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  • Fulton County, Ga. V. T-Mobile, South LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-08-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. David Ware, County Attorney, and Jerolyn W. Ferrari County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy J. Peaden, Kristine M. Brown, Clark R. Calhoun Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0913

    The 9-1-1 charge, which the county imposed on wireless telephone service providers was a tax and a wireless telephone provider was entitled to a refund for charges paid for all of its prepaid cust

  • April 30, 2010 |

    Trademark Squatting Sees Global Increase

    More brand owners than ever are seeking to do business in foreign countries, only to find that their trademarks have been registered by unscrupulous individuals.

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  • April 30, 2010 |

    In-House Career Changes

    GC Appointments, In-House Moves, Awards and Law Firm News.

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  • April 30, 2010 |

    Trademark Squatting On the Rise in U.S.

    Previously not a problem, trademark squatting is increasing in the U.S.

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  • Dabbs v. Key Equip. Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Brian Raley Raley & Sandifer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher A. Riley, Lisa K. Bojko Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and J. Blake Mayes Sacks Tierney PA, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0825

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to an equipment company and failing to grant summary judgment to the alleged guarantor/employee-the guaranty executed by employee was not enforceab

  • April 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    What the Supreme Court contenders would bring to the Court

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  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh, B. McNatt McNatt Greene and Peterson, Vidalia, and Natalie M. Christensen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael D. McRae and Jason B. Sanker McRae, Stegall & Peek, Cedartown, for appellees. Other party representation: Charles T. Autry, Roland F. Hall Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, Peter M. Degnan, Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton.
    Case Number: A09A2015

    The issue of whether a power plant was a permanent or continuing nuisance was a jury que

  • Cabiness v. Lambros

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Flay Cabiness, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Ekonomou Ekonomou Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Atlanta, Robert B. Turner, Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Timothy D. Roberts Oliver Maner & Gray, Savannah, Terry L. Readdick Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland & Watkins, Nathan T. Williams, Brunswick, David A. Garland Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, William B. Johnson, Jesup, Dabney D. Ware and John W. Caven Jr. Foley & Lardner LLP, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee. Other party representation: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Woodbine, Peter M. Degnan, Gregory B. Mauldin Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Alex L. Zipperer Zipperer, Lorberbaum & Beauvais, Jeremy S. McKenzie Tate Law Group, Savannah, John J. Ossick Jr., Kingsland.
    Case Number: A09A2352

    An attorney could not be held in criminal contempt based on a receivership order that did not apply directly t

  • Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. David McDavid

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Lamberth Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Rosenwasser, Joshua F. Thorpe and Jill Pryor Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh B. McNatt Balch & Bingham and Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A2314

    There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find an enforceable oral contract, since the defendant made many objective manifestations of intent to be bound, including statements such as we have a

  • March 31, 2010 | Alm

    Updated Special Report: Crisis on Wall Street

    As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with updates on the firms handling the bankruptcies, the fate of in-house legal tea

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