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December 17, 2012 |

Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage for Clean-Up Costs Asserted by State Agency

A federal district court in North Carolina has decided that there was no coverage under a comprehensive general liability insurance policy for recovery…

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December 11, 2012 |

Environmental Damages under Umbrella Policy Are Limited to Courtroom Litigation Rather than Administrative Proceedings

A California appellate court has ruled that environmental damages resulting from remediation orders of administrative agencies were not covered by an umbrella…

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December 6, 2012 |

U.S. authorities broke up overseas cybercrime ring

Some international cybercriminals have been taken out, thanks to U.S. authorities.

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November 22, 2012 |

Litigation: Photoshop—the next false advertising risk?

A series of recent U.K. false advertising rulings involving digitally manipulating photographs raise new questions about potential liability risks.

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November 14, 2012 |

‘Broad Exclusion’ for Claims Arising Out of Assault and Battery Upheld by Court

Claims for injuries allegedly suffered from a fight outside a nightclub are excluded by the assault and battery exclusion, a federal district court has…

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A Fast Sign Co. Inc. v. American Home Svcs. Inc.

Publication Date: 2012-11-07
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Blumenthal Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco PC, Marc B. Hershovitz, Michael K. Jablonski, Atlanta, and Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Otto F. Feil III and Celeste McCollough Taylor Feil Harper Lumsden & Hess PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11G1708

The trial court properly based liability and damages, in a class action suit regarding unsolicited fax advertisements, on the number of such advertisements sent rather than the number rec

Nicely v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Levin, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Wanda L. Vance, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0876

Evidence that the defendant fled from the scene before paramedics arrived and told inconsistent stories about how the 1-year-old victim was injured while in his care, as well as the child's injuries

October 25, 2012 |

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s Reinsurance and Insurance Litigation and Arbitration Practice

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s Reinsurance and Insurance Litigation and Arbitration PracticeStroock’s Insurance Practice Group handles…

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WMW Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc.

Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lamar Mixson, Lisa R. Strauss, and Naveen Ramachandrappa Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard K. Hines V., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Anne W. Lewis Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP, William Van Hearnburg Jr. Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, and C. Mitchell Brown Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, S.C., for appellees. Amicus appellant: T. Bart Gary Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Chance D. Weldon Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Calif.
Case Number: S11G1828

The plaintiff franchisee had no standing under the anti-encroachment provision of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, OCGA § 10-1-664, to challenge the new dealership the defendants p

September 10, 2012 |

Former client sues Ropes & Gray for professional negligence

One of Ropes & Grays former corporate clients says the law firm acted negligently and ushered it into bankruptcy.

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