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  • July 4, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    The Arc Of the Covenant: Texas Supreme Court Opinion Alters Path of Noncompete Law

    The Texas Supreme Court just made it easier for employers to enforce noncompete covenants against ex-employees. In Marsh USA Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. v. Rex Cook, a divided h

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  • Loyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, and David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council and Gerald P. Word Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S10P1772

    The state did not misstate the law in advising the defendant that a death penalty defendant does not have an absolute right to withdraw his plea before jud

  • June 30, 2010 |

    SuperConference 2010

    Reports from the Premier Conference for the In-House Bar.

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  • May 31, 2010 |

    Jones v. Harris Associates Defers to Investment Advisers in Mutual Fund Case

    The Supreme Court decision upholds a decades-long standard.

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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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  • Potter v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Dunn Jr. and Jad B. Johnson Public Defender's Office, Douglas R. Woodruff, Public Defender, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2109

    The trial court did not err in admitting expert testimony on the scientific method of converting a serum alcohol reading into a whole blood alcohol concentr

  • Arrington v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Sussman and Jeffrey S. Bowman, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Teresa M. Schiefer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09P1028

    The trial court's error in admitting evidence of the defendant's prior family violence battery convictions, over his validity objection, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, since the battery vic

  • March 31, 2009 |

    Changing Climate

    The new White House regime shakes up environmental policy.

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  • O'Kelley v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08P0916

    Death penalty defendants are entitled to make an opening statement in the sentencing

  • Hendrix v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1332

    The trial court did not err in admitting certain pre-autopsy photographs of the murder victims to show nature and location of their inj