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June 23, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Condemnation Damages Typically Do Not Include Payment for Business Losses

The frustration business owners experience when faced with a condemnation in Pennsylvania is real. While there are tactics that can be used to attempt to recover losses from the impact to the business, these seldom compensate for the entirety of the effect of the loss.

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June 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Berry Appleman & Leiden Adds LA Office to Focus on Sports, Entertainment Immigration Work

Berry Appleman & Leiden's expansion into Los Angeles is part of the corporate immigration firm's strategic plan to add as many as a dozen offices over the next five years.

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June 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Three's a Charm as Ashurst Opens Small Branch Office in Texas

The move comes as local players in the U.S. market have also been expanding into Texas.

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Ressler v. Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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Court: Supreme Court, New York
Judge: Justice David Cohen
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 156946/2020

Attorneys Not Negligent for Failing to Act Beyond the Scope of the Retainer

K.A. v. F.A.

Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court Chancery Division, Chancery Division
Judge: Judge Acquaviva
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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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
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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
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
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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."

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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."

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