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  • March 5, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Superior Court Reverses $27.6 Mil. Personal Injury Verdict

    The state Superior Court has reversed a $27.6 million verdict awarded to a woman and her husband who said she was injured while taking part in a promotional video for an artificial knee impl

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  • Bright v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon Brown & Gill LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1735

    Three eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who shot and killed one victim, and the aggravated assault victim identified the defendant as the gunman who sho

  • November 27, 2012 |

    The IC Top 20: The most important news stories of 2012

    A roundup of 20 headline-making stories from the past year that in-house counsel couldnt afford to miss.

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  • October 29, 2012 |

    In-house career changes

    Notable moves in the corporate legal world

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  • October 29, 2012 |

    Former deputy attorney general joins Morgan Lewis

    A former deputy attorney general under former President George H.W. Bush will be joining law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

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  • October 5, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    BofA Settlement and JPMorgan Case Highlight SEC's Tepid Response

    In the last week we've seen some flashy headlines about lawsuits stemming from the financial crisis. Sounds like good news for those concerned about tough enforcement of our securities laws, right?

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  • October 3, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: BofA Settlement and JPMorgan Case Highlight SEC's Tepid Response

    Why was the JPMorgan RMBS case brought by the New York attorney general, and not by the SEC or Justice Department under our federal securities laws? Investor deception should be right down the SEC's

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  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Finkelstein, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Greg Edwards, District Attorney, Victoria Johnson, Albany, and Heather Lanier, District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0517

    The trial court's error in overruling the defendant's objections to the prosecutor's statements from personal experience during closing argument and those the detective made during his testimony, di

  • Humphrey v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul E. Greenwalt III, Ann H. MacDonald and Heidi Oertle Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0154

    The defendant was not entitled to habeas relief because he could not show that withheld evidence had a reasonable probability of affecting the outcome of his

  • June 4, 2012 | The Recorder

    Special Report: Lawyers on the Fast Track Honorees

    The Recorder's Lawyers on the Fast Track program honors the best California attorneys in their first ten years of pra

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