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Ruth et al. v. Cherokee Funding, LLC et al.

Publication Date: 2018-11-09
Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Blackwell
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Angela Rene Fox, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Jeremy Springer McKenzie, Christopher Dorian Britt, (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, Robert Bartley Turner, Kathryn Hughes Pinckney, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Bradley Mitchell Harmon, Allan Charles Galis, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, Geoffrey H. Bracken, Scott D. Ellis, (Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP), Houston, for appellee. Ean Kade Cullefer, (Georgia Chamber of Commerce), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Jeremy Lynn Kidd, (Mercer University School of Law), Macon, Thomas Darrell Weldon, Jr. (Weldon Law Firm), Ringgold, for amicus appellee. Douglas Edward Herman, Thomas Lawrence Evans, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for other party.
Case Number: S17G2021

Financing arrangement did not come under the purview of the Industrial Loan Act or the Payday Lending Act

Coen v. CDC Software Corporation et al.

Publication Date: 2018-08-10
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew Blane Ames, Michael J. Bowers, Elizabeth Righton J. Lewis (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S17G1375

Determining Whether Res Judicata Has Been Triggered Requires Review of Entire Set of Facts Giving Rise to Enforceable Claim

In The Matter Of Raymond Juiwen Ho.

Publication Date: 2018-06-19
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond Juiwen Ho c/o Timothy D. Belvetz (Holland & Knight), Tysons, for appellant.
for defendant: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y1037

The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Koch et al.

Publication Date: 2018-04-25
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Products Liability
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Nahmias
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta; Reed Thomas Warburton, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Birmingham; George R. Neuhauser (Nall & Miller LLP), Atlanta; Scott Burnett Smith (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Huntsville, for appellant.
for defendant: Katherine Lee McArthur, Caleb Frank Walker, Laura K. Hinson Penn (Katherine L. McArthur LLC), Macon; Tracey Lynn Dellacona (Dellaconna Law Firm), Macon, for appellee. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; Brian David Boone (Alston & Bird LLP), Charlotte; Leonard Searcy II (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.), Kansas City; Philip S. Goldberg (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Washington, for amicus appellant. Stephen Christopher Collier (Hawkins & Parnell, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Atkinson Arndt (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta; George Lee Welborn (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for other party.
Case Number: S17G0654

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to dismiss, or alternatively, to bar certain evidence as a sanction for spoliation of evidence, as the record supported the trial court's conclusion that litigation was not reasonably foreseeable when plaintiff destroyed the evidence.

Spade v. Select Comfort Corp.

Publication Date: 2018-04-23
Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Contracts
Industry: Retail
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Patterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lewis G. Adler (Lewis G. Adler and Law Office of Paul DePetris, attorneys; Lewis G. Adler and Paul DePetris, on the briefs); Andrew R. Wolf (The Wolf Law Firms, attorneys; Andrew R. Wolf and Henry P. Wolfe, on the briefs)
for defendant: Andrew S. Hansen (Fox Rothschild, attorneys; Karen A. Confoy, on the brief, and Heidi A.O. Fisher and Andrew S. Hansen, of counsel and on the briefs); Brett D. Carroll (Holland & Knight, attorneys; Brett D. Carroll, Sean C. Sheely, and Duvol M. Thompson, on the briefs)
Case Number: A-57-16 (078611)

Inclusion of Prohibited Contractual Language Could Give Rise to Violation of Clearly Established Right or Responsibility

WXIA-TV et al. v. State Of Georgia et al.

Publication Date: 2018-04-16
Practice Area: Communications and Media | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Blackwell
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Derek Bauer, Ian Kyle Byrnside, Cody S. Wigington (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Clifford Paul Bowden (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee. Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. John Robert Mobley, II, Michael Walter Gowen (Tifton Circuit Public Defender's Office), Tifton; Thomas MacIver Clyde, Lesli Nicole Gaither (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Lawrence Lee Bennett, Jr. (L. Lee Bennett Jr, P.C.), Atlanta; David E. Hudson (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for other party.
Case Number: S17A1804

In a high-profile murder case, the Supreme Court vacated a gag order that restrained certain classes of persons from making extrajudicial, public statements on certain subjects related to the case for so long as it remained pending, holding that the record did not reveal circumstances sufficiently exceptional to warrant such a restraint.

IN RE CRANA ELECTRIC, INC., Petitioner/plf-ap, v. BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY DOING BUSINESS AS HUGH L. CAREY BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY, ET AL., Respondents/def-res

Publication Date: 2017-10-02
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Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
Judge: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Andrias, Oing, Singh, JJ.
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Case Number: 4529

4529. IN RE CRANA ELECTRIC, INC., Petitioner/plf-ap, v. BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY DOING BUSINESS AS HUGH L. CAREY BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY, ET AL., Respondents/def-res — Farrell Fritz, P.

In the Matter of Aaron Davidson, an attorney and counselor-at-law., Motion No. 175 - March 10, 2017

Publication Date: 2017-05-04
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Disciplinary Proceeding, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department
Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., Karla Moskowitz, Paul G. Feinman, Judith J. Gische, Barbara R. Kapnick, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counselpe_ Jorge Dopico, Chief Attorney, Attorney Grievance Committee, New York (Raymond Vallejo, of counsel), for petitioner.
for defendant: Counselres_ Holland & Knight, LLP (Lee Vartan, of counsel), for respondent.
Case Number: Motion No. 175 - March 10, 2017

Frederick G. Knight v. Robert Holland and Circle L, LLC

Publication Date: 2017-03-31
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Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION, FOURTH DEPARTMENT
Judge: Whalen, P.J., Smith, Peradotto, DeJoseph, and Curran, JJ.
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Case Number: 16-01003

City of Atlanta v. Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys.

Publication Date: 2016-12-01
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmet J. Bondurant II, David G. H. Brackett, Robert L. Ashe III Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Robert S. Highsmith Jr. Holland Knight LLP, and Joseph D. Young, Atlanta, for City of Atlanta. Phillip S. McKinney, Richard H. Sinkfield, and Timothy J. Fitzmaurice Rogers Hardin LLP, Atlanta, for Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys.. Other party representation in Case No. S16X1105: Christine L. Mast and Kimberly D. Stevens Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta.
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Case Number: S16A1103; S16X1105

The Court vacated the trial court's judgment in city's declaratory judgment action involving the potential effects on the territory of school systems and the ownership of school property emanating f