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  • People v. Cheng Tasi

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Criminal Court, New York
    Judge: Judge Steven Statsinger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: ADA Allen Bradley., Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York County District Attorney.
    for defendant: Caitlin N. Young, Esq., Addabbo and Greenberg.
    Case Number: 2017ny025126

    Facially Sufficient Instrument Finds Defendant Deliberately Violated Order of Protection

  • Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0849

    The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • November 9, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Duo Delivers Big for Honeywell

    Even the judge said the case law was "a mess." But Kirkland & Ellis partners K. Winn Allen and Craig Primis found a way to deliver a big win on appeal for Honeywell.

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  • November 9, 2017 | The Recorder

    Music Owners Make Some Headway at 9th Circuit on Royalties for Remastered Hits

    At issue in the case over pre-1972 music is whether digitally remastering hits from the '60s and '70s made them derivative works.

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  • Olevik v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Warren Tyler (Tyler Law Firm, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Joelle M. Nazaire (Office of the Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0738

    The Georgia Constitution's protection against compelled self-incrimination prohibits law enforcement from compelling a person suspected of DUI to blow their deep lung air into a breathalyzer.

  • Patton v. Vanterpool

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Allen Sanders, Jr. (Andrews & Sanders Law Offices), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Benton Purvis, Michael Eric Manely (The Manely Firm, PC.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0767

    The Court reversed the grant of summary judgment to mother on the issue of paternity in a divorce action, finding that O.C.G.A. 19-7-21, which creates an irrebuttable presumption of legitimacy with respect to children conceived by means of artificial insemination does not extend to children conceived by in-vitro fertilization treatment.

  • State_Elrod

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge RICHARDSON
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: PD-0704-16

    Elrods wife, Marshal Stovall, was arrested after she tried to cash a fraudulent check. She told officers where she was staying (in a motel), that Elrod and her children were in the same room, and that the room was being used to print counterfeit checks, drivers licenses and social security cards

  • Sanchez v. Carter et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Todd Maziar (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Julian, Gary Hurst (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Shannon Rolen (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1135

    Claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation dependency benefits after her live-in boyfriend, whom she was dependent on due to her own inability to work, was fatally injured at work because the two were not married, either ceremonially or by common law.

  • November 2, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Ask Appeals Court to Revive $72M Talc Verdict in Mo. Court

    Plaintiffs lawyers have asked a Missouri court of appeals to reconsider its reversal of a $72 million talcum powder verdict as more cases are sent to a multidistrict litigation docket in New Jersey federal court.

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  • Letom Management Inc. v. Gaming, 17 Civ. 3793

    Publication Date: 2017-11-02
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Paul Engelmayer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17 Civ. 3793

    Breach Suit's Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction Under CPLR §§301, 302 Exp