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  • December 2, 2013 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Ten Months Later—No PTO Chief In Sight

    It's hard to find a hotter topic than patent reform right now on Capitol Hill. It's even harder to find what the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has to say abou

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  • Herrington v. Gaulden

    Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant, Louis B. Park, Matthew L. J. D. Dowell Alston & Bird LLP, Kathleen W. Simcoe, Theodore E. G. Pound Commander Pound Butler LLP, Paul E. Weathington Weathington Smith PC, Atlanta, Matthew S. Coles Coles Barton LLP, Lawrenceville, B. Nicole Smith, and Wiley A. Wasden III Brennan & Wasden LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Joshua B. Belinfante Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Association of Georgia, and Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta. Andrew S. Johnson, H. Craig Stafford, and Jeffery L. Arnold Arnold & Stafford, Hinesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13G0577

    The Court of Appeals erred in finding that an exception to the requirement of doctor-patient privity in a professional negligence case resulted from the application of Gray v. Vaughn, 217 Ga. App. 8

  • November 26, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Using Live Video Exhibits in Inter Partes Review

    Combining technically savvy judges, a fast-paced docket and comparatively low costs, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Inter Partes Review (IPR) system has become a go-to option f

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  • November 26, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Cigar Industry Fires Up DC Lobbying Effort

    More than a dozen small businesses in the cigar industry have come together to stub out proposed tobacco regulations and taxes in Washington, D.C. The Small Business Cigar Coalition,

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  • November 26, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Rule ER Medical Director Wasn't Liable for Death

    The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court decision that doctors and businesses had said would have unfairly expanded who can be liable for medical malpractice and other

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  • Hewitt v. Community & S. Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Conerly and Randall Parian Smith Conerly LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Tuck and Christopher Riley Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1433

    The loan commitment for a $6M line of credit extended to the plaintiff plainly set forth a 12-month repayment term, on which the plaintiff defa

  • November 22, 2013 |

    Vandenbrink v. Voneschen

    Click here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Vandenbrinkv.Voneschen2013 WL 5405474Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.This case was…

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  • November 21, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    SKANSKA USA BUILDING INC: Best Practices for Strategic Management

    » View the interview with Skanska USA Building's Clay

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  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2013-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roderick E. Edmond, Keith L. Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Sidney L. Moore III, and James D. Summerville Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey D. Braintwain, Michael G. Frankson, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Hunter S. Allen Jr., Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahony PC, Henry D. Green Jr. Green & Sapp LLP, Theodore B. Eichelberger, Bernard Taylor, Joshua L. Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Paul E. Weathington, Paul I. Hotchkiss Weathington Smith PC, Gretchen H. Wagner, Derrick L. Bingham, and David V. Hayes Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S13G0553

    The def emergency room physician was not entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's medical malpractice case, as a reasonable jury could find by clear and convincing evidence that the de

  • November 15, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Representing Corporate New Jersey

    The following 34 corporations

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