• Department of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Ray O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow, Curtis A. Garrett Jr. and Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S05G1930

    Notations in a plat incorporated into a cannot vary or expand the right of access given in the

  • Department of Transp. v. Peach Hill Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, Ray O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Kane, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia A. Presto Presto & Berggren LLC, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard W. Wilson Jr. Wilson, Brock & Irby LLC, Atlanta, and Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree, King & Kimbrough, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A0727

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to strike parts of DOT Rule 627-9-.05-pertaining to guidelines enabling the DOT to determine whether to request a landfill exemption from the Federal Aviation Adm

  • May 31, 2006 |

    Right To Sue

    MedImmune asks the Supreme Court to make it easier for licensees to challenge a licensed patent.

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  • May 31, 2006 |

    Right To Sue

    MedImmune asks the Supreme Court to make it easier for licensees to challenge a licensed patent.

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  • Fulton County v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Overtis H. Brantley, Willie J. Lovett Jr., Rory K. Starkey, Marina K. Duncan and Nicolle G. Holt, Fulton County Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Marc Goncher, Assistant City Attorney, Lisa F. Harper, Otto F. Feil III, Chorey, Taylor & Feil PC, Douglas A. Henderson, Troutman Sanders LLP, Robert D. Mowrey, David M. Meezan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Robert C. Norman Jr. Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Carlton L. Kell Brock, Clay & Calhoun PC, Marietta, and David Biderman National Solid Wastes Management Assoc., Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: S06A0049

    O.C.G.A. § 36-2-26 a unconstitutionally impairs the free flow of interstate commerce by giving the county where a landfill sits the authority to veto the importation of solid

  • EHCA Dunwoody LLC v. Daniel

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant and Derin B. Dickerson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent S. Hudspeth, Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, Heber Simmons III and Chris Henderson Simmons Law Group PA, Jackson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2141

    The plaintiff developed severe interstitial cystitis IC from use of a latex catheter, which the medical center inserted into her while she was under its care, even though she informed the medical ce

  • Jones v. Orris

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Koski The Koski Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sterling G. Culpepper Alston & Bird, Lori G. Cohen Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jonathan C. Peters Love & Willingham LLP, and Mary P. Tucker, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A0703

    The evidence in the record did not support the plaintiff's expert's opinion regarding the proximate cause of her inj

  • April 30, 2005 |

    U.S. Pushes For Open Legal Markets At GATS Talks

    State Bars Offer Little Support To U.S. Negotiators

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  • Killearn Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Freed and William J. Piercy Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Wade W. Pearson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: Seth G. Weissman and Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S04G1320

    Nothing in the plain and explicit terms of the Georgia Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act precludes a broker from recovering under common law in the absence of a brokerage agr

  • March 31, 2005 |

    Software Copyrights Take A Backseat To Patents

    IP Consultant Wants Software Copyrights Declared Unconstitutional

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