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  • In the Matter of Gregory Bartko

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Rebecca A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0713

    An attorney, who is appealing his federal felony convictions, is suspended until further order of the

  • In re Onipede

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin N. Loeb CityGarlandSamuel & Loeb PC, placeCityAtlantaPaula J. Frederick, General Counsel, Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Catherine H. Hicks Fox, CityChandlerHoman, Hicks & McKinnon, CityGainesvilleand Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10Y2043

    An attorney voluntarily surrendered her law license based on her guilty plea to theft by taking and theft by taking by a fidu

  • August 19, 2010 |

    Solo Cup Decision Makes It Easier to Defend False Patent Marking Cases

    The Federal Circuit court rules that, to be liable under the false patent marketing statute, a company must consciously intend to decieve.

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  • Mubarak v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea Garland Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard, District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0194

    The trial court did not err in prohibiting the defendant from impeaching two of the state's witnesses with their prior recorded statements, since he laid no foundation for impeachment and the witnes

  • Higgins v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Griffin, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0206

    There was a reasonable probability that the trial's outcome would have differed, but for defense counsel's deficient performance, as some evidence showed that the encounter leading to the rape and a

  • Schaff v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Gough, Brunswick, and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Jacquelyn L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, for appellee. Other party representation: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A10A0290

    Defense counsel's testimony was not necessary to prove the facts relating to the alleged molestation victim's videotaped recantation, which took place at his office, since others were present during

  • Jakupovic v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Sadhana P. Dailey District Attorney's Office, Columbus, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0532

    The presumptively prejudicial near 19-month delay between the grant of the defendant's motion for a new trial on charges of murder and related offenses did not cause the defendant actual prej

  • C. Ingram Co. v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn J. Jaconetti Jaconetti & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Anthony W. Morris McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0646

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to professional liability insurer, because the evidence showed that the insured law firm had knowledge that its pre-coverage failure to forec

  • February 28, 2010 |

    Marked for Trouble: Ruling Turns False Marking Statute on its Head

    Ruling may require patent owners to be more vigilant about marking their products as patented.

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  • January 14, 2010 |

    Who Protects: Law Firms on the Cutting Edge

    Our tally shows who does the most U.S. IP work for the

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