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  • August 17, 2012 | FC&S Insurance

    Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Contention That News Stories about Insured Constituted “Constructive Notice” of Patient's Claim

    If a professional liability insurer hears troublesome news stories about a dentist, can a patient with a judgment against the dentist argue that those…

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  • Couch v. Red Roof Inns Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Jeffrey N. Mykkeltvedt Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC, Gilbert H. Deitch and Andrew T. Rogers Deitch & Rogers LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Burke B. Johnson Buckley King LPA, Gainesville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Charles M. Cork III, Macon. Amicus Appellee: Jacob E. Daly and Sun S. Choy Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: Thomas A. Eaton, Michael L. Wells University of Ga. Law Sch. and Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens.
    Case Number: S12Q0625

    A jury is allowed to apportion damages among a property owner and criminal assailant and jury charges or a special verdict form requiring such apportionment would not violate a plaintiff's constitut

  • June 30, 2012 |

    7 risk and compliance threats facing in-house counsel

    Plus, 10 tips for implementing and maintaining a successful corporate compliance program

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  • June 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    The former assistant general counsel for Altria Client Services Inc. makes his way back to Shook, Hardy & Bacon; McKenna Long & Aldridge expands its IP and technology practice with a partner

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  • May 4, 2012 |

    Risk Management

    Discusses areas where D & O risk management practices should be applied and offers specific recommendations for reducing or eliminating some exposures.

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  • March 26, 2012 |

    Labor: 7 major changes proposed in new FMLA amendments

    On Jan. 30, 2012, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced that the Department of Labor (DOL) had issued a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to implement new statutory amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The amendments expand military family leave provisions and incorporate a special eligibility...

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  • Jenkins v. Wachovia Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Kytle, Atlanta, David Humphreys and Paul Catalano Humphreys Wallace Humphreys PC, Tulsa, Okla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Ambler Jr. and John G. Perry Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2053

    The plaintiff's complaint set for claim for negligence and negligence per se based on a teller's actions in improperly accessing the plaintiff's confidential inform

  • February 3, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has bolstered its white-collar criminal defense practice with the hire of GREG ANDR

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  • January 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan continues to boost a href="http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2011/09/quinn-emanuel-op

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  • January 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Venable's intellectual property group has grown by five with the additions of a technology and life sciences patent group from Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C. The new arrivals

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