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  • Heinze v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Thomas Edward Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1353

    Defendant Affirmatively Waived Any Claim of Trial Court Error in Removing Juror During Deliberations

  • Endeavor Energy v. Energen Resources

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1187

    The lease at issue allowed petitioner Endeavor to retain its leasehold interest in the entire parcel only by drilling a new well every 150 days, except that petitioner was allowed to "accumulate unused days in an 150-day term in order to extend the next allowed 150-day term between the completion of one well and the drilling of a subsequent well."

  • Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, Oneida Indian Nation: David A. Reiser, on the brief, Michael R. Smith, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellants, Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and the Melvin L. Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust: Claudia L. Tenney, Clinton, NY on the brief, Joseph R. Membrino, Cooperstown, NY.
    Case Number: 19-2737-cv

    Oneida Indian Nation Has Tribal Right to Possession of 19.6 Acres in Oneida County

  • Lanier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle Johnston Duncan, III, (Attorney at Law), Darien, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, John B. Johnson, Thomas Edward Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1192

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for murder and other crimes over contentions of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance, and evidentiary errors

  • Appellate Division, First Department:December 22, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:December 22, 2020

  • The People of the State of New York v. Reggie Caswell

    Publication Date: 2020-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department
    Judge: Unsigned Carni, J.P., Lindley, Curran, Winslow, and DeJoseph, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1181

    New York v. Reggie Caswell

  • Olson v. Brenntag North Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-24
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Jerome H. Block, Renner K. Walker, and Alexandria Awad of counsel, Levy Konigsberg, LLP, New York, NY, Christian Hartley, Suzanne M. Ratcliffe, and Margaret Samadi of counsel, and Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.: John D. Winter, Jonah M. Knobler, and Thomas P. Kurland of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, Robert "Mike" Brock of counsel, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 190328/2017

    Damages Awarded in Johnson & Johnson Asbestos-Related Tort Action Were Excessive

  • December 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

    I had represented a corporation and that corporation is now defunct and does not exist anymore. Do the privileged conversations and information learned during my representation of the corporation still remain in the attorney-client privilege since the corporation is now defunct?

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  • Day v. Mason

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A20A0964

    Court vacates and remands an award for past child support, reverses as to other expenses, affirms as to some fees, and reverses separate award for appellate attorney fees

  • Thornton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Baskin Johnson, David James Dunn, Jr., Victor Philip Aloisio, III, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Sandra Deitz, A.D.A., Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee. Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G0613

    Game Warden Was Authorized to Limit Sound Emitted by Car Stereo; Evidence at Trial Was Sufficient to Sustain Convictions for Obstruction