• K.A. v. F.A.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court Chancery Division, Chancery Division
    Judge: Judge Acquaviva
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: FM-13-0901-13

    Defendant moved for the termination of his support obligations for two of the parties' children.

  • General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • Romero v. St. Vincent's Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 19-CV-7282
    Judge: District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-CV-7282

    Plaintiff Fails to Show Her Pregnancy Was Apparent When She Was Fired

  • Appellate Division,First Department

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:June 21, 2022

  • June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Legal Food Frenzy Raises $880K, $57K Short of Record

    "We're thrilled with this year's event," said Danah Craft, Feeding Georgia's executive director. "It is 3% above the 2020 results and 109% above the pre-pandemic Legal Food Frenzy. We know this year was impacted by stresses on the legal industry, coming out of the pandemic, when a lot of cases were delayed."

    6 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa.-Born Firms Lose Ground in 2022 NLJ 500

    Some firms shrugged off yearly variations in head count. Dechert CEO Henry Nassau, for example, attributed the firm's dip to retirements and "careful pruning of the partnership."

    6 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: DOJ Officials Offer Compliance Advice + White-Collar Focus Ups Pressure on In-House Counsel + Who Got the Work

    A Justice Department official offered insight into the Justice Department's evaluation of corporate compliance programs during a panel discussion with white-collar defense lawyers.

    10 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

    Florida Insurance Ruling Sets Precedent on New Assignment-of-Benefits Law

    "There have been hundreds of thousands of assignments of benefits lawsuits that have been filed since the enactment of the statute," said Jake D. Huxtable, a partner at Kelley Kronenberg. "And these AOB contractors do not contain this per unit cost estimate that is signed and executed by the homeowner."

    4 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    New Georgia Judges: Women Edge Out Male Challengers, Secure Election Victories

    Voters have elected Cobb County Magistrate Judge Sonja N. Brown and Southern Judicial Circuit Senior Assistant District Attorney Catherine Mims Smith to superior court judgeships during the runoff election.

    3 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

    Sonya Olds Som Jumps to Philadelphia-Based Executive Search Firm

    Diversified Search Group CEO Aileen K. Alexander said Som "will bring unique value to our clients and candidates as well as to our firm."

    2 minute read