• Meadow Springs LLC v. IH Riverdale LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Brown and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David L. Pardue Adorno & Yoss LLC, and Christopher S. Badeaux Hartman, Simons, Spellman & Wood LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A2030

    It could not be said as a matter of law that the defendants would not be entitled to any equitable relief with respect to the property in question, so the property was involved in their suit complai

  • July 7, 2008 |

    Employee Dishonesty: Direct Loss, Financial Gain, and Manifest Intent

    Discusses the three elements that must be present to claim coverage for employee dishonesty: direct loss, financial gain, and manifest intent. Includes applicable legal rulings.

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  • June 24, 2008 |

    Glossary of Insurance Terms and Concepts

    This glossary of insurance terms and concepts provides dictionary-like definitions of concepts used in the trade.

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  • Gladowski v. Department of Family and Children Servs.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria L. Collier, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michelle Townes, Assistant Attorney General, and Neal B. Childers, General Counsel, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A1706

    The Civil Practice Act's 3-day rule, which adds three days to the prescribed periods after service of notices or papers other than process, does not apply to appeals of administrative deci

  • Grange Mut. Cas. Co. v. Kay

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Myers Myers & Stroberg, Gainesville, for Grange Mut. Cas. Co. Stephen C. Carter, Hartwell, for Kay.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A1334; A03A1335

    The trial court erred in awarding prejudgment interest beginning from the date the probate court "could" have approved the settlement agreement at issue rather than the date the probate court issued

  • Multi-State Contracting Corp. v. Midwest Indem. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karsten Bicknese and Amy E. Loggins Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson B. Slagle Thompson & Slagle PC, Norcross, Richard A. Marchetti Marchetti & Lomas LLP, Columbus, Stephen L. Goldner Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Brian C. Near, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1203

    A surety was not responsible for a sing agent's diversion of funds held in escrow because the disbursement agreement did not establish a principal/agent relationship between the surety and the

  • Swartz Invs. LLC v. Vion Pharm. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Beerman Burr & Forman LLP, Atlanta, Ross J. Adams, Marietta, and Carlton M. Johnson Jr. Swartz Investments, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. D. Humphries III, Paul J. Pontrelli and David S. Mohl Stites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1316

    A non-circumvention agreement which sought to prevent a pharmaceutical company from entering into any agreement or transaction with six named investors for a period of five years was unenforceably o

  • July 11, 2006 | Legal Times

    Akin Gump Loses Two Partners to Powell Goldstein

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld took a hit Tuesday when two partners and at least

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  • January 12, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Akin Gump Loses Nine in San Antonio

    Three real estate partners and six associates left the San Antonio office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld recently to join 14 lawyers at Drenner Stuart Wolff Metcalfe von Kreisler.b

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  • January 13, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Nine Attorneys Leave Akin Gump to Help Form New Firm

    Three real estate partners and six associates left the San Antonio office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld recently to join 14 lawyers at Drenner Stuart Wolff Metcalfe von Kreisler.The

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