• Vantage Cancer Centers of Georgia, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Charles L. Gregory, John Warner Ray, (Ray & Gregory, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Christopher M. Carr, Charles K. Thimmesch, Jeffrey William Stump, Andrew Bain McClintock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Michael Rozier, Dorothy Hubbard Cornwell, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Talis Colgan Trevino, Laurie Wells Trompeter, (Holland & Knight LLP), Nashville, for appellee; Armando Luis Basarrate, II, David Boone Darden, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S23G0405

    Court clarifies standard of review that Community Health Commissions must apply in evaluating hearing officer's factual findings in an application for a health care Certificate of Need

  • LCX AG v. 1.274M U.S. Dollar Coin

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Andrea Masley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 154644/2022

    Court Allows Service Via Cryptocurrency in Blockchain Theft Case

  • Danskammer Energy LLC v. NYS Dept. of Envtl. Conservation

    Publication Date: 2022-06-28
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Supreme Court, Orange
    Judge: Justice Robert Onofry
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Petitioner-Plaintiff: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, New York. Steven C. Russo, New York, New York. Brenda Colella, Barclay Damon Tower, Syracuse, New York.
    for defendant: For the State Respondents: Joshua Michael Tallent, Assistant Attorney General, the Capitol, Albany, New York. Attorneys for Proposed Amicus Curiae Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc: Read And Laniado, LLP, Albany, New York. Attorneys for proposed Amicus Curiae New York State AFL-CIO, New York State Building and Construction Trades Council, and Hudson Valley Building and Construction Trades Council: Colleran, O'Hara & Mills LLP, Woodbury, New York. Attorneys for proposed Amicus Curiae Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC: Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, New York. Attorneys for proposed Amicus Curiae Mitsubishi Power: Holland & Knight LLP, New York, New York. Attorney for Proposed Amicus Curiae The Peak Coalition: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, New York. Attorneys for Proposed Amicus Curiae Sierra Club and Orange RAPP: Earth Justice, New York, New York.

    Case Number: EF008396-2021

    DEC Has Authority Under the CLCPA to Deny Permit Application

  • 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

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben C. Brodhead, III, Ashley Brooke Fournet, John Wesley Ingram Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Michael Brandon Jones, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Robb Cruser, Raymond Russell Grant, II, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S21G0578

    Post-Trial Attorney Fee Award For Litigation Expenses Did Not Preclude Separate Award For Failure to Accept Settlement Offer

  • Berman v. Holland & Knight

    Publication Date: 2022-03-02
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Joel Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 652466/2015

    Disclosure of Information in Fraud Case Invades Attorney-Client Privilege

  • Love et al. v. Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, (Wayne B. Kendall, P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Julie Adams Jacobs, Alex Fredrick Sponseller, John Scott Forbes,, Joseph Lawton Bearden, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Phil James George, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, , for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0329

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Dismissing Fulton County Taxpayers' Mandamus Claim Against Board of Tax Assessors

  • Williams v. Harvey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Erwin, (Powell & Erwin, P.C.), Camilla, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, W. Earl McCall, (McCall Williams, LLC), Albany, Henry E. Williams, (Henry Williams Law Office, LLC), Albany, Gregory Terrell Williams, (The Law Offices of Gregory Terrell Williams, LLC), Camilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Roger Edward Harris, Douglas Lee Clayton, (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Bruce Wheat Kirbo, Jr., (Kirbo & Kendrick), Bainbridge, for appellee. James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Brandon Lee Peak, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer LLP), Columbus, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S20G1121

    Contemporaneous Objection Required When Moving Party Believes Motion in Limine Has Been Violated During Closing Argument

  • Johnson v. Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Christopher Todd Giovinazzo, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Lawson Neff, Darryl Dwayne Adams, Susan Mary Cremer, Timothy Shane Peagler, (The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brantley Cole Rowlen, Jason Phillip Wright, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, George Lee Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William T. Casey, Jr., (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Nathan Alexander Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Brian DeVoe Rogers, (Rogers & Fite, LLC), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Mark Behrens, Caroline Marie Gieser, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, Philip Wade Savrin, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Alexia B. Ruffner Roney, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Jennifer Burch Dempsey, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S20G0695

    Tortfeasor's intervening criminal conduct caused plaintiff's injuries, and defendant rental car company was not liable for plaintiffs' injuries

  • Premier Health Care Investments, LLC v. UHS of Anchor, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Austin Alexander, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Charles Threlkeld, Ryan Chorkey Burke, (Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Marial Lanier Ellis, Stacey Ann Hillock, Roxana Dehnad Tatman, Rachel L King, (Georgia Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Cathelynn Tio, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Armando Luis Basarrate, David Boone Darden, (Parker, Hudson, Ranier & Dobbs), Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, David Patrick Conley, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, Frank B. Strickland, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. James Cullen Evans, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Jessica L. Thompson, (New Civil Liberties Alliance), Washington, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S19G1491

    Hospital Did Not Have to Obtain Additional Certificate of Need When it Reconfigured Inpatient Beds Within Its Total Licensed Capacity