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  • October 3, 2011 |

    7 transformative leaders in the legal profession

    Women of influence discuss how they've mentored and advanced women lawyers.

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  • Fair v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC and Elizabeth V. Rogan, Atlanta, for Fair. Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, and James S. Stokes, Atlanta, for Jolly. Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Kimberly S. Schwartz, Assistant District Attorney, Garrison A. Wood District Attorney's Office, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Laura J. Murphree Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A1034; S10A1035

    O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 b 8 does not require the defendant's knowledge that the victim was a peace officer to impose a death penalty on a defendant, who killed a peace officer conducting a no-knock wa

  • Barrett v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bonnie, Stephen J. Rapp Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Charles J. Cole and Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Norman L. Underwood Troutman Sanders, Robin F. Cook, Atlanta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A10A1125

    Natural gas was not a tant under the excess liability policy in question, because nothing in the record showed that natural gas is considered an irritant or contaminant within the meaning of th

  • March 31, 2010 |

    Climate Change Policy Faces Domestic and International Challenges

    Domestically and internationally, the battle over climate change action rages on.

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  • Lawson v. Entech Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1053

    The def owned no duty to the decedent, since the fatal vehicular accident between a truck belonging to the def 's subcontractor and the decedent occurred off the job site where the de

  • Schofield Interior Contr. Inc. v. Standard Bldg. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A08A1026

    A negligent construction claim arises in tort and exists independently of any claim for breach of con

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A08A1463; A08A1464

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the plaintiff's expert to opine on the issue of whether a DOT foreman should have detected a downed stop sign during an inspection, since

  • October 31, 2007 |

    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Despite bureaucratic and practical challenges, India's growth potential attracts a swarm of M&As.

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  • July 31, 2007 |

    Culture Clash

    Eastern countries' ascension to the EU creates labor law conflicts.

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  • Blue Moon Cycle Inc. v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Youngblood and Laura V. Benesh William R. Youngblood PC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Duane A. Jenkins, Duluth, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S06G1136

    Immunity from civil liability pursuant to the deposit account fraud statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-9-20 is not limited to cases when the action is brought by the person, who signed the