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  • Edible IP, LLC v. Google, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Advertising
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Arnold Pickens, Andrew Dorsey Stancil, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Jason James Carter, Ronan Patrick Doherty, Patrick Christopher Fagan, Solesse Lane Altman, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Peter Schroeder, Brian McKinley Underwood, Jr., (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Margret Mary Caruso, (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), Redwood Shores, for appellee; John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bret S Moore, (Broughton LAW), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Todd Wuescher Beauchamp, Rachel S. Horn, Carolyn Homer, Sarang Damle, (Latham & Watkins LLP), Washington, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0798

    Court affirms dismissal of complaint for failure to state a claim for theft, conversion, money had and received, and Georgia RICO Act violations

  • Vargas v. Toll GC LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Janice Taylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 705083/20

    Injury While Performing Taping Work Is Not a Gravity-Related Accident

  • Ash v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard Benjamin Caplan, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0771

    No Showing Made That Photo on Cell Phone Destroyed by Police Had Exculpatory Value

  • Harvey et al. v. Merchan

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Ellene Rader, (Candace E Rader P.C.), Carrollton, Met Merritt Lane, (Shadrix Lane & Parmer, PC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Esther Dina Feuer Panitch, (The Panitch Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Brian Joseph Atkinson, Emily M. Hetherington, Devin LeDrut Mashman, (Wilbanks Cease Clinic), Athens, for Appellee; Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jacqueline Olivia Eisermann, Richard A. Horder, (Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0143

    Law Applies to Torts Committed in Georgia, While Quebec Law Applies to Torts Committed in Quebec; Trial Court Must Compare Respective Limitations Periods

  • Seals v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, (Lawrence W. Daniel, PC), Atlanta, James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Reese Leonard, Sarah Elizabeth Hilleren, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Sean Alexander Garrett, (DeKalb County Department of Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0931

    No Direct Appeal Possible From Criminal Conviction After Unresolved Count Was Dead-Docketed

  • Texas Department v. Lara

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0658

    A state employee, who was terminated after exhausting five months of sick leave while recovering from surgery, was able to show that the court of appeals erred in concluding he failed to plead a claim under Texas Commission on Human Rights Act Section 21.051.

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Brian Stull, (American Civil Liberties Union), Durham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee. Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Laurence Shtasel, Taylor Lake, Heidi Crikelair, (Blank Rome LLP), Philidelphia, for Amicus Appellant. Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21P0078

    Requiring Death Penalty Defendant to Prove Intellectual Disability Beyond Reasonable Doubt Not Unconstitutional

  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Smyrna, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0250

    Defendant Did Not Clearly Invoke Right to Counsel During Jailhouse Phone Conversation With Police Detective

  • GEICO Indemnity Co. v. Whiteside

    Publication Date: 2021-05-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Robb Cruser, Kathleen Marie Hurley, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet LLP), Norcross, Wallace Miller, (Wallace Miller III, LLC), Macon, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Scot Rigsbee, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Miranda Johnston Brash, Charles Austin Gower, Jr., Shaun Patrick O'Hara, (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, for appellee. David Marlow Atkinson, Bradley S. Wolff, Douglas Lee Clayton, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Amicus Appellant. Richard English Dolder, Jr., James Nicholas Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, David Austin Bersinger, (Bersinger Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21Q0227

    Court Analyzes Tortfeasor's Duty to Give Insurer Notice of Suit, Insurer's Duty to Settle Claim Brought Against Tortfeasor

  • Crippen & Lawrence Investment Co., Inc. v. A Tract of Land Being Known As 444 Lemon Street, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hampton Coleman, (Coleman Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald L. Snyder, (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. James L. McDaniel, (McDaniel & Scott), Decatur, Barry Phillip Bettis, (Bettis Law Group, LLC), Alpharetta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1645

    Tax Sale Purchaser of Property Had Standing to Claim Estate Executor Had Impliedly Assented to Devise of Property