• Brockman v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Hagler Hagler, Henderson, Jackson & Walters, Columbus, George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Dana E. Weinberger, Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and David R. Helmick Waldrep, Mullin & Callahan, Columbus, for appellee. Other party representation: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Jesup, and Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Ctr, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S12P1490

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, as the statutorily required aggravating circumstance was established since the defe

  • Mecca Constr. Inc. v. Maestro Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Altman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason Doss The Doss Firm LLC, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2326

    The defendants' explanation for the delay in filing their answer—confusion as to when it was due—did not constitute excusable neglect as a matter o

  • Edgecomb v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Treadaway, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Head, D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorneys, Allen Knox, Assistant District Attorney, and John Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1823

    The trial court improperly instructed the jury on the unindicted offense of violating a family violence order as a lesser included offense of the charged crime of aggravated sta

  • February 21, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 21, 2013

    India  Herbert Smith Freehills, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Khaitan & Co., and Amarchand &a

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  • February 14, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 14, 2013

    Southeast Asia Allens and Allen & Overy have key legal roles in the $9 billion Nghi Son oil refinery project in Vietnam. Allen

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  • February 7, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 7, 2013

    China/Hong Kong Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising on a proposed share sale by Hong Kong–

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  • Barrett v. Britt

    Publication Date: 2012-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie Norvell Bovis Kyle & Burch LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Wilson Webb Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellees. Other party representation: Ned Blumenthal Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, Robert Hughes, Stone Mountain, J. Michael McGarity The McGarity Group LLC, Buford, and Lowell Chatham, McDonough.

    Case Number: A12A1249

    A question of fact remained as to whether certain items, which the de ts removed from the plaintiffs' property upon the termination of a leasehold, constituted equipment having to do with the d

  • Pinnacle Props. V LLC v. Mainline Supply of Atlanta LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Allen and Stephen Estep Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Cook Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Adam Caskey Clark Caskey LLC, Atlanta, Mark Hanrahan Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Fred Bentley, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0809

    The defendant had an estate for years in the premises at issue, so that a materialman's lien could attach to and be enforced against such interest, subject to the conditions of the

  • Settles Bridge Farm LLC v. Masino

    Publication Date: 2012-11-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ariel Zion, Simon Bloom, and Stephanie Everett Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes Kingma, William Jones, Christopher Hoffman Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Jack Slover, and Chad Wingate Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0898

    The alleged statements forming the basis of the plaintiff's tortious interference with business and contractual relations complaint against a chamber of commerce and its vice president were privileg

  • November 8, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: November 8, 2012

    Southeast Asia Clifford Chance, Malaysian firm Abdullah Chan, and Norway’s Wiersholm Law Firm

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