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May 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

King & Spalding, Alston Still the Largest Georgia Law Firms, but Competitors Growing Quickly in Atlanta

Holland & Knight, Lewis Brisbois and Baker Hostetler are among the big firms with rapid growth in the city.

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In re Richardson Motorsports, Ltd.

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Personal Injury
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Busby
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Case Number: 22-1167

Relator Richardson Motorsports was sued by minor E.B., the real party in interest, for damages for her alleged mental anguish after she witnessed her eight-year-old brother's death in an ATV accident when the ATV's steering mechanism allegedly failed. Relator sold the ATV to E.B.'s father in 2013.

DanielDean.com, LLC v. Lapole

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts | Litigation
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Horton
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Case Number: 09-22-00323-CV

Appellant sued appellee for breach of contract, quantum meruit and a violation of the Texas Theft Liability Act, seeking to recover damages for unpaid work.

Schmitt v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Aspinwall Garland, Donald Franklin Samuel, Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta,for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Mary Catherine Norman, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S24A0036

Court reverses convictions for malice murder and other crimes due to error in failing to instruct the jury on accident as a defense

United States v. Pritchett

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Roth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin L. Wallace, Jesse S. Wenger, Office of United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: David Pugh, Mary K. Healy, Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 23-2005

District court correctly suppressed evidence where defendant's actions were not sufficiently furtive or suspicious to justify a Terry stop.

FlexWage Solutions LLC v. Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Waldrop, Marcus Barber, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Carolina Diaz-Martinez, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: John A. Sensing, P. Andrew Smith, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bambo Obaro, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; David J. Lender, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-04-086 EMD CCLD

Misappropriation claims were untimely where announcement of competing program was sufficient to put plaintiff on notice of potential misappropriation.

Sage Chem., Inc. v. Supernus Pharm., Inc.

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Antitrust
Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Burke
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; W. Gordon Dobie, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Susannah P. Torpey, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Robert A. Julian, Baker & Hostetler LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Michelle C. Streifthau-Livizos, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles O. Monk, II, Jordan D. Rosenfeld, Saul Ewing LLP, Baltimore, MD; Jeffrey S. Robbins, Saul Ewing LLP, Boston, MA; Michael F. Brockmeyer, David S. Shotlander, Haug Partners LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ralph E. Labaton, Aakruti G. Vakharia, Haug Partners LLP, New York, NY; Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erick J. Stock, Shireen Barday, Joshua Obear, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow-Schnoll, Tyler B. Burns, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam K. Levin, Benjamin Holt, Ilana Kattan, Kaitlyn Golden, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendants.
Case Number: 22-1302-CJB

Plaintiffs adequately pled antitrust claims by alleging various anticompetitive acts by defendants designed to prevent or delay market entry of competing products, which resulted in the failure of plaintiffs' product launch.

In the Matter of Trust A & Trust C

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Boyd
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Case Number: 22-0674

A probate court found that a trustee breached her duties by transferring property from the trust to herself.

In re Lakeside Resort J.V., LLC

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Premises Liability
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: 22-1100

After real party in interest Mendez was injured at a resort owned by relator, Mendez sued relator for premises liability and negligence.

City of Houston v. Sauls

Publication Date: 2024-05-27
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Wrongful Death
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Devine
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Case Number: 22-1074

A city, that was sued for wrongful death over a police officer's accident with a bicyclist, successfully proved on appeal to the highest court that it was entitled to immunity.