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  • July 22, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    Group Gives Some Atlanta Firms Gold Standard for Women in Big Law

    Thirteen firms with Atlanta offices have qualified for Gold Standard Certification this year from the Women In Law Empowerment Forum for having a "meaningful percentage" of women i

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  • July 22, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    On the Move: Esquire Deposition Captures Stadler As Its New GC

    Avi Stadler has traded a position as a big-firm litigator to become the general counsel for Esquire Deposition Solutions, a national court-reporting company based in Atlanta. Stadler had bee

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  • July 21, 2014 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    Sean DeBruine has joined the Silicon Valley office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from Alston & Bird. DeBruine, who represents technology companies in patent, copyri

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  • July 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    NEW ARRIVALS Morrison Cohen (New York): Daniel McGillycuddy joins the firm as partner to lead the new white-collar defense

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  • July 18, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: As DLA Turns, Plus More Lateral Moves

    UPDATE: 7/21/14, 6:15 p.m. EDT. Documents filed with the U.K.'s Companies House show that the firm with the most partner-level departures in the country last year wa

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  • July 18, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyer Indicted for Making False Statements to a Cobb County Judge

    An indictment returned by a Cobb County grand jury paints a picture of a lawyer's nightmare: missing a deadline for filing a motion in a lawsuit. Except in this case, the lawyer is alleg

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  • July 17, 2014 | The Recorder

    IP Litigator Hops To Kilpatrick From Alston

    SAN FRANCISCO — Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has swiped an IP litigation partner from Alston & Bird. Sean DeBruine, who joined the firm's Silicon Valley office

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  • July 17, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

    GSK Can't Quash $106 Mil. Verdict in Generic Paxil Dispute

    A Trenton, N.J., federal judge has denied GlaxoSmithKline’s bid to toss out a $106 million verdict against it for breaching a contract granting Mylan Pharmaceuticals exclusive rights t

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  • Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Loudermilk

    Publication Date: 2014-07-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kohler, Laura E. Ashby Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta, Charles B. Lee Miller & Martin PLLC, Chattanooga, Tenn., James S. Watson, and David C. Joseph Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Arlington, Va., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Ambler Jr. Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Robert R. Long IV, Elizabeth G. Greenman, Steven M. Collins Alston & Bird LLP, Jeffrey J. Swart, Atlanta, and Brian D. Boone Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, N.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellee: William W. Banks Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie Burnham, Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Carey, John R. Bielema Jr. Bryan Cave LLP, W. Scott Sorrels, Thomas W. Curvin, Valerie S. Sanders, Samuel J. Casey, Nkoyo-Ene R. Eiffiong Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, Joseph J. Reilly, and Katherine B. Katz BuckleySandler LLP, Washington, D. C.
    Case Number: S14Q0454

    The business judgment rule generally precludes claims sounding in ordinary negligence against officers and directors of both corporations and banks for their business decisions, except to the extent

  • July 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Reynolds Agrees to Buy Lorillard for $27.4 Billion

    Reynolds American Inc., maker of Pall Mall and Camel cigarettes, has agreed to buy Lorillard Inc. for $27.4 billion, including debt. If completed, the merger would create a powerful rival to

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