• Sons of Confederate Veterans et al. v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, Taylor Wayne Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Walker L. Chandler, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Mawuli M. Malcolm Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm), Decatur, for Other Party; Les A. Schneider, Thomas Leland Walker, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Martin Kenneth OToole, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Justin Tharpe Holcombe, (Skaar & Feagle, LLP), Woodstock, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S22G0039

    Court concludes that an individual has stand to sue for injunctive relief to prevent removal of monuments, but community groups do not.

  • November 4, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Attorneys From Atlanta's Top Firms Among Donors for Carr, Jordan in Final Pre-Election Reports

    In the final campaign filing period as mandated by the state's ethics commission, incumbent Republican Chris Carr led his opponents, Democrat Jen Jordan and Libertarian Martin Cowen, both in fundraising and in the number of attorneys donating to his campaign.

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  • Camp v. Williams et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kelly Camp, (Camp & Camp), Douglasville, Bryan Paul Tyson, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Joy Suson, Michael Victor Coleman, Aaron Watson, Jonathan M. Nussbaum, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Todd Berry, Joseph Jay Siegelman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0073

    Superior Court Had Statutory Authority to Reverse County Elections Board's Decision to Place Unqualified Candidate on Ballot

  • October 26, 2022 | Law.com

    Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: a Rare Trial Kicks Off Over Concussion-Related Injuries in Football. Girardi Keese Trustee Has $10M in The Bank With More Coming 

    I'm Amanda Bronstad. Feel free to reach out to me with your input. My email is [email protected], or follow me on Twitter: @abronstadlaw.

    7 minute read

  • August 5, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Real Estate Developer Sues City of Carrollton for Losing $22M on Halted 260-Unit Project

    This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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  • In re Seroquel XR Antitrust Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bruce E. Gerstein, Joseph Opper, Kimberly M. Hennings, Daniel Litvin, Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP, New York, NY; Peter R. Kohn, Joseph T. Lukens, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; David F. Sorensen, Caitlin G. Coslett, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Stuart E. Des Roches, Amanda Hass, Chris Letter, Dan Chiorean, Thomas J. Maas, Odom & Des Roches, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Susan C. Segura, Erin R. Leger, David C. Raphael, Jr., Smith Segura Raphael & Leger, LLP, Alexandria, LA; Russell A. Chorush, Heim Payne & Cho Rush, LLP, Houston, TX; Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert G. Eisler, Deborah A. Elman, Chad B. Holtzman, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY; Sharon K. Robertson, Donna M. Evans, Matthew W. Ruan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY; Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jayne A. Goldstein, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP, Media, PA; J. Clayton Athey, Jason Wayne Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barry L. Refsin, Alexander J. Egervary, Caitlin V. McHugh, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Monica L. Kiley, Eric L. Bloom, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Harrisburg, PA; J. Clayton Athey, Jason Wayne Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott E. Perwin, Lauren C. Ravkind, Anna T. Neil, Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Miami, FL; Heidi M. Silton, Jessica N. Servais, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; Peter Safirstein, Safirstein Metcalf LLP, New York, NY; Archana Tamoshunas, Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, New York, NY; Lee Albert, Brian D. Brooks, Glancy, Prongay, & Myrray, New York, NY; Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Tiffany Joanne Cramer, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dianne M. Nast, Joseph N. Roda, Michael D. Ford, NastLaw, Philadelphia, PA; Michael L. Roberts, Stephanie E. Smith, Roberts Law Firm US, PC, Little Rock, AR for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandrea M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Schmidtlein, Benjamin M. Greenblum, Colette T. Connor, Thomas S. Fletcher, Akhil K. Gola, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC; Arthur G. Connolly, III, Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. Marino, James E. Gallagher, Davis Malm & D'Agostine, P.C., Boston, MA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen J. McIntyre, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Brett J. Williamson, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, CA; Ben Bradshaw, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, Nathan Roger Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Lang, Christina E. Fahmy, Peter M. Boyle, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69888

    Antitrust claims arising from alleged reverse payment agreements were timely under the statute of limitations where each alleged supracompetitive sale constituted a discrete act that started the limitations period for that sale.

  • June 24, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Jersey Panel Will Weigh Permanent Disbarment for Lawyers Who Steal From Clients

    The challenge facing the committee is to advise the justices on "whether and how to create a rigorous system that can determine if a lawyer disbarred for those reasons deserves a second chance years later," the court said.

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  • Univar Solutions Inc. v. Geisenberger

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Distribution and Wholesale | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Travis Ferguson, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargett & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69858

    Constitutional challenges to audit under state escheat law overruled where there was no showing that state would undertake estimation of escheated property held by entity and where seizure of property owned by entities with foreign last known addresses did not violate the foreign commerce clause.

  • June 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Legal Fight Seeking Translation of Voting Materials Fails on Federal Appeal

    "Nothing in the statute requires Gwinnett County to translate voting materials provided by another entity," read a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decision.

    5 minute read

  • April 7, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    State Sued Over Claims Undocumented Children in Custody Are in Imminent Danger

    This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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