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January 13, 2025 | Pro Mid Market

Swift Currie, Parker Poe Among Southeast Firms Adding New Partners

Most are litigation specialists for firms based in Atlanta, Charlotte and New Orleans.

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January 9, 2024 | Daily Report Online

On the Move: Former Gordon Rees Office Leader Moves to Barnes & Thornburg

Leslie Eason was the co-managing partner of Gordon Rees' Atlanta office and managing partner of its Birmingham, Ala., and Jackson, Miss., offices.

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McLeod v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al.

Publication Date: 2023-11-24
Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
Industry: Retail
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Hodges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: John Murray, Lauren Gregory, Connor Bateman, (Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A1055

General Remedy For Failure to Plead Fraud-Related Claims Was More Definite Statement, Not Dismissal

November 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Suit Against Jehovah's Witnesses to Move Forward Despite Sex Assault Survivor's Previous $2.2 Million Jury Award

"Pertinent to this appeal is the enacted statute of limitations, which provided a two-year revival window for victims to file otherwise time-barred claims for sexual crimes committed against them while minors," Judge Lisa A. Firko wrote for the court.

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December 10, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

A Boies Schiller Flexner team led by partner Hamish Hume land the top runner-up spot for effectively forcing a shutdown of the exclusive sportsbook for the state of Florida, a significant win for clients Magic City Casino and Bonita Springs Poker Room.

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November 7, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Associates Class of 2021

Profiles of over 200 associates hired in New Jersey in 2021.

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Contractors Comp. Trust v $49.99 Sewer Man Inc.

Publication Date: 2021-09-09
Practice Area: Damages
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, Albany
Judge: Justice Richard Platkin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Thomas J. Higgs, of counsel, Troy, New York.
for defendant: Self-Represented Defendant: Allen W. Potts, Pattersonville, New York. Self-Represented Defendant: Dale B. Stuhlmiller, Erie, Pennsylvania. Self-Represented Defendant: Joanne DeVivo, Saratoga Springs, New York. Attorneys for Defendants Stephanie Doerner, Tyteffco Industries, Inc. d/b/a Service Master Commercial Cleaning and Warren A. Hookway III: Mallory K. Smith and Langston D. McFadden, of counsel, Pullano & Farrow, Rochester, New York.
Case Number: 908373-19

Trust Fails to Show Service on Corporate Defendants Made Via Authorized Manner

Manhattan Telecomm. Corp. v. Granite Telecomm. LLC

Publication Date: 2020-12-02
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dana B. Parker, Charles F. Rysavy, K&L Gates LLP, Newark, NJ for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rudolph J. Scaggs, Jr, Zi-Xiang Shen, A. Gage Whirley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; T. Christopher Donnelly, Joshua N. Ruby, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
Case Number: D69210

Although the complaint limited compensatory damages to an amount below the jurisdictional threshold, plaintiff sought injunctive and other potential relief which far exceeded that amount, so the federal district court declined to remand the case to state court.

Parker v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-02-08
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Blackwell
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Dawn Marie Baskin, Stephen Andrew Bradley, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A1589

Court affirms murder conviction after finding no error and no valid argument for ineffective assistance of counsel.

April 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Electing the President: Rules and Laws

The presidential election season has many people scratching their heads, even those who normally follow politics—and we are not referring to the candidates' pronouncements or p

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