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  • In the Interest of M. R.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John J. Martin, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1059

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the juvenile court's determination that the children's deprivation would continue, despite the father's recent efforts to comply with his reunification case

  • August 31, 2006 |

    Instant Contracts

    In-house legal departments cut costs with contract automation.

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  • Amstead v. McFarland

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen L. Broughton Broughton & Fernandez, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert P. McFarland McFarland & Assocs., and Randall A. Meincke, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0001

    Attorney was entitled to of only the father's portion of $325K ement attorney procured for the wrongful death of the father and the mother's son, since the mother withdrew from the suit prior t

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley, Public Defender, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Joseph M. McKinnon District Attorney's Office, Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0783

    The defendant did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to co

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Smith, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald N. Wilson, District Attorney, and Charles D. Gafnea, Assistant District Attorney, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1947

    Trial counsel's former prosecution for murder by the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the defendants' child cruelty case did not present a conflict of int

  • Malice v. Coloplast Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen I. Hirsch and Debra M. Buster Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeRoy P. Spell Jr. Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1983

    The arbitrator did not manifestly disregard the law in determining that the non-compete and non-solicit covenants in the defendant's executive employment agreement were reasonable and enforc

  • March 31, 2006 |

    China's Crackdown

    Government officials step up enforcement of new securities law.

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  • Hurston v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1971

    Jurors' unauthorized visits to the accident scene did not contribute to the defendant's conviction in light of the jurors' unanimous affidavits stating that the visits had no effect upon their ve

  • 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

  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Sammons, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, and Norris S. Lewis Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1531

    The evidence showed that the defendant distributed cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing pr