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Microsoft Wins Award For Immigration Law Project

The Corporate Pro Bono Institute (CPBO) has awarded Microsoft Corp. and a number of Seattle law firms with the annual Pro Bono Partner Award for their collaborative efforts in their public service project: Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant Justice (VAIJ). The program offers free legal assistance to detained immigrants seeking asylum...

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Travis Pruitt & Assocs. PC v. Hooper

Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary A. Oakley and Lindsey G. Churchill Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Kristine E. Orr and E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. Orr & Orr, Gainesville, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1062

An employer can not be held liable for ratifying an employee's sexual harassment, which was not in furtherance of the employer's bus

AdvancePCS v. Bauer

Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan W. Housen, Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight LLP, Eric G. Serron, Martin D. Schneiderman and Paul J. Ondrasik Jr. Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
for defendant: . Kenneth I. Sokolov Fine & Block, Atlanta, Arthur S. Gold, Chicago, Ill., Eric Lee Lee & Amtzis PL, Boca Raton, Fla., Carlin J. Phillips and Andrew J. Garcia Phillips & Garcia LLP, North Dartmouth, Mass.
Case Number: A05A0455

There was no significant connection between class representative plaintiffs' claims that the defendants-pharmacy benefit companies and mail-order pharmacies-were unjustly enriched through misclassif

Simmons v. Sonyika

Publication Date: 2005-06-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley J. Heller Cirignani, Heller, Harman & Lynch LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
for defendant: Jason P. Wright Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Douglas W. Smith Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S05Q0729

Georgia law does not allow the unrepres estate statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-3-92 to toll the ultimate statute of repose in medical malpractice actions by the period during which the estate is unrepres

SuperValu Inc. v. KR Douglasville LLC

Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Y. Lewis Epstein, Becker & Green PC, and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta for SuperValu Inc. David H. Flint, Alexander J. Simmons Jr., Nathan M. Wheat and Timothy C. Batten Sr. Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for KR Douglasville LLC. Kevin A. Kauer and Kurt E. Lindquist II Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Charlotte, N.C., for Delhaize the Lion America Inc.
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Case Number: A04A1931; A04A1932

1991 and 1992 amendments which modified the terms of a lease agreement released the lease's guarantor from liability from tenant's alleged default, since plaintiff did not consent to modification of

Strickland v. CMCR Invs. LLC

Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. McFarland, Cumming, for appellant.
for defendant: Sara L. Doyle and Gregory J. Digel Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S04A1990

The plaintiff's claims for ejectment and establishment of a boundary line failed, because he based his claims on a 1901 deed, which was void for lack of a definite legal descri

White v. Kaminsky

Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry A. Ballew, Cumming, for appellant.
for defendant: Gregory J. Digel, Fred R. Slotkin Jr. Holland & Knight LLP and Louis R. Cohan Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A04A2111

The trial court erred in failing to apply the rules of contract construction to resolve an ambiguity in certain real property covenants with regard to the design and construction of property improve

In re UPL Advisory Opinion 2003-2

Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Robert E. McCormack III State Bar of Georgia, Harold T. Daniel Jr. Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Dennis P. Helmreich, Lexington, for appellant.
for defendant: Amicus appellant: Teresa W. Roseborough, Allegra L. Lawrence, Deborah M. Danzig and Dara L. Steele- Belkin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Kim Holt Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Richard H. Johnston Richard H. Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, James M. Griffin U.S. Dep't of Justice, Alexandria, Va., and Adekunle A. Obebe, Baton Rouge, La.
Case Number: S03U1451

The Supreme Court approved of the advisory opinion issued in April 2003 by the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law which provided that only a licensed Georgia attorney can prepare a

Shepherd Interiors v. City of Atlanta

Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. and Robert S. Carlson Caldwell & Watson, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Jason P. Wright and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A1237

The trial court erred in refusing to grant a continuance for the condemnee to interview an undisclosed wi

Atlanta Area Broadcasting Inc. v. James Brown Enters. Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas B. Branch III, Laurie W. Daniel and Susan E. Edlein Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Albert H. Dallas The Dallas Law Firm, Thompson, for appellees. Other Party Representation: Richard G. Farnsworth, Atlanta, and Kenneth L. Levy Zachary & Seagraves PA, Decatur.
Case Number: A03A0980

Defendant was entitled to reduce its note payment obligations under an agreement to purchase a radio station after it expended attorneys' fees in defense of a suit by several plaintiffs who alleged