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  • July 26, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 26, 2012

    China/Hong KongDavis Polk & Wardwell is advising China National Offshore Oil Corp. on its $15.1 billion purchase of Canadian oil and gas company Ne

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  • West Hamryka v. City of Dawsonville

    Publication Date: 2012-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Edwin Hallman Jr., Zachary M. Wilson III and Richard A. Wingate Hallman & Wingate LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dana B. Miles Miles, Patterson, Hansfor, Tallant LLC, Cumming, Bambi N. Carswell, John A. Dickerson McClure, Ramsay, Dickerson & Escoe LLP, Toccoa, and Larry L. Hicks II Moore & Hicks PC, Hartwell, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Alphonso A. Howell IV, Timothy M Tanner Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, and Wendy S. Butler Coleman Talley LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12A0215; S12A0217; S12A0218

    The Court dismissed the appeals for failure to comply with the discretionary appeal procedures of O.C.G.A. § 5

  • Cook v. Board of Registrars of Randolph County

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice L. King Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin T. Coleman III and Robert K. Raulerson Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Nancy G. Abudu and M. Laughlin McDonald ACLU Foundation Inc., Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12A0140

    A determination of voter qualifications, not clearly linked to a particular election, does not bring the appeal under the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over cases of election contest within the meani

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0193

    The trial court did not violate the continuing witness rule by allowing a copy of a witness's immunity agreement to go out with the jury because it was consistent with the theory of the de

  • Pinnacle Benning LLC v. Clark Realty Capital LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr., William L. Tucker, Thomas F. Gristina, April H. Hocutt Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, Joe D. Whitley, Stephanie L. Oginsky and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch and Daniel C. Moore Kirckland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2408

    The trial court did not err in dismissing the plaintiff's derivative action for failure to make a formal demand upon the manager of the limited-liability corporation to bring the

  • February 3, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has bolstered its white-collar criminal defense practice with the hire of GREG ANDR

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  • American Management Services East LLC v. Fort Benning Family Communities LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr. Page Scranton Sprouse Tucker & Ford, Columbus, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, and Thomas E. Dutton Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellants. Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch, and Daniel C. Moore Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0855

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in enjoining the defendants from pursuing a Virginia declaratory action suit, where eight of the nine Virginia claims either directly overlapped or indir

  • Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10G1909

    Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

  • Wertz v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant. Julia H. Magda Sell & Melton LLP, and John A. Draughon, Macon, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0916

    The plaintiff did not rebut the existence of conditional privilege with evidence of actual or express malice regarding his defamation claim, arising from his expulsion from a respiratory therapy pro

  • Hawkins v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Q. Bird, William B. Drummond Bird Law Group PC, James D. Summerville The Summerville Firm LLC, John W. Crongeyer Crongeyer Law Firm PC, M. Gino Brogdon Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison, and Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm, Atlanta, for Hawkins. Timothy H. Bendin, Kristin L. Hiscutt Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner LLC, Erica S. Jansen and Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. Other party representation: Rolfe M. Martin, Mark D. Meliski, Philippa V. Ellis Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, Paul E. Weathington, Lindsay A. Forlines The Weathington Firm PC, Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen Weathington & Reeves PC, Jason E. Bring Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, and Thomas E. Lavender III Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1006; A11A1007

    The plaintiff failed to adduce expert evidence giving rise to a triable issue on the specialized medical question of whether her daughter was brain dead prior to apnea testing and termination of ven