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  • Brooks Peanut Co. Inc. v. Great S. Peanut LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and R. Edgar Campbell Perry & Walters, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Peeler Flynn Peeler & Phillips LLC, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0633

    A broker's written confirmation of a commodities transaction was sufficient to satisfy the Statute of F

  • July 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Faculty Group Demands Wachtell's Lipton Quit NYU Post

    A group of New York University professors angry over president John Sexton's stewardship of the school is calling on one of Sexton's chief defenders, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Ka

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  • State v. Al-Khayyal

    Publication Date: 2013-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Laura Pfister, and Nels Peterson Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brown and Angela Adams Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0623

    The evidence did not establish that the technology professor had no knowledge of the presence of certain files containing sexually explicit images of young girls in his computer's trash folder while

  • Murtagh v. Emory Univ.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Goodhart Goodhart Law Firm, Jami Kohn Weinstock & Scavo PC, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Wozniak, Lindsey Edelmann Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Theodore Eichelberger Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2127

    The trial court erred in its imposition of a $15K fine, since it constituted an adjudication of criminal contempt in excess of $500 per act authorized under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 subsect

  • Synovus Bank v. Griner

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Collins Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Terry, Mary Webb Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, James Finley Finley & Buckley, Atlanta, Gerald Davidson Mahaffey Pickens Tucker LLP, Lawrenceville, and C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, for appellees. Amicus: William Custer Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1822

    The question of whether the overdraft and overdraft protection fees at issue constituted interest under Georgia law could not be determined at the pleadings stage, given the broad definitions of int

  • April 4, 2013 |

    Hiring law firm in wake of data breach gives companies the secrecy of privilege

    When data breaches hit, some companies are turning to law firms for help.

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  • Calhoun, Ga. NG LLC v. Century Bank of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Struletz Spielman & Hicks LLC, Atlanta, and William Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Ledbetter, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2231

    An agreement executed and recorded by the predecessors-in-title to the parties' adjoining rties did not prevent the appellee from constructing a convenience store and gas fueling facility on it

  • Wang v. Liu

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Long IV, John L. Latham, Brandon R. Williams Alston & Bird LLP, William G. Leonard, and Gregory G. Schultz Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Tatum, Rachel C. Young Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, and Charles M. Yoon Yoon & Kim LLP, New York, N. Y., for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1485

    The trial court erred in making permanent an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the appellant from transferring certain assets while the appellee's underlying suit against him was pending without

  • Barngrover v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifton C. Fay, City Attorney, Lucy T. Sheftall, Assistant City Attorney, James C. Clark Jr., Thomas F. Gristina, and Alan G. Snipes Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1492

    The trial court's order directing the razing and rebuilding of the structures on the plaintiff's property properly resolved the equitable features of the jury's v

  • Burrowes v. Tenet Healthsystem GB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Martin Martin & Martin LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Jordan and Samuel Rutherford Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A1293

    Res judicata barred the plaintiffs' claims arising out of a commercial lease di