• January 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    First National Bank's $2.6 Million Insurance Case Survives

    A $2.6 million suit filed by a bank against an insurer has survived a motion to dismiss in federal court in Pittsburgh.

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  • January 23, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    EnergyBuzz: Kinder Morgan Agrees to $3 Billion Acquisition

    Bracewell & Giuliani represents Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc. in pending acquisition of Hiland Partners.

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  • January 23, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suit Claiming Faulty Dishwasher Caused Fatal House Fire Yields $8.7 Million

    An appliance manufacturer and an appliance repair company agreed to an $8.7 million settlement Jan. 13 in Acerra v. Whirlpool Corp., a Monmouth County, N.J., suit over a fatal h

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  • January 23, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suit Claiming Faulty Dishwasher Caused Fatal House Fire Yields $8.7 Million

    An appliance manufacturer and an appliance repair company agreed to an $8.7 million settlement Jan. 13 in a Monmouth County, N.J., suit over a fatal house fire.

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  • Babbage v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Musa M. Ghanayem Ghanayem Rayasam LLC, Mark J. Issa The Issa Law Firm PC, Atlanta, and Jonathon J. Majeske, Norcross, for Babbage. Anthony S. Carter, Public Defender, Monroe, for Hall. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Gary D. Bergman, Charles C. Olson in Case No. S14A1286 only, Charles A. Spahos in Case No. S14A1286 only, and Joseph F. Burford in Case No. S14A1287 only Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14A1286; S14A1287

    Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is an authorized punishment for murder under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1 regardless of whether the State sought the death pe

  • January 22, 2015 |

    People Moves: Waller Lansden

    Matthew Cox , Nashville, TN , University of Tennessee College of Law

    Nick Mann , Nashville, TN , University of Dayton School of Law

    Brittany Stancombe , Nashville, TN , Samford University

    Blake Bernard , Nashville, TN , The University of Alabama School of Law

    Jeffery Parrish , Nashville, TN , University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

    Larry Brantley , Nashville, TN , The University of Alabama School of Law

    John Burns , Nashville, TN , University of Florida

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  • January 20, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Use of Affidavits on CPLR 3211(a)(7) Motion

    Compelling drama often accompanies the motion for summary judgment. Lawyers burn the midnight oil, assemble affidavits, and conduct extensive research before assembling the papers. The colle

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  • January 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Use of Affidavits on CPLR 3211(a)(7) Motion

    In his New York Practice column, Patrick M. Connors writes: When a defendant makes a pre-answer motion to dismiss under CPLR 3211(a)(7) for failure to state a cause of action, what must the plaintiff include in her response to defeat the motion? Are evidentiary affidavits required to support the allegations of the complaint, or is it sufficient to simply rely on the detailed contents of the pleading? Unfortunately, there are no clear answers in this realm.

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  • January 16, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Davis Polk Partner Decamps, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Davis Polk & Wardell doesn’t see much lateral movement, but corporate partner and former investment banker MISCHA TRAVERS in Silicon Valley recently left the firm

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  • January 16, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Davis Polk Partner Decamps, Plus More Lateral Moves

    A Davis Polk & Wardwell corporate partner in Silicon Valley leaves the firm to return to the business side; Greenberg Traurig grows in Mexico City; Hogan Lovells expands in Vietnam; Wilmer adds a new lobbying cochair and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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