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  • Ford v. Tate

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tayo Popoola, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Evan Olive, (Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A.), Tallahassee, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0825

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That Trial Counsel Was Prejudicially Deficient in Presenting Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing Trial

  • December 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Narrowing the Bounds of 'Windfall' Restitution Awards in Financial Fraud Cases

    In their Second Circuit Review column, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss 'U.S.v. Calderon,' where the Second Circuit limited the availability of "windfall" restitution awards and narrowed its interpretation of the "proximate cause" requirement for financial fraud victims under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996.

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  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barr, Jeffrey Lewis, Andrew Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin King, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Mike Crawford, Bradley Wolff, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Mark Middleton, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0960

    Court denies plaintiff's breach of contract claims because they were barred by the statute of repose

  • December 23, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Week of Dec. 23, 2019

    Yetter Coleman in Houston announced that Grant Martinez will become a partner in the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

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  • Tower Loan of Mississippi v. Willis

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-60344

    In 2016, appellee Willis borrowed money from appellant Tower Loan of Mississippi and purchased insurance policies from Tower Loan subsidiaries.

  • Weintraub v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1284

    Further Findings Necessary to Determine Whether Houseguest's Cell Phone Recording of Householders' Acrimonious Quarrel Was Taken in Private Place

  • Sweet City Landfill, LLC v. Lyon et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mayo, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Bowen, Robert Walker, Sarah MaCkimm, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Timothy Buckley, Kelly Christopher, (Buckley Christopher & Haff, P.C.), Atlanta, Derrick Bingham, Whitney Edwards, (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1530

    County Commission's Actions in Voting Against Proposed Landfill Project Were Within the Scope of its Official Duties

  • Dekalb County Board of Tax Assessors v. CWS SGARR Brookhaven, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, John Jones, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1541

    Changes in Market Conditions, General Rise in Value of Real Estate in a Certain Neighborhood Are Not Discernable from an On-Site Inspection

  • Williams v. Richardson

    Publication Date: 2019-12-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Vernon Broderick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Alexander Setzepfandt, David A. Luttinger, Jr, Sarah Mac Dougall, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: Kenneth Warren Richardson, Law Offices of Kenneth W. Richardson, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 17-CV-8940

    Court Denies Ruling as to Appellate Causation; Circuit Would Deem Appeal Right Waived

  • iPic Gold Class Ent v. Regal Ent

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Civil Appeals | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-17-00805-CV

    In the underlying suit, appellants iPic alleged that appellees, AMC and Regal theatres, conspired with each other and with third parties to exclude them from exhibiting popular films at two locations in Texas after learning that appellants planned to build its own theatres near those two locations.