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  • January 2, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Animal Rights Group Vows to Fight for CT Elephants in '18

    An animal-rights group says it will continue fighting for the release of three Connecticut zoo elephants despite a Litchfield Superior Court ruling that denies standing for the petitioners.

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  • December 13, 2017 |

    Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Dyer

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis.Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. DyerUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis…

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  • Santos v. 1145 Poquonnock Rd. Operations, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation | Whistleblower Laws
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    Court: Connecticut Superior Court, New London, J.D. at New London
    Judge: Judge Bates, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: CV 17-6028790

    Plaintiff Who Withdrew First Action Before Filing and Serving Second Summons and Complaint Could Not Claim Accidental Failure of Suit

  • November 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Don Samuel Joins Tex McIver's Criminal Defense Team

    Veteran criminal defense lawyer Don Samuel of Atlanta's Garland, Samuel & Loeb said he happily joined the team defending Claud "Tex" McIver against charges that he murdered his wife.

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  • The State v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2017-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Privacy
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Acting Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, F. McDonald Wakeford, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta; Bruce H. Morris (Finestone, Morris & White, LLP), Atlanta; Jimmy Dodd Berry (Jim D. Berry, PC), Marietta; Reid Thompson (Reid Thompson Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1265

    The trial court partially erred in dismissing charges against a woman and her attorneys arising out of an alleged conspiracy for the woman to secretly video record the defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit her attorneys filed on her behalf and the subsequent transmission of a demand letter to that defendant.

  • November 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    2017 Roundup: Equity vs. Non-Equity Membership

    Law Firm Partnership Law columnist Arthur J. Ciampi writes: This year saw a number of interesting decisions concerning the identity, rights and obligations of non-equity owners, including partners and shareholders.

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  • The State v. Peabody

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Government
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Lara Snow (Cherokee County D.A.'S Office), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Willingham (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1258

    The trial court properly granted former lieutenant's motion to quash an indictment against him for two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the hot-car death of his K-9 dog because he was acting within the scope of his official job duties when the alleged crimes occurred and he was therefore entitled to the protections afforded by O.C.G.A. § 17-7-52, including timely notice of the grand jury proceeding and a copy of the proposed indictment, but State failed to comply with those statutory mandates.

  • November 2, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court: Arbitration Agreement Signed on Husband's Behalf Unenforceable

    A man's injury claims against a trampoline park are not arbitrable because his wife signed the arbitration agreement on his behalf without the authority to do so, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

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  • Monumedia II, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2017-10-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Real Estate
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Meeks, Charles Palmer (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Ronald Freeman (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Mary Volkert (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0647

    The trial court erred in affirming administrative rulings holding that a business's light-emitting diode signs inside the windows of its building violated City of Atlanta ordinances and the Georgia Outdoor Advertising Control Act.

  • Lomas v. Kravitz

    Publication Date: 2017-10-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1554

    Recusal motion untimely when filed six weeks after party admitted learning of facts that could support their motion.