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  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Damages | Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Software
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta; Steven Collins (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Richard Robbins (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta; Alexa Ross (Robbinsfreed), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Abusive Litigation Plaintiff Could Elect to Seek General Damages For Mental Distress

  • Georgiacarry.Org, Inc., et al. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brown (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Henry Chalmers, Andrew Stevens (Arnall Golden Gregory), Atlanta; Peter Canfield, Brian Lea (Jones Day), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1639

    Private Non-Profit Organization Could Prohibit Individuals From Carrying Guns Onto Its Leased Property

  • Everson v. Dekalb County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Self
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Hornsby (The Hornsby Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Josie Alexander (Alexander & Associates), Atlanta; Marquetta Bryan (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta; Bernard Taylor, Kelly Etchells (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1430

    The trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims against his former employer, a school district, and the district's former superintendent in his official capacity but erred in dismissing the claims against the former superintendent in his personal capacity arising out of plaintiff's termination following his alleged report of illegal activities at the school.

  • Viad Corp v. United States Steel Corporation

    Publication Date: 2018-02-08
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alston & Bird, Daniel F. Diffley, Kyle G. A. Wallace, Annalise K. Peters; Moore Clarke DuVall & Rodgers, James H. Moore III, Matthew D. DeMott, for appellant.
    for defendant: Watson Spence, Louis E. Hatcher, Alfreda L. Sheppard, F. Faison Middleton IV, Christopher L. Foreman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0937

    Plaintiff could not claim indemnity for its own negligence after State ordered it and its predecessor to pay for environmental remediation of certain property because the assumption agreement did not expressly, plainly, clearly and unequivocally provide that predecessor would indemnify plaintiff to that extent; accordingly, the trial court erred in granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in its suit for indemnification.

  • Beazley Ins. Co. Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Beazley Insurance Co., Inc.: Ryan C. Tuley, on the brief, Kevin Kieffer, Troutman Sanders LLP, Irvine, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Ace American Insurance Company: Bradley N. Garcia, on the brief, Jonathan D. Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.; For Defendant-Appellant Illinois National Insurance Company: Alexander S. Lorenzo, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 16-2812-cv

    FB Investors' Claims Against NASDAQ Barred Under Policies' Professional Services Exclusion

  • Hall v. B-H Transfer Co.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Turner Savage, Turner, Pinson Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Thomas Kilpatrick, Charles Morgan Alston Bird, Atlanta, Hugh McNatt McNatt Greene Peterson, Vidalia, Daniel Barney, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson Feary PC, Washington, DC, Adam Smedstad Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson Feary PC, Chicago, IL, and Braden Core Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson Feary PC, Indianapolis, IN, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1455

    Plaintiffs failed to point to any evidence that they sustained actual damages because of defendant's violations of the disclosure requirements of the Truth-in-Leasing regulations, 49 CFR §§ 376.1 e

  • State Farm Fire Cas. Co. v. Moss

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Hedrick Hedrick Law LLC, Atlanta, for State Farm. Merlyn Dodson and Robert Katz Katz Stepp Wright Fleming LLC, Decatur, for Moss et al. and Corbin et al..
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A16A1037; A16A1038

    The trial court erred in denying the insurer's motion for summary judgment in its action seeking a declaration of its obligations under a homeowner's insurance policy, because the policy provision e

  • Clark v. Rau

    Publication Date: 2016-09-12
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathrine Clark, Savannah, proceeded pro se. John Strother, Savannah, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A16A0558

    The mother's pro se appeal failed to comply with the Court of Appeals' rules, and the Court thus affirmed the grant of the father's petition for modification of custody and child su

  • Floyd v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2016-08-08
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Howell Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, Devin Smith, Edward Tolley Cook Noell Tolley Bates LLP, Athens, and Judy Jarecki-Black, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Dyal, Lavonia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0171

    The trial court failed to apply the proper standard when it awarded custody of three minor children to their maternal grandmother instead of their f

