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  • Allen v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Kagan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-877

    No authority for Congress' abrogation of States' sovereign immunity from copyright infringement suits

  • People v. Blackwood

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
    Judge: Justice Jill Konviser
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    Case Number: 8422/17

    Noteworthy

  • Gray v. Skelton

    Publication Date: 2020-03-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law | Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 18-0386

    A client sued her criminal-defense attorney for malpractice after having her conviction vacated on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • The State v. Lane

    Publication Date: 2020-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1424

    Georgia Courts Considering Whether a Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to a New Trial Should Consider the Prejudicial Effect of Trial Court Errors and Deficient Counsel Performance

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Allen Adams, Jr., (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1520

    Jury Was Properly Instructed on Elements of Malice Murder Despite Trial Court's Singular Use of Wrong Word in Jury Instruction

  • People v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Barry Ostrager
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 452378/2019

    AG Granted Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Allen From Accessing ACP Assets

  • People v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Diane Kiesel
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    Case Number: 3441/2019

    Proceeding to Continue in Defendant's Absence if He Fails to Return for Set Hearing, Trial

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Software
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
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    Case Number: S18G1638

    Court interprets OCGA §51-7-83(a) to mean that punitive damages are recoverable in lawsuits over abusive litigation

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Kwashnak, (Public Defender's Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Plez Higdon Hardin, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1266

    Court affirms aggravated assault and felony murder convictions but vacates aggravated assault sentence that should have merged.

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Williams, Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1250

    Court affirms denial of murder defendant's pro se new trial motion over his multiple arguments of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and error