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  • 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

  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sampson Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Patterson, and Keith Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Braintwain and Michael Frankson Huff Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Joshua Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Simuel Doster and Hunter Allen Allen McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1347

    The evidence indisputably showed that the plaintiffs could not prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant doctor failed to exercise even slight care in treating their son, now decease

  • Ankerich v. Savko; Savko v. Ankerich

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A12A0974; A12A0975

    Neither the officer's activation of the patrol car's blue lights nor the utilization of the vehicle as a physical barrier to alert motorists to use caution while the officer directed traffic constit

  • November 26, 2012 |

    Feared Foes

    BTI Consulting Group recently asked 240 in-house lawyers which law firms they most fear to see on the other side of the courtroom as opposing counsel in…

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  • Marsh v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay D. Bennett, Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Terrell W. Benton Jr. Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A1568

    The trial court properly denied the writ of mandamus seeking the return of excess proceeds collected pursuant to an educational sales and use tax approved by referendum, as the plaintiff taxpayer fa