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  • December 5, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mediation Can Be the Antidote for Costly Litigation

    When the order referring a case to mandatory, nonbinding mediation arrives, many attorneys simply toss it to the side, viewing mediation as just another (sometimes irksome) step in the litiga

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  • Louisetravis v. Murray, 308310/13

    Publication Date: 2013-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 51
    Judge: Justice Matthew F. Cooper
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiff: Rhonda J. Panken, Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Sherri Donovan, Esq., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 308310/13

    Cite as: Louisetravis v. Murray, 308310/13, NYLJ 1202630756290, at *1 (Sup. NY, Decided November 29, 2013) 308310/13 Justice Matthew F. Co

  • Avidity Partners, LLC v. State of California

    Publication Date: 2013-12-04
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-04
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Robert L. Wallan, John M. Grenfell and Kimberly L. Buffington for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Denise Ferkich Hoffman, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Daniel S. Harris and Jan Zabriskie, Deputy Attorneys General for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. C070255

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13144 AVIDITY PARTNERS, LLC, as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant,

  • December 2, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Why It's Harder to Sue Polluters in Canada

    Since its founding in 1991, Canada's EcoJustice, formerly known as the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, has lodged many groundbreaking legal challenges over alleged violations of specific envi

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  • December 2, 2013 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Ten Months Later—No PTO Chief In Sight

    It's hard to find a hotter topic than patent reform right now on Capitol Hill. It's even harder to find what the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has to say abou

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  • Boyce v. Battery Place Realty, 653660/11

    Publication Date: 2013-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Charles E. Ramos
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    Case Number: 653660/11

    Cite as: Boyce v. Battery Place Realty, 653660/11, NYLJ 1202629734224, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided October 18, 2013) 653660/11 Justice Charles E.

  • Herrington v. Gaulden

    Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant, Louis B. Park, Matthew L. J. D. Dowell Alston & Bird LLP, Kathleen W. Simcoe, Theodore E. G. Pound Commander Pound Butler LLP, Paul E. Weathington Weathington Smith PC, Atlanta, Matthew S. Coles Coles Barton LLP, Lawrenceville, B. Nicole Smith, and Wiley A. Wasden III Brennan & Wasden LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Joshua B. Belinfante Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Association of Georgia, and Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta. Andrew S. Johnson, H. Craig Stafford, and Jeffery L. Arnold Arnold & Stafford, Hinesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13G0577

    The Court of Appeals erred in finding that an exception to the requirement of doctor-patient privity in a professional negligence case resulted from the application of Gray v. Vaughn, 217 Ga. App. 8

  • Center for a Sustainable Coast Inc. v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2013-11-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
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    Case Number: A13A1487; A13A1488

    An environmental group lacked standing to appeal an order regarding the construction of a bulkhead in a salt-water marsh area in violation of the Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975, based on its

  • November 26, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Rule ER Medical Director Wasn't Liable for Death

    The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court decision that doctors and businesses had said would have unfairly expanded who can be liable for medical malpractice and other

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  • Hewitt v. Community & S. Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Conerly and Randall Parian Smith Conerly LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Tuck and Christopher Riley Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1433

    The loan commitment for a $6M line of credit extended to the plaintiff plainly set forth a 12-month repayment term, on which the plaintiff defa