, Savannah, Elizabeth A. Frey Weinstock & Scavo PC, Louis R. Cohan Cohan Law Group LLC, and Joseph C. Sullivan Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1030; A11A1315

    Summary judgment was appropriate on plaintiff's foreclosure of lien claims, because a question of fact existed as to whether there was a contract or assent of the pa

  • In the Matter of Thomas C. Sinowski; In the Matter of Steven F. Freedman

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Foy R. Devine, Vivian D. Hoard Taylor, English Duma, and Robert D. Feagin Martenson, Hasbrouch & Simon LLP, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0485; S11Y0486

    Two attorneys, who paid non-lawyer runners for referrals in at least 1376 cases and kept a record of those payments in a runner book, were disb

  • Medina v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Taylor Taylor & Viers, Atlanta, for appellant. Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor General, Karen M. Seeley and Ramsey R. Magaro Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1322

    The Mexican immigrant defendant lacked standing to challenge OCGA § 40-5-20 based on its alleged inconsistency with the 1943 Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Tr

  • State v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Ann B. Harris, Assistant District Attorneys, John R. Edwards and Anna G. Cross District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Griner, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0601

    The mere fact that the defendant was placed in handcuffs for his own protection did not, in and of itself, render involuntary his consent to show police the gun he had

  • July 21, 2011 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 21, 2011

    Sullivan & Cromwell and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius team up on BHP Billiton's mega-bid for a Texan oil company; Linklaters advises Malaysia on its Islamic sovereign bond; and Allens Arthur Robin

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  • Infinite Energy Inc. v. David L. Pardue

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marguerite E. Patrick and Donald A. Loft Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes S. Kingma, William D. Newcomb III Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP and Sean R. Smith Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0293

    The plaintiff timely filed its defamation claim on the first anniversary of the publication, since OCGA § 1-3-1 d 3, as amended in 1985, applies to the 1-year statute of limitation for injuries to r

  • Flores v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher C. Taylor Hernan, Taylor & Lee LLC, Norcross, for Flores. Jerome Lee Hernan, Taylor & Lee LLC, Norcross, for Lopez. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1828; A10A1829

    The evidence did not support the first defendant's convictions because there was no presumption of drug posse