  • Payment Card Antitrust Litigation, 12-4671-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-07-05
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Leval, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Objectors-Appellants and Plaintiffs-Appellants Merchant Appellants: Eric F. Citron, on the brief, Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell P.C., Washington, DC; Stephen R. Neuwirth, Sanford I. Weisburst, Steig D. Olson, and Cleland B. Welton II, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey I. Shinder, Gary J. Malone, and A. Owen Glist, Constantine Cannon LLP, New York, NY; Michael J. Canter, Robert N. Webner, and Kenneth J. Rubin, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus OH; Gregory A. Clarick, Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants American Express Company, et al.: Philip C. Korologos, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants Discover Bank, et al.: William H. Pratt, on the brief, Jennifer M. Selendy, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants First Data Corporation, et al.: Anahit Samarjian, on the brief, Jason A. Yurasek, Perkins Coie LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Objectors-Appellants Merchant Trade Groups: Andrew G. Celli, Jr. and Debra L. Greenberger, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York, NY. For Appellant Retailers and Merchants Objectors: Jerrold S. Parker and Jay L.T. Breakstone, Parker Waichman, LLP, Port Washington, NY; Thomas P. Thrash and Marcus N. Bozeman, Thrash Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR; Phillip Duncan and Richard Quintus, Duncan Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR. For Objectors-Appellants U.S. PIRG and Consumer Reports: Elizabeth Wolstein, Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York, NY. For Appellants Blue Cross and Blue Shield Entities and Wellpoint Entities: Anthony F. Shelley, Adam P. Feinberg, Laura G. Ferguson, Michael N. Khalil, and Katherine E. Pappas, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, DC. For Appellant The Iron Barley Restaurant LLC: Steve A. Miller, Denver, CO. For Appellants Unlimited Vacations and Cruises, Inc., et al.: John J. Pentz, Sudbury, MA. For Appellant Optical Etc. LLC.: N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL. For Objectors-Appellants 1001 Property Solutions, LLC, et al.: Christopher A. Bandas, Corpus Christi, TX. For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeffrey M. Harris and Candice C. Wong, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC; K. Craig, Wildfang, Thomas J. Undlin, Ryan W. Marth, and Bernard Persky, Robins Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; H. Laddie Montague, Merrill G. Davidoff, and Michael J. Kane, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Bonny E. Sweeney, Joseph D. Daley, and Alexandra S. Bernay, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Joseph Goldberg, Freedman Boyd Goldberg Urias & Ward, P.A., Albuquerque, MN.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: David F. Graham, Robert N. Hochman, Benjamin R. Nagin, Eamon P. Joyce, and Mark D. Taticchi, on the brief, Carter G. Philips, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Robert C. Mason, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Vizas, Arnold & Porter LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark R. Merley and Matthew A. Eisenstein, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; Richard J. Holwell, Michael S. Shuster, and Demian Ordway, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Matthew Freimuth and Wesley R. Powell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Kenneth A. Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; Mark P. Ladner and Michael B. Miller, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY; Andrew J. Frackman and Abby F. Rudzin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; James P. Tallon, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Richard L. Creighton and Drew M. Hicks, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL, Cincinnati, OH; John P. Passarelli and James M. Sulentic, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE; Peter E. Greene, Boris Bershteyn, and Peter S. Julian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan S. Massey and Leonard A. Gail, Massey & Gail, Washington, DC; Ali M. Stoeppelweth, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; John M. Majoras and Joseph W. Clark, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Teresa T. Bonder, Valarie C. Williams, and Kara F. Kennedy, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA; Jonathan B. Orleans and Adam S. Mocciolo, Pullman & Comley, LLC, Bridgeport, CT; Robert P. LoBue and William F. Cavanaugh, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-4671-cv(L)

    Cite as: Payment Card Fee Litigation, 12-4671-cv, NYLJ 1202761507995, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 30, 2016) CASE NAMEIn Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Me