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  • January 3, 2018 | Law.com

    Inside Track: Will New Tax Law Wipe Out GC Bonuses?

    The tax bill, passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump at the end of 2017, may mean major changes in the way top in-house lawyers are compensated.

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  • DLA Piper v. Linegar

    Publication Date: 2018-01-01
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wright
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-12-00201-CV

    Appellee Chris Linegar brought suit against law firm DLA Piper LLP alleging legal malpractice during a corporate merger.

  • Graphic Packaging v. Hegar

    Publication Date: 2018-01-01
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 15-0669

    A taxpayer that conducts business in multiple states must apportion its business revenue among the states in which it does business.

  • December 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Privileged Client Information and Border Searches

    Amrita M. Narine and Reshma Shah write: Until the courts adopt a single approach toward border searches of electronic devices, attorneys need to be even more careful when crossing the border with privileged and confidential client information.

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  • In The Matter Of John F. Meyers.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, W. Matthew Wilson (Akin & Tate PC), Cartersville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; David Anthony LaMalva, (LaMalva Geoffroy & Oeland PC), Conyers; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1593

    The Supreme Court suspended an attorney from the practice of law for two years for his violations of various Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with improper billing to his law firm's corporate client.

  • In re Claudio Lombana

    Publication Date: 2017-12-18
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jamison
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-17-00698-CV

    Relator Claudio Lombana sued his former employer, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, alleging a breach of his employment contract and other offenses.

  • B.F. v. Reproductive Medicine

    Publication Date: 2017-12-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Case No. 126: Caryn L. Lilling, for appellants Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, LLP et al. Nancy Ledy-Gurren, for appellant Copperman. Wendy R. Fleishman, for respondents. Case No. 127: Caryn L. Lilling, for appellants Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, LLP et al. Nancy Ledy-Gurren, for appellant Copperman. James N. LiCalzi, for respondents.
    for defendant: Case No. 126: Caryn L. Lilling, for appellants Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, LLP et al. Nancy Ledy-Gurren, for appellant Copperman. Wendy R. Fleishman, for respondents. Case No. 127: Caryn L. Lilling, for appellants Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, LLP et al. Nancy Ledy-Gurren, for appellant Copperman. James N. LiCalzi, for respondents.
    Case Number: No. 126

    B.F., et al., Respondents, v. Reproductive Medicine Associates, et al., Appellants

  • December 13, 2017 |

    Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Dyer

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis.Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. DyerUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis…

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  • Nugent v. Estate of Ellickson

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Contracts | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, Fourteenth Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boyce
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-16-00839-CV

    The Estate of Janie Baker Ellickson sued appellants Richard Nugent and Cao Inc., resulting in a bench trial in which it was determined that the appellants committed four breaches of fiduciary duty in the contracted sale of the deceaseds home.

  • Minsa v. SFTCC

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Appeals, Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 07-16-00001-CV

    Appellant Minsa Corporation, a corn flour supplier, sued its former customer SFTC in a dispute over SFTCs failure to render $110,238 in outstanding payments related to the delivery and resulting replacement of allegedly shoddy corn flour product.