• Malloy v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thelma W. C. Moore Moore Law LLC, Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, and Mary K. Durant Durant Law LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Nancy B. Allstrom, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Henry A. Hibbert, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Keith E. Adams, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S13A0188

    An administrative law judge's civil ruling did not preclude the State's subsequent criminal prosecution of the defendant for two counts of Medicaid

  • You v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Ates, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Charles R. Bliss, Karen E. Brown, John R. Bartholomew IV Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., and David A. Webster, Atlanta. Shanon J. McGinnis, Joseph D. Wargo, Michael Wolak III, Julie C. Jared, Amy L. Hanna Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, Sarah B. Akins, Megan U. Manly, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Monica K. Gilroy and Tania T. Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta.

    Case Number: S13Q0040

    In considering three certified questions regarding the operation of Georgia's law governing non-judicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court held that the holder of a deed to secure debt does not have to

  • April 29, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    The Texas 100 - 2013

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  • April 23, 2013 |

    Attorney’s Fees: Covered for Plaintiffs in Case against Insured, But Not in Their Declaratory Judgment Action with Insurer

    The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer was responsible for the attorney’s fees its insured was ordered to pay to plaintiffs even though…

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  • Facility Invs. LP v. Homeland Ins. Co. of N.Y.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bertschi Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kenan Loomis Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2377

    The insurance company waived its right to recoup amounts it paid to resolve claims against the insured that were not covered under the insurance policy when it made the payment with knowledge of the

  • April 11, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: April 11, 2013

    China/Hong Kong Jones Day has advised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. on its recent $1.5 billion bond offering. The co

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  • God's Hope Builders Inc. v. Mount Zion Baptist Church of Oxford, Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Stansfield, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Waldrop Waldrop & Bootcheck LLC, Conyers, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2202; A12A2251; A12A2252

    The record was insufficient to allow the trial court to determine the threshold issue of whether the plaintiffs represented a majority of the church membership and thus had standing to contest the d

  • Richards v. Horton Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Richards, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trevor Hiestand, Ashley Rice Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout, Jerald Hanks Hanks Brookes LLC, Jason Darneille Crim & Bassler LLP, Thomas Sippel, Jatrean Sanders Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, Philip Savrin Freeman Mathis & Gary, William Harrison, Barry Noeltner, Atlanta, Charles Willcox Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Albany, and Craig Allen, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A1814

    The plaintiff had standing to pursue his claims against a homebuilder for alleged defective construction of his home under 11 U.S.C. § 554 c, since those claims were abandoned back to him when his b

  • March 14, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: March 14, 2013

    India Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd., the financing arm of the Ministry of Railways, established a program to issue tax-free, secured, redeemable, nonconvertible

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  • March 7, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: March 7, 2013

    India  Allen & Overy Hong Kong partner James Grandalfo has represented Bharti Airtel Inc., India’s largest mobile phone carrier, on a $1 bi

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