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  • Murtagh v. Emory Univ.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Goodhart Goodhart Law Firm, Jami Kohn Weinstock & Scavo PC, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Wozniak, Lindsey Edelmann Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Theodore Eichelberger Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2127

    The trial court erred in its imposition of a $15K fine, since it constituted an adjudication of criminal contempt in excess of $500 per act authorized under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 subsect

  • March 11, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    New Partners 2013: Big Law refugees go out on their own

    When Ari Tenzer told colleagues, clients and friends he was leaving one of the premiere — and highest paying — law firms in South Florida to hang his own shingle at the tail end of

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  • February 8, 2013 |

    Proposed gender discrimination class action against KPMG can proceed

    A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that a proposed gender discrimination class action against accounting firm KPMG can proceed.

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  • January 27, 2013 |

    FLSA class action strategy seeks to moot cases

    A forthcoming Supreme Court decision concerning a litigation maneuver will have a serious impact on FLSA litigation

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  • January 4, 2013 | The Recorder

    High Court Queues Up Number of Post-'Brinker' Cases

    In addition to taking cases that present key class certification questions left unanswered by Brinker, the California Supreme Court has also sent strong signals that lower courts have misread

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  • January 3, 2013 |

    First Hispanic Court of Appeals judge will join Greenberg Traurig

    The first Hispanic and second female judge in the history of the Court of Appeals will join Greenberg Traurigs New York office, the law firm announced yesterday.

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  • December 26, 2012 |

    Accent-related discrimination suits on the rise, says EEOC

    Earlier this month, we told you about a truck driver who filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against FedEx, claiming the company caused him to lose his job because of his Russian accent.

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  • Howser Mill Homes LLC v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Gilliam and Keith Whitaker Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles PA, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sean Gordon and Jack Lundstedt Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1617

    Where the plaintiff lender voluntarily dismissed its application for confirmation before the entry of a final order, and then started new foreclosure proceedings, OCGA § 44-14-161 c did not require

  • Daniel Corp. v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amber A. Robinson City of Atlanta Department of Law and Mark G. Trigg Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A0867

    The intervening defendant did not forfeit the alcohol licenses of its two Atlanta nightclubs, even though it did not sell alcohol in the nine months following the licenses' issuance, since it compli

  • September 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Administrative Action: Must There Be Noncompliance to Get a Court Order?

    CommentaryEarlier this month, the Commonwealth Court issued an unpublished opinion affirming a contempt order in a Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act

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