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  • Gropper v. STO Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Gorby, Mary D. Peters, Barry C. Edwards and Adam H. Long Gorby, Reeves & Peters PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan B. Mason, John A. Thomson Jr. Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, John C. Amabile Pursley, Lowery & Meeks, Stephen M. Schatz, Melissa K. Kahren and Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Donald J. Ellis Ellis, Funk, Goldberg, Labovitz & Dokson PC, Michael J. Rust, James T. Brieske Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, Kent T. Stair, Charles E. Rogers, Cheryl H. Shaw Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Wayne Grant, Atlanta, and Terrence A. Shannon, Porterdale.
    Case Number: A05A1012

    The Court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs' suit arising out of the use of synthetic stucco in the construction of their home as a sanction for the plaintiffs' repeated and wilful failure to

  • August 31, 2005 |

    The Playmaker

    A few years ago Vivendi Universal Games was on the verge of financial ruin. Within one short year, the executive team turned the business around. Terri Durham, the company's general counsel, is a major reason for the company's success.

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  • April 30, 2005 |

    New Overtime Rules Keep Employers In The Dark

    FLSA Creates Confusion For Employment Experts

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  • Infrasource Inc. f/k/a Exelon Infrastructure Servs. Inc. v. Hahn Yalena Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilson, Regina S. Molden and Leslie M. Mathis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for Infrasource Inc. R. Randy Edwards and Drew D. Baiter Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Hahn Yalena Corp. Other party representation: John C. Herman, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1896, A04A1959

    There was no actionable claim of fraudulent concealment in a failed acquisition attempt of plaintiff company by defendant, since the alleged fraud occurred during the course of arms' length negotiat

  • February 28, 2005 |

    e-Discovery Grows Up

    For years in-house lawyers have complained about the burden of e-discovery and how plaintiffs are using it as a weapon. But as CLT discovered, judges don't want to hear it.

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  • Fernandes v. Manugistics Atlanta Inc. f/k/a Talus Solutions Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Manoll III and Richard G. Douglass Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason C. Grech Cushing, Morris & Armbruster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1042

    The evidence showed that the plaintiff was paid all of his earned commissions under the unambiguous terms of his employment cont

  • April 11, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Munich is getting Frankfurt's overflow of foreign firms

    Twice a year, Steven Miller journeys from Cincinnati to Europe. As Procter & Gamble's intellectual property general counsel, he tours the continent to survey his company's pat

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  • September 30, 2002 | Law Office Technology Review

    Three Tools for Web Research

    Barry Bayer tests several of the options available to researchers who want to find information on the Internet: Alexa, which features users' rankings of other sites on the Web; Google's recently deb

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  • Ajayi v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry W. Brimberry Jr. Brimberry, Kaplan & Brimberry PC, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2471

    Defendant's failure to furnish plaintiff's medical records pursuant to plaintiff's request under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-97-1 tolled the statute of limitation on plaintiff's medical malpractice

  • Security Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick, Teresa W. Roseborough, Robert J. Neis, Amelia T. Rudolph and Carla W. McMillian Sutherland, Asbill & Brennann LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, William S. Stone and Kevin R. Dean William S. Stone PC, Blakely, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Harold G. Clarke Troutman Sanders, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, Thomas C. Alexander Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, Billy N. Jones Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Peter R. Chaffetz, Thomas J. McCormack and Stanley B. Lutz Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Victoria E. Fimea, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S00G0006

    The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in Security Life Ins. Co. v. Clark, 239 Ga. App. 690 1999, holding that it violated the law of the case doctrine on remand from the Supreme