• In the Interest of T.B., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yolanda Bacharach, Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Lanier Edwards, Nancy Michele Harris, Shalena Cook Jones, Brittany Lee Padgett, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee; Randee J. Waldman, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Bradford Lee Rigby, Shannon Glover Wallace, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Canton,, Cordele, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., William D. Johnson, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0287

    Insanity and Delusional-Compulsion Defenses Are Available in Most Delinquency Proceedings

  • Gude v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0406

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting "In-Life" Photo Of Murder Victim Through His Mother's Testimony

  • June 23, 2022 | National Law Journal

    The Marble Palace Blog: Goodwin Procter Prepares for Recusal Issues Given Partner's Family Ties to Ketanji Brown Jackson

    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's brother-in-law, William Jackson, is a partner in the firm's complex litigation and dispute resolution practice.

    4 minute read

  • Appellate Division,First Department

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:June 21, 2022

  • Ressler v. Farrell Fritz, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice David Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 156946/2020

    Attorneys Not Negligent for Failing to Act Beyond the Scope of the Retainer

  • General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • Romero v. St. Vincent's Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 19-CV-7282
    Judge: District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-CV-7282

    Plaintiff Fails to Show Her Pregnancy Was Apparent When She Was Fired

  • June 22, 2022 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: DOJ Officials Offer Compliance Advice + White-Collar Focus Ups Pressure on In-House Counsel + Who Got the Work

    A Justice Department official offered insight into the Justice Department's evaluation of corporate compliance programs during a panel discussion with white-collar defense lawyers.

    10 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Supreme Court of Georgia Disbars 1, Rejects 1 Petition for Voluntary Discipline

    Two attorney discipline opinions were handed down by the justices on Wednesday.

    24 minute read

  • Appellate Division,Second Department

    Publication Date: 2022-06-22
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motion List & Order on Application released on:June 17, 2022