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  • Brockman v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Hagler Hagler, Henderson, Jackson & Walters, Columbus, George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Dana E. Weinberger, Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and David R. Helmick Waldrep, Mullin & Callahan, Columbus, for appellee. Other party representation: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Jesup, and Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Ctr, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12P1490

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, as the statutorily required aggravating circumstance was established since the defe

  • Mecca Constr. Inc. v. Maestro Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Altman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason Doss The Doss Firm LLC, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2326

    The defendants' explanation for the delay in filing their answer—confusion as to when it was due—did not constitute excusable neglect as a matter o

  • February 14, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 14, 2013

    Southeast Asia Allens and Allen & Overy have key legal roles in the $9 billion Nghi Son oil refinery project in Vietnam. Allen

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  • February 13, 2013 |

    Law firm recruiting, succession planning fall flat

    Two recent studies unveil some troubling trends among the countrys law firms.

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  • February 7, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: February 7, 2013

    China/Hong Kong Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising on a proposed share sale by Hong Kong–

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  • January 31, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: January 31, 2013

    JapanDavis Polk & Wardwell and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu have advised Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. on the issue of its $2

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  • January 10, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: January 10, 2013

    Singapore Mayer Brown JSM, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, WongPartnership, and Allen & Gled

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  • January 8, 2013 |

    Bad Faith Claim Can Move Forward Even Though Insurer is Providing a Defense, California Court Rules

    A federal district court in California has rejected an insurer’s motion to dismiss a bad faith claim on the basis that it was providing a defense,…

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  • December 20, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: December 20, 2012

    China/Hong KongCanadian firms Bennett Jones and Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer are advising on a $2.2 billion joint venture between PetroChina

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  • December 13, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: December 13, 2012

    China/Hong Kong  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Debevoise & Plimpton are advising on the $4.2 billion sale of a

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