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January 29, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Governmental Cost Recovery Under the Solid Waste Management Act

COMMENTARYThe environmental laws are full of provisions that could turn into large sources of liability but never do. One of those sleeping liabilities may have stirred last month.

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December 26, 2012 |

Accent-related discrimination suits on the rise, says EEOC

Earlier this month, we told you about a truck driver who filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against FedEx, claiming the company caused him to lose his job because of his Russian accent.

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Foster v. Southern Reg'l Health Sys. Inc.

Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry D. Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Thomas J. Mazziotti, Jessica C. Cabral Greenberg Traurig LLP, Paul E. Weathington The Weathington Firm PC, and M. Paul Reynolds Houck & Regas LLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael Flint and John Rees Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: A12A1482

OCGA § 51-2-5.1 g 2 expressly prohibits using the fact that a physician works exclusively for one hos as evidence of an agency relationship with that hos

Daniel Corp. v. Reed

Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Amber A. Robinson City of Atlanta Department of Law and Mark G. Trigg Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: S12A0867

The intervening defendant did not forfeit the alcohol licenses of its two Atlanta nightclubs, even though it did not sell alcohol in the nine months following the licenses' issuance, since it compli

August 17, 2012 | FC&S Insurance

Circuit Rejects Claim That Title Insurance Companies Violated RESPA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court decision dismissing a putative class action in which the plaintiffs alleged…

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July 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Dewey Filing Delineates Firm's Financial Affairs, Potential Merger Partners

The Dewey & LeBoeuf  bankruptcy yielded an information-rich gem late Thursday, when advisers overseeing the defunct firm

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July 9, 2012 |

Title Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court decision dismissing a putative class action in which the plaintiffs alleged…

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June 25, 2012 |

Dewey’s 50 largest account debtors named

The clock is ticking, and creditors are anxiously awaiting the moment when the checks arrive in the mail from defunct New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. But first, the firm needs to call in all of its unpaid bills.

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April 30, 2012 |

N.Y. prosecutors probe Dewey & LeBoeuf, firm cuts ties with executive

Things continue to look bad for New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Over the weekend, reports surfaced that New York prosecutors are investigating the beleaguered firm over allegations of wrongdoing by Steven Davis, formerly firm chairman and, until yesterday, part of its recently appointed five-person management team.

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Tampa Inv. Group Inc. v. Branch Banking and Trust Co. Inc.

Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Dalbey, John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, Eugenia W. Iredale and Steven M. Kushner Fellows LaBriola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Jennifer B. Moore, Mark G. Trigg and Lee B. Hart Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11G1728; S11G1729

Although the guaranties at issue did not individually and specifically identify the debt guaranteed, the plain meaning of their language showed that the obligations had no temporal limitation and ap