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  • OnBrand Media v. Codex Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Levi Breedlove Breedlove, Lassiter & York, LLP, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark L. Seigel and Mitchell G. Weatherly Weatherly, Kerven & Seigel, LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0867

    Middle-level scrutiny applicable to professional partnership agree applied to the parties' Non-Disclosure agree

  • October 17, 2008 |

    Risk Identification - Archived Article

    Identifies common allegations contained in actions against company directors and officers and explains the duties that directors and officers owe to their organizations. Outlines various federal and state laws that impact these individuals.

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  • September 22, 2008 | Special To Law.Com

    'Auto-Profiling' Documents in SharePoint

    Fenwick & West and other law firms are beginning to look seriously at Microsoft SharePoint as an alternative to the traditional legal document management system. SharePoint provides a rob

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  • June 24, 2008 |

    Business Interruption Insurance: Like a Complicated Picasso

    In this July 2004 Onlines column, FC&S writer Susan Massmann likens business interruption insurance to a Picasso: complicated and at times difficult to fully comprehend.

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    GCs and Board Members Rank the Top 20 Firms

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom ranked as America's best corporate law firm in a survey of general counsel and directors of publicly traded companies.

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  • April 30, 2007 |

    Corporate Gladiator

    In-house counsel must be armed to protect their clients on many battlefronts.

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  • June 16, 2006 |

    Directors Rank Skadden as Best Corporate Firm

    Directors Rank Skadden as Best Corporate Firm For the sixth consecutive year, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was ranked the best corporate law firm in a survey of 1,390 directors and 279 general counsel of publicly traded companies. Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting conducted the survey. Two...

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  • Chatman v. Mancill

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Pereira Thompson & Sweeny PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1862

    The rationale behind the opinion in Ryan v. Thomas, 261 Ga. 661 1991-that one member of the public defender's office could not reasonably be expected to assert or argue the ineffective assistance of

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher A. Townley, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1350

    The officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant without a warrant under O.C.G.A. § 17-4-20 a based on evidence that he committed a family violence

  • Swartz Invs. LLC v. Vion Pharm. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Beerman Burr & Forman LLP, Atlanta, Ross J. Adams, Marietta, and Carlton M. Johnson Jr. Swartz Investments, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. D. Humphries III, Paul J. Pontrelli and David S. Mohl Stites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1316

    A non-circumvention agreement which sought to prevent a pharmaceutical company from entering into any agreement or transaction with six named investors for a period of five years was unenforceably o