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  • October 31, 2007 |

    Labor & Employment

    Multinational employers fight over top talent in India's mobile work force.

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  • Lane Supply Inc. v. W. H. Ferguson & Sons Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene J. Heady Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald L. Swift III, Thomas T. Tate Andersen, Tate, Mahaffey & McGarity PC, Steven M. Mills and Timothy S. Walls Mills & Moss LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0701

    The plaintiff's alleged agreement to forebear enforcement of its materialman's lien rights merely gave the plaintiff an equitable lien for the improvements against the property owners, not the defen

  • COMCAST Corp. v. Warren

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tommy T. Holland, John L. McKinley Jr. and John D. Hadden Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Daugherty, William L. Swank II and Alina A. Krivitsky Greer, Klosik, Daugherty & Swank PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William D. Strickland Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges.
    Case Number: A07A0505

    The allegations of the complaint, which stood admitted as a result of the defendant's default, sufficiently create defendant's liability for punitive damages in any a

  • Fulton County v. Galberaith

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Overtis H. Brantley, Steven E. Rosenberg, Sudevi N. Ghosh and Valerie A. Ross Fulton County Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Flint, Mark W. Forsling Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Wendell K. Willard Willard & Sullivan, Dana K. Maine Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, and Laurel E. Henderson Henderson & Hundley PC, Decatur.
    Case Number: S07A0032

    Several sections of the Fulton county zoning ordinance are unconstitutionally broad for declaring that all outdoor signs are presumptively illegal throughout the county, to be exempted only on a cas

  • Duty Free Air and Ship Supply Co. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry R. Bauer Jr. Bauer & Deitch PC, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP and Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Robert B. Caput and Michael S. Fineman Hartsfield/Jackson Int'l Airport, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S07A0265

    The appellant was not entitled to a writ requiring the city to execute a contract for construction and operation of duty free shops at the city's international ai

  • Duty Free Air and Ship Supply Co. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-05-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry R. Bauer Jr. Bauer & Deitch PC, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP and Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Robert B. Caput and Michael S. Fineman Hartsfield/Jackson Int'l Airport, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S07A0265

    The appellant was not entitled to a writ requiring the city to execute a contract for construction and operation of duty free shops at the city's international ai

  • Walter R. Thomas Assocs. Inc. v. Media Dynamite Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mari Myer Friend, Hudak & Harris LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas V. Keough Simpson Law Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1792

    The trial court erred in considering an unsupported $288 fee charged to the defendant under the parties' oral contract for the plaintiff to purchase advertising time from several television networks

  • October 31, 2006 |

    Generation Legislation

    The EU's attempt to stamp out ageism creates a jumble of new laws.

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  • Walker v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil L. Wilkinson and Paul T. Wright Wilkinson & Wright LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Susan K. Treadaway, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2044

    The trial court properly applied the preponderance of evidence standard of proof, since forfeiture cases are civil procee

  • Kace Invs. LP v. Hull

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Trotter III, Warren D. Evans William A. Trotter III PC, William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Augusta, John K. Larkins Jr. and Thomas D. Bever Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John B. Long and A. Montague Miller Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier PA, Augusta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert C. Hagler, James W. Purcell Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, and William M. Fleming, Augusta.
    Case Number: A05A2014

    The defendants were entitled to amend their counterclaim, since claims remained pending after the remittitur was returned to the trial court following an appeal on cross motions for summary judgment