• Kothari v. Tessfaye

    Publication Date: 2012-11-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Bertram Levy Fine & Block Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samira J. Martin Jones Martin LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A1106

    The trial court erred in ruling that the parties' consent judgment was void due to impossibility of performance and to lack of mutuality, as the consent judgment could not be void under OCGA § 9-12-

  • Jaraysi v. Sebastian

    Publication Date: 2012-11-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Cauthorn III and Leslie D. O'Neal Cauthorn Nohr & O'Dell PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. Lee Davis Bailey Davis Brown & Sutton LLC and Kenneth S. Waldrop, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0917

    The trial court erred in finding that the landlord breached a subsequent oral agreement to provide security, additional lighting, and to complete construction of an office building across the street

  • Burke Cnty. v. Askin

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry A. Fleming and Frank A. Nelson Fleming & Nelson LLP, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas R. Burnside III and James W. Ellison Burnside Wall LLP, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S12A0649; S12X0650

    The Court vacated and remanded the trial court's order granting the property owner's mandamus action to compel the County to repair and maintain certain roads inasmuch as it granted relief under the

  • October 18, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: October 18, 2012

    Japan Morrison & Foerster and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have the lead roles advising Japanese Internet and tele

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  • October 4, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: October 4, 2012

    Japan Morrison & Foerster is advising Japanese Internet and telecommunications group Softbank Corp. in its $2.3 billion acquisition of eAccess, a ri

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  • August 2, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: August 2, 2012

    CORRECTION, 8/6/12: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the roles of French law firms Darroi

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  • July 26, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 26, 2012

    China/Hong KongDavis Polk & Wardwell is advising China National Offshore Oil Corp. on its $15.1 billion purchase of Canadian oil and gas company Ne

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  • Bearden v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Nuckolls Nuckolls & Nuckolls LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0753

    The defendant received almost $55K in checks to begin construction of two families' modular and then abandoned the projects without accomplishing any task towards completion of the

  • Ellis v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2012-06-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III and Richard W. Fields Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit S. Dorough Jr., Albany, and Jesse G. Bowles III, Cuthbert, for appellees.

    Case Number: S12A0315

    O.C.G.A. § 15-9-120 2—defining probate court as ' "probate court of a county having a population of more than 96,000 persons according to the United States decennial s of 1990 or any future suc

  • May 16, 2012 |

    Liquor Liability

    Provides a general discussion of the liquor liability exclusion and related issues.

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