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  • 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

  • February 29, 2008 |

    Virtual Knockoffs

    Companies cope with counterfeit goods for sale in Second Life.

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  • November 30, 2007 |

    Court Dismisses 401(k) Stock Drop Case

    Jane Edgar was saving for retirement by putting money in a 401(k) plan, which included the option of investing in the stock of her employer, ...

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  • Bartelt v. Convergence.com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Fuller Davidson & Fuller, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter Q. Bassett and Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A1361

    The term costs does not include deposition costs for purposes of those costs assessed against a losing party in a civil matter under O.C.G.A. § § 9-11-54 d and 9-

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston,Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §