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  • September 30, 2009 |

    Work-Life Balance

    Some firms are seizing an opportunity to be more family-friendly while also saving money.

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  • Hospital Auth. of Valdosta and Lowndes County d/b/a Georgia Medical Ctr. v. Meeks

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H. Summerlin, Glenn Whitley Reinhardt, Whitley, Summerlin & Pittman, Tifton, Walter H. New, Quitman, Donna P. Bergeson and Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: O. Wayne Ellerbee The Ellerbee Law Firm, Wade H. Coleman Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, Marc T. Treadwell, Caroline W. Herrington Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Macon, Thomas M. Burke Jr. and Anthony A. Rowell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PA, Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G0466

    The Court held that a doctor's credentialing files are discoverable that they do not "involve a peer review or medical review committee's evaluation of actual medical services provided by

  • Gettner v. Fitzgerald

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda A. Farahany Barrett & Farahany, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Kenneth G. Menendez and Jeffrey R. Saxby Epstein, Becker & Green PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0155

    The evidence was sufficient to raise a jury issue on each essential element of the plaintiff's defamation claim-negligence or fault in the publication of a false defamatory statement and actual i

  • Lamb v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herald J. Alexander Alexander Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Taylor and Debra A. Sydnor Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Stuart S. Busby Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A0390

    Parol evidence is admissible to show want or failure of consideration to support the enforceability of a con

  • Global Link Logistics Inc. v. Briles

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelli S. Lott, Harold T. Daniel Jr., Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight, and Thomas C. Pryor Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benjamin I. Fink and Neal F. Weinrich Berman, Fink & Van Horn PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1871

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the non-disclosure covenants in the parties' employment contract were overbroad, since they barred the appellee from even using his observations during his

  • Georgia Dep't of Revenue v. Trawick Constr. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Lourdes Gonzalez, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Brazier and Michael S. Evans Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A08A2323

    The ALJ's role in an inter agency appeal arising from the assessment of additional taxes was to act as the representative of the Revenue Department and to make a recommendation to the commiss

  • September 30, 2008 |

    Work Product Wars

    Appeals courts consider whether tax accrual documents are privileged.

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  • September 1, 2008 | Lawfirminc.

    Chief Marketing Officer Survey

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  • June 30, 2008 |

    Strike Out

    Court finds PTO doesn't have the power to enact new rules.

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  • Georgia Kidney and Hypertension Specialists Inc. v. Fresenius USA Marketing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0001

    The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant's motion to recuse, on the basis that the trial judge's daughter provided contractual legal services to plaintiff's counsel, since t