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  • Odom v. Hughes

    Publication Date: 2013-07-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mather D. Graham, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily J. Matson Burton Law Firm, Rome, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13A0218

    The trial court properly denied the appellant's motion for directed verdict in a will contest, as there was evidence of undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, fraud and mono

  • Pardon v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Charles Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0010

    The trial court improperly sentenced the defendant as a recidivist, since the prior crimes for which he was charged and convicted could only be deemed as one conviction pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 17-10-

  • June 10, 2013 |

    Robert A. Kauffman Joins Blank Rome from Harleysville Insurance

    Robert A. Kauffman has joined Blank Rome from Harleysville Insurance, where he served as senior vice president, secretary, general counsel, and chief compliance…

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  • March 28, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Litigation Departments of the Year

    This is the Law Journal's first venture into rating law firm litigation departments for excellence, and we approached it with no small degree of trepidation. The field was wide

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  • February 12, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    K&L Gates Opens Houston Office

    Pittsburgh-based K&L Gates has opened an office in Houston with the addition of corporate partner Charles L. Strauss.It's the firm's 47th office overall and fourth Texas office, al

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  • January 23, 2013 |

    Securities class action filings drop sharply

    Corporate Americas reputation took a hit during the financial crisis, but, in a potentially encouraging sign for business, the number of federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to its lowest number in six years in 2012

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  • January 15, 2013 |

    Ex-Mayer Brown CIO charged in alleged $5 million theft

    A former Mayer Brown executive accused of stealing almost $1 million from the firm may actually have defrauded his former employer of nearly $5 million, according to prosecutors.

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  • January 7, 2013 |

    Skadden Arps leads list of 2012 M&A advisers

    Its the time of year for best of lists, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom topped Thomson Reuters list of law firms that advised on the highest-value mergers and acquisition deals in 2012.

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  • January 2, 2013 |

    6 noteworthy in-house career moves

    Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

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  • December 20, 2012 |

    Investors sue Cozen O’Connor, Blank Rome for $27 million

    Two law firms just received an unwanted holiday gift: a lawsuit.

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