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  • DeKalb Ctny. Sch. Dist. v. Gold

    Publication Date: 2012-11-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allegra Lawrence, Laurance Warco, Lee Peifer Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, and Thomas Bundy III Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, DC, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy Barnes, John Salter, and Charles Bailey The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0824

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff teachers' suit against th ol district asserting, among other claims, declaratory judgment, unjust enrichment, promissory estoppel, and conversion after t

  • June 19, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Corporate Counsel's ITC Survey 2012: A Niche With Staying Power

    It's almost become a lawyer meme that the International Trade Commission, a once-obscure quasi-judicial body, is a hot forum for patent disputes because it handles cases qu

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  • June 12, 2012 |

    Obama nominates two lawyers to serve on D.C. Circuit

    President Obama is making a last-ditch effort to fill two of the three vacant spots in the D.C. Circuit.

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  • April 29, 2012 |

    Shield law protects reporter from cross-examination

    A 2nd Circuit case against Goldman Sachs turns into a debate over New York's shield law

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  • Allen v. Sea Gardens Seafood Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones Page Perry LLC and Robert B. Jackson IV, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Adam S. Poppell III, Darien, James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, and Mary J. L. Volkert, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1912

    Even if the purported consent judgment could be construed as an order enforcing the parties' settlement agreement, the trial court impermissibly modified the permit provision by eliminating its func

  • Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Inc v. Timberridge Presbyterian Church Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra A. Golymbieski and Robert E. Wilson Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellant. Michael C. Kendall and Maureen E. Murphy Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: David H. Gambrell, Linda A. Klein and John Hinton IV Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, Forest A. Norman Gallagher Sharp, Cleveland, Ohio, Christopher J. Cox and Alexandra Fellowes Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, Calif. Amicus Appellee: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, David E. Hudson, Patrick J. Rice Hull Barrett PC, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11G0587

    Applying neutral principals of law, a local church assented to the relinquishment of its property rights when it affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA in 1983, and an implied trust in favor o

  • September 10, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Solicitor General Urges Supreme Court to Declare Prometheus Medical Process Patents Invalid

    One of the most highly-watched intellectual property cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term is Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, in which the Justices

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  • March 31, 2010 | Alm

    Updated Special Report: Crisis on Wall Street

    As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with updates on the firms handling the bankruptcies, the fate of in-house legal tea

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  • Spurlock v. Department of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott E. Spurlock, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John R. Sikes, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1475

    The trial court applied a high income deviation from the presumptive child support award without making all of the required findings under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-1

  • Young v. Stump

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1381

    The decedent's ex-wife waived and all claims to his retirement accounts, including an IRA, as part couple's joint settlement agreement and the settlement agreement operated as waiver