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  • March 14, 2013 | The Recorder

    Christopher Ferro

    Online money transfer company Xoom Corp. is coming off one of the hottest market debuts of the year.The San Francisco-based company has had several years of rapid growth as it taps int

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  • Piper v State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks Banks & Stubbs LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Randall Schonder District Attorney's Office, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2276

    The defendant failed to prove that the State resumed prosecution of his case out of vindictiv

  • Dennis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, and John Rumker, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2396

    The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claim after he was convicted of aggravated assault for striking his work supervisor with a too

  • Harris v. Upton

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad C. Kodish, Brian P. Boyd, Jack P. Smith III, General Counsel, Erin P. Alper, General Counsel, and Jacqueline Tio Fish & Richardson PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Harris, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1498

    Appellate counsel was not deficient in failing to locate the defendant's trial counsel for the motion for new trial hearing, since she attempted to contact him using information from State Bar reco

  • February 25, 2013 |

    In-house career changes

    Notable moves in the corporate legal world

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  • February 14, 2013 |

    Insurer’s Auditor and Four Others Charged with Orchestrating Multi-Million Dollar Worker’s Comp Fraud

    A worker’s compensation insurance premium field auditor employed by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company, West Virginia’s largest worker’s…

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  • January 16, 2013 |

    11 noteworthy in-house career moves

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

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  • January 4, 2013 | The Recorder

    High Court Queues Up Number of Post-'Brinker' Cases

    In addition to taking cases that present key class certification questions left unanswered by Brinker, the California Supreme Court has also sent strong signals that lower courts have misread

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  • December 3, 2012 |

    NAIC Names 2013 Consumer Liaison Representatives

    The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) recently named 29 consumer liaison representatives for 2013. The 20 funded and…

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  • November 26, 2012 |

    Feared Foes

    BTI Consulting Group recently asked 240 in-house lawyers which law firms they most fear to see on the other side of the courtroom as opposing counsel in…

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