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  • June 30, 2011 |

    Transformative Leadership Awards honor women in law

    Second annual event awards those who work to advance and empower women.

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  • Benedict v. State Farm Bank FSB

    Publication Date: 2011-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. M. Benedict, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., proceeded pro se. Adwoa G. Seymour Bryan Cave LLP and John C. Patton Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A2289

    Plaintiff failed to state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional dis because his complaint alleged neither humiliation, embarrassment, fright, extreme outrage, nor severe emotional dis

  • January 31, 2011 |

    In-House Salary Report

    General counsel must prove value to reap financial rewards.

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  • June 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Plaintiffs Lawyer Could Be Hit With $106,000 in Sanctions

    If the defense lawyers in Ferguson v. Valero Energy Corp. get their way, plaintiffs attorney Wayne A. Schaible of McCann Schaible & Wall will be hit with sanctions of more than $

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  • Pounds v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pitts Carr Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman LLP, Atlanta, and Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree & Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Michael Weinstock, Richard V. Merritt Weinstock & Scavo PC, Dwight J. Davis King & Spalding, Leo E. Reichert, F. Berry McCabe, Atlanta, Harbert S. Gregory Jr. Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers PC, Robert B. Silliman Awtrey & Parker, Marietta, and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0497

    The trial court erred in allowing an EMC to adopt a bylaw amendment providing for proxy voting at future meetings, because the amendment was contrary to the terms of a settlement agreement between

  • March 31, 2010 | Alm

    Updated Special Report: Crisis on Wall Street

    As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with updates on the firms handling the bankruptcies, the fate of in-house legal tea

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  • BDI Laguna Holdings, Inc. v. Marsh

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt, Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Corey F. Hirokawa, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, David A. Donohoe and Daniel F. McInnis Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C., for BDI Laguna Holdings Inc. Steven G. Hall, Robert G. Brazier and Kevin A. Stine Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for Charles L. Marsh. Other party representation: Ellen G. Schlossberg and Charles C. Murphy Jr. Vaughan & Murphy, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A09A0990, A09A0991

    No consideration from the plaintiff supported a post-employment-contract promise to the plaintiff of 2 percent of the corporation's

  • January 31, 2009 |

    Defining Non-Profit

    Vision Service Plan v. U.S. may answer the question: What is charity?

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  • January 31, 2009 |

    FINSA's Force

    Treasury Department issues final regulations--with some unexpected changes.

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  • June 25, 2008 |

    Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Policy - Archive

    Discusses coverage for workers compensation and employers liability found in NCCI (National Council on Compensation Insurance).

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