• SunTrust Bank v. Venable

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig B. Lefkoff and Kristina L. S. Williams Lefkoff, Rubin, Gleason Russo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kris K. Skaar, Justin T. Holcombe Skaar Feagle LLP, Woodstock, and James M. Feagle Skaar Feagle LLP, Tucker, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Charles R. Bliss, Anne E. B. Carder Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., David A. Webster, Atlanta, Angela J. Riccetti Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., Decatur, and J. Erik Heath, San Francisco, CA.

    Case Number: S16G0664

    In an issue of first impression in Georgia, the Court held that the 4-year statute of limitation under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code was applicable to a cause of action based on a conditi

  • Webb v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shellana J. Welch and Chuck R. Pardue Chuck Pardue Associates PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip K. Lichtman Mills, Paskert, Divers PA, Atlanta, Cobb Nixon Blanchard Calhoun Ins., Jennifer T. Kerr Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins Murray LLP, Debra M. Bryan, Troy A. Lanier, J. Larry Broyles, Augusta, and Tyler C. Mahaffey, Wrens, for appellees.

    Case Number: S16A1115

    The record on appeal did not demonstrate that the testator lacked testamentary capacity as a matter of law when he executed his will, and the pr court did not err in admitting the will to pr

  • September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    School Funding Doesn't Violate NY Constitutional Mandate, Judge Rules

    ALBANY - Students in eight smaller-city New York school districts were not illegally deprived of the state funding necessary to provide their students with the "sound, basic education&q

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  • September 20, 2016 | The Recorder

    In re Korbin Z.

    C.A. 2nd; B269429 The Second Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part an order and remanded. The court held that any visitation granted to a father whose whereab

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  • J.E. F.M. v. Lynch

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Constitutional Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld, M. Margaret McKeown, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ahilan Thevanesan Arulanantham (argued), ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Heidi Craig Garcia, Todd Nunn, and Theodore J. Angelis, K&L Gates LLP, Seattle, Washington; Glenda M. Aldana Madrid and Matt Adams, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle, Washington; Cecillia Wang and Stephen Kang, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.
    for defendant: Erez Reuveni (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Leon Fresco, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

    Case Number: Nos. 15-35738, 15-35739

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10294 J. E. F.M., a minor, by and through his Next Friend, Bob Ekblad; J. F.M., a minor, by and through his Next Friend Bob Ekblad

  • In re Korbin Z.

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-19
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Joseph T. Tavano, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B269429

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10313 In re KORBIN Z., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT

  • September 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

    In Legal Malpractice Case, Dallas Appellate Lawyer Gives Client Shot at Exemplary Damages

    Michael Jung's commercial real estate client got revenge against a Dallas law firm in a legal malpractice lawsuit, only to have its $4.6 million verdict wiped away by a trial court's

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  • September 19, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Does an Obvious Species Obviate the Entire Claimed Genus?

    In the patent world, a genus claim encompassing even a single prior art species is unpatentable. See In re Slayter, 276

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  • People v. Woods

    Publication Date: 2016-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-19
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Eric J. Kohm, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Gerald J. Miller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: 2d Crim. No. B269253

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10273 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DILLAN MICHAEL WOODS,

  • People v. White

    Publication Date: 2016-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-19
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Ryan M. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Vanessa Place, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B267529

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10265 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT EARL WHITE, De