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November 6, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Office Market Shifting Back in Favor of Landlord

The Atlanta office space market is tightening after a strong tenant's market since 2009. Rents are inching up and vacancy rates are shrinking in the central business district, where the

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Lewis v. State

Publication Date: 2014-11-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ray, William M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Adams, Bernard Taylor, Kacy M. Brake, and Michael Brown Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert James, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Kellie Hill, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A14A1320

The trial court erred in imposing a sentence that differed from the understood terms of the defendant's negotiated

November 3, 2014 | National Law Journal

Civil Actions

U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Thomas v. National Railroad Passenger (No. 14-CV-01782, Oct. 23) Assigned

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October 31, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta's International Arbitration Boosters Look to Africa

In a push to raise Atlanta's profile as a location of choice for international arbitration, the Atlanta International Arbitration Society is looking toward Africa. About 100 peopl

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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Transportation

Publication Date: 2014-10-30
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Date Filed: 2014-10-30
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adriano Martinez (argued), David Pettit, Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, California; Robert E. Yuhnke, Robert Yuhnke & Associates, Boulder, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
for defendant: J. David Gunter II (argued), Ignacia S. Moreno, David Glazer, Norman Rave, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.
Case Number: No. 12-56467

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12377 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., a non-pr orporation; EAST YARD COMMUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, a non-pr

Harris v. Amgen, Inc.

Publication Date: 2014-10-30
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Date Filed: 2014-10-30
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Before: Jerome Farris and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, Senior District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Fearon, Jr. and Garry T. Stevens, Jr., Squitieri & Fearon, LLP, New York, New York; Stephen M. Fishback and Daniel L. Keller, Keller, Fishback & Jackson, LLP, Tarzana, California; Francis M. Gregorek, Betsy C. Manifold, and Rachele R. Rickert, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLP, San Diego, California, Mark C. Rifkin (argued), Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLP, New York, New York; and Thomas James McKenna, Gainey & McKenna, New York, New York, for Appellants.
for defendant: Emily Seymour Costin, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Steven Oliver Kramer and Jonathan David Moss, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan Rose, Alston & Bird, LLP, Washington, D.C.; John Nadolenco, Mayer Brown, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Brian David Netter, Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Robert P. Davis (argued), Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees.
Case Number: No. 10-56014

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12366 STEVE HARRIS; DENNIS F. RAMOS, AKA Dennis Ramos; DONALD HANKS; JORGE TORRES; ALBERT CAPPA, On Behalf of Themselves and All O

October 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

DLA Piper, Proskauer, S&C in Big Lights as NBA Season Begins

As the 2014-15 National Basketball Association season tips off this week, several Am Law 100 firms are getting in on some off-the-court legal action. DLA Piper, Proskauer Rose and Sul

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October 29, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers Puzzle Over Ping-Pong Rulings From Appeals Court and Becker

Ping-pong rulings between the Court of Appeals and a DeKalb County judge over cases in the DeKalb school construction scandal are fascinating, said a veteran criminal defense attorney watchi

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October 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Patent Litigation Shows No Signs of Going Out of Style

In 2013 the number of patent litigation lawsuits filed in U.S. district court rose yet again, demonstrating that companies will do whatever it takes to protect their intellectua

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October 29, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Halts Becker's Order Releasing DeKalb School Convicts

The state Court of Appeals has halted the release of two defendants in t

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