• November 8, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Appellate Court Finds $1M Damage Cap in Breach-of-Contract Case Where Plaintiffs Say They Lost Millions

    Former state Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell's client said a server outage cost them $20 million in expenses and lost profits.

    3 minute read

  • November 7, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Scrutinize Commissioner's Authority After Hospital's Expansion Granted

    "We might call this case 'the case of the forgotten word,'" argued appellee counsel Robert S. Highsmith Jr. "That word is 'competent.'"

    8 minute read

  • November 3, 2023 | Law.com

    Opioid Defendants Appeal Judge's 'Untenable' Order on Special Master DQ

    Two pharmacy benefit managers have appealed U.S. District Judge Dan Polster's order denying disqualification of special master David Cohen after he inadvertently hit "reply all" on an email.

    4 minute read

  • October 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    See Who Passed the July 2023 New York Bar Exam

    Of the 9,779 candidates who took the most recent bar exam, 6,481 passed for an overall passing rate of 66%.

    92 minute read

  • September 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Trends and Takeaways From a New Boutique Class-Action Defense Firm With 4 Dismissals in 4 Months

    "It's rare for a class action defense practice at even a big firm to get four 'with prejudice' motion to dismiss wins in a year, much less a new, 10-lawyer firm to get four in a little over a month," firm co-founder Ryan Watstein said.

    6 minute read

  • September 12, 2023 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Preventing Bad-Faith Insurance Litigation in Georgia

    To better navigate this needlessly complex area of law, insurers should have a good grasp on the current legal landscape surrounding the Holt rule, how intended "fixes" may not prevent bad-faith litigation, and best practices and considerations that are available when a Holt demand comes in the door.

    7 minute read

  • United States ex rel. Druding v. Care Alternatives

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Begelman and Marc M. Orlow (Begelman Orlow & Melletz)
    for defendant: Jeffrey S. Bucholtz (King & Spalding); Craig Carpenito (King & Spalding); William H. Jordan and Jason Popp (Alston & Bird); Steven L. Penaro (Alston & Bird)

    Case Number: 22-1035

    District Court Erred in Focusing Solely on Government Action to Find Lack of Materiality in FCA Claim for Medicare Reimbursement

  • September 7, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Good-Faith Considerations for Bad-Faith Insurance (Holt) Litigation in Georgia

    To better navigate this needlessly complex area of law, insurers should have a good grasp on the current legal landscape surrounding the Holt rule, how intended "fixes" may not prevent bad-faith litigation, and best practices and considerations that are available when a Holt demand comes in the door.

    7 minute read

  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, Nathan Lee, (Glover & Davis, P.A.), Newnan, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell Berreth, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Max Marks, (The Block Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0438

    Court affirms punitive damages and fee awards for a lessee of farm property after a successor lessor locked the lessee out of the property with malice and in bad faith