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  • October 31, 2006 |

    Waiver Warnings

    EEOC takes companies to court over severance agreements that violate federal laws.

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  • October 31, 2006 |

    Waiver Warnings

    EEOC takes companies to court over severance agreements that violate federal laws.

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  • Mariner Health Care Inc. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. McConnell, Joseph E. Finley, David C. Kiernan and G. Lee Garrett Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Chandler, Elizabeth V. Tanis and Drew D. Dropkin Southerland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Other party representation: Jill Pryor, Jeffrey O. Bramlett Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Peter Q. Bassett, Mary C. Gill Alston & Bird, Elizabeth T. Baer Meadows, Ichter & Bowers, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Dougherty, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.
    Case Number: A06A1372

    The plaintiff should have been allowed to voluntary dismiss its suit claiming that the defendant/auditor caused another company, which acquired and merged with the plaintiff, to purchase the plainti

  • Toberman v. Larose Ltd. Partnership

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy H. Kratz McGuire Woods LLP, Robert J. Waddell Alston & Bird LLP, and Robert L. Florence Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, Greg Shinall and Paul E. Slater Sperling & Slater, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1133

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the appellant's motion for a TRO enjoining the appellees from taking certain actions with regard to appellant's farm, wine collection and pers

  • July 31, 2006 |

    Court Sharpens Definition of Compensable Travel Time

    Kenneth Burton and several other field engineers filed suit against the county seeking compensation for travel time.

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  • Perdue v. O'Kelley

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stephen E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt & Stebbins LLP, Augusta, and Glen Lavy Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellant.
    for defendant: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Scott C. Titshaw Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta. Amicus appellant: Brent M. Estes Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, Anita L. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindvaldsen and David M. Corry, Lynchburg, Va.
    Case Number: S06A1574

    Art. 1, Sec. 4, Par. 1 of the Georgia Constitution of 1983-which defines the recognition of marriage as only the union of man and woman and states that no union between persons of the same sex shall

  • King v. Zakaria

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul S. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Judson Graves and Brian R. Stimson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0735

    The trial court did not err in granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant doctor on a medical abandonment claim, since the plaintiff presented no evidence that the doctor violated the sta

  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n

  • Department of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Ray O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow, Curtis A. Garrett Jr. and Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05G1930

    Notations in a plat incorporated into a cannot vary or expand the right of access given in the

  • May 31, 2006 |

    Right To Sue

    MedImmune asks the Supreme Court to make it easier for licensees to challenge a licensed patent.

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