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  • Lovett v. Capital Principles, LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Katz The Katz Law Group, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alicia Timm, Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Michael J. Rust and Debra K. Haan Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1061

    Subsection b of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-11.1 a, which requires a written verification to be filed contemporaneously with the complaint, is not inapplicable simply because defendants acted while engaged in a

  • Kline v. KDB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock and Matthew W. Carlton Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason B. Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, Harvey S. Gray, Christopher M. Ziegler Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, Cheryl R. Reid and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellant. Michael Connor Sr. and Michael Connor Jr., Mableton, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A08A1594

    Evidence that the arresting officer had probable cause and exigent circumstances to lawfully arrest the plaintiff without a warrant for criminal trespass at a bar and restaurant precluded the plaint

  • October 31, 2008 |

    The Southeast Asia Report

    Not far from the borders of China, the nations of a rapidly emerging region are vying for the title "next economic superpower"--or at least for a big piece of the global economic pie.

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  • Blocker v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Nash Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda K. Katz and Kelly J. Shepherd Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1855

    The defendant did not show, as matter of law, that it lacked constructive knowledge of the grape upon which the plaintiff slipped and fell, since the defendant failed to present evidence showing tha

  • Wright v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hugh Gordon, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Nichole W. Stout, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John J. Makowski Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, Macon, and Robert B. Langstaff Jr., Albany.
    Case Number: A07A0229

    The plaintiff had equal knowledge of the defendant's store's shelving unit on which he tripped and

  • Preston v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0371

    The interrogating officer's discussion of death penalty and life without parole and the officer's statement that the district attorney based charges brought on a recommendation from police amounted

  • June 13, 2007 |

    GCs and Board Members Rank the Top 20 Firms

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom ranked as America's best corporate law firm in a survey of general counsel and directors of publicly traded companies.

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  • August 4, 2006 |

    Law Firm Merger Activity Declining Slightly

    According to a recent report published by Hildebrandt International, U.S. law firms were involved in 31 mergers in the first half of 2006. This represents a slight decline from 2005, where firms entered into 34 mergers over the same period. The largest completed law firm merger of 2006 so far...

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  • Woods v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Katz, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1007

    Evidence that the defendant admitted to being part of a gang that broke into cars and stole laptop computers when he was arrested for the non-prosecuted similar transaction offense was admissible to

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Blitz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Blair D. Mahaffey and Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2100

    Competent evidence supported the trial court's finding that defendant's garbage cans were outside the curtilage of his