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  • Anglin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant III (The Merchant Law Firm, PC.), for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, D. Victor Reynolds (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1153

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder and marijuana possession and the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing State to introduce evidence of defendant's alleged membership in a gang, as there was some evidence presented at trial to show that the charged crimes were motivated by gang membership.

  • 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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