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  • October 17, 2008 |

    Risk Identification - Archived Article

    Identifies common allegations contained in actions against company directors and officers and explains the duties that directors and officers owe to their organizations. Outlines various federal and state laws that impact these individuals.

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  • October 31, 2007 |

    Above the Law

    Federal Circuit Court ruling may give patent owners immunity from state laws.

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  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n

  • Folsom v. City of Jasper

    Publication Date: 2005-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel and Guy H. Weiss Casey Gilson Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Will H. Pickett Jr. Pickett, Pickett & Pickett PC, Jasper, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05A0021

    The city of Jasper's Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance contains a blanket prohibition against truthful, non-misleading speech about a lawful product in violation of the First Amen

  • Quarterman v. Douglas County Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler and Julie K. Livingston, Douglasville, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04A1339

    The pro se appellant could not collaterally attack the final judgment in a revenue bond validation proce

  • McDonald v. City of Chicago, Illinois

    Publication Date: 2010-06-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-28
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 08-1521

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  • McDonald v. City of Chicago, Illinois

    Publication Date: 2010-06-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-28
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 08-1521

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 8030 OTIS McDONALD, et al., PETITIONERS v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, et al. p

  • Opinion of Edmund G. Brown Jr.

    Publication Date: 2008-12-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-19
    Court: Ca. A.G.
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    Case Number: 07?303

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  • Arizona v. United States

    Publication Date: 2012-06-25
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-25
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 11-182

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 7095 ARIZONA, ET AL., Petitioners v. UNITED STATES No. 11

  • Arizona v. United States

    Publication Date: 2012-06-25
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-25
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 11-182

    ARIZONA, ET AL., Petitioners v. UNITED STATES No. 11-182 In the Supreme Court o