• February 3, 2025 | Daily Report Online

    28 Firms Supporting Retired Barnes & Thornburg Litigator in Georgia Supreme Court Malpractice Case

    The amicus filers, who include King & Spalding, Alston & Bird and a number of their Big Law peers, say James Leonard is protected by the doctrine of "judgmental immunity."

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  • August 10, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Justices: Legal Malpractice Award Against A&B Not Subject to Apportionment Reflecting Nonparty's Fault

    Ruling in a legal malpractice case against Alston & Bird, the Georgia Supreme Court said the state's apportionment statute does not provide for a reduction in damages commensurate with a finding of non-party fault in single-defendant cases.

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  • Chrysler Group LLC n/k/a FCA US LLC v. Walden et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Otho Brantley, Mary Diane Owens, Bradley S. Wolff (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta; Thomas H. Dupree Jr., Rajiv Mohan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karsten Bicknese, Robert Howard Betts (Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP), Atlanta; James E. Butler Jr. (Butler, Wooten Cheely & Peak LLP), Atlanta; James Edward Butler III (Butler Tobin LLC), Atlanta; Cathy Cox (Mercer Law School), Macon; George C. Floyd (Floyd & Kendrick LLC), Bainbridge; Leigh Martin May (Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer), Atlanta; Michael Brian Terry, Frank Mitchell Lowrey IV (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta; David Thomas Rohwedder (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Roger Boorman (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta; Brian David Boone, Kyle G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, William Herman Jordan (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Christopher Randall Jordan (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick; Martin Adam Levinson (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Garret Warrington Meader (Drew ECKL & Farnham LLP), Brunswick; James Randolph Evans, Anthony Wyatt Morris (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Matthew Britt Stoddard (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for amicus appellee. Therese S. Barnes (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for neutral amicus.

    Case Number: S17G0832

    The Court of Appeals did not err in affirming the trial court's decision finding that the compensation of the CEO of a car manufacturing company was admissible in a wrongful death suit because the prejudicial effect of the evidence did not outweigh its probative value pursuant to Rule 403.

  • March 23, 2015 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Daschle Registers As A Lobbyist At Last

    Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle registered with the federal government as a lobbyist for the first time in his career last week. Daschle will work on behalf of the Taipei Economic

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  • March 20, 2015 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: Daschle Registers As A Lobbyist At Last

    Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle registered with the federal government as a lobbyist for the first time in his career last week. Plus more in this week's column.

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  • February 2, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Federal Circ. Rules Camera Makers Can't Dodge Patent Claims

    Since it was founded by a trio of Kaye Scholer lawyers in 2012, the IP litigation boutique Fisch Sigler has made its name

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  • February 2, 2015 | Litigation Daily

    Federal Circ. Rules Camera Makers Can't Dodge Patent Claims

    Since it was founded in 2012, the IP boutique Fisch Sigler has made its name with defense wins for the likes of Amazon.com and the Gap. The firm showed its versatility on Monday, scoring an appellate reversal for plaintiff Papst Licensing in a case against a slew of digital camera makers.

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  • August 27, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    Justices To Test Recusal Rules

    When oral arguments resume at the Georgia Supreme Court next month, the first case on the docket will involve a tough subject for judges: recusal. In recent years, the bench and bar h

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  • October 20, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Delve Into Amendment Challenge

    Steven H. Pollak [email protected] After 30 minutes of debating whether the court had jurisdiction over a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, justices

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  • October 21, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Justices Delve Into Challenge to Ballot Measure Banning Gay Marriage

    After 30 minutes of debating whether the court had jurisdiction over a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, justices at the Georgia Supreme Court coaxed a lawyer for

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