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  • April 30, 2009 |

    Corporate Cooperation

    Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act may limit executive branch investigations.

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  • March 31, 2009 |

    Changing Climate

    The new White House regime shakes up environmental policy.

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  • Xiong v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen J. Anderson, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Antonio E. Veal District Attorney's Office, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1720

    Convictions for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing marijuana reversed, since the defendant's cousin had equal access to the drugs in que

  • June 26, 2008 |

    Risk Control - Archived Article

    Discusses areas where D & O risk management practices should be applied and offers specific recommendations for reducing or eliminating some exposures.

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  • State v. Aiken

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynn Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Strauss, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07G0126

    The trial court did not err in determining that the state probation officer's statement was co

  • Douglas Asphalt Co. v. E.R. Snell Contractor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick L. Wright II Vaughn, Wright & Boyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael E. Johnson Troutman Sanders, Eric L. Nelson Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, David M. Toolan, Atlanta, and Wade H. Coleman Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie & Preston, Valdosta, for appellees. Other party representation: Alfred A. Malena Jr. Thompson, Slagle & Hanan LLC, Duluth, Matthew R. Clark Troutman Sanders, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary J. Volkert, Assistant Attorney General, and Sheldon K. Fram, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1392

    The trial court did not err in permanently enjoining the disclosure of unredacted copies of certain documents containing asphalt design mix formulas under the Open Records Act, because evidence show

  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n

  • Simon Property Group Inc. v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly and Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nation, Toman, Nutter & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2256

    The gift cards and certificates in question cannot be deemed abandoned under the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, since the defendant issued them less than five years prior the plaintiffs'

  • November 30, 2005 |

    Corporations Caught In Rising Tide Of FCPA Enforcement

    Disclosure Uncertainties Expose Companies To Litigation Risks

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  • Pope v. Board of Comm'rs of Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Sweeney, James P. Robertson Jr., Melana Kopman and Gretchen M. Holt Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. Prabhaker Reddy Reddy & Silvis LLC, Richard R. Gignilliat Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, and James J. Park U. S. Court of Appeals, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1237

    The appellants' own letter to the county board of commissioners provided some evidence supporting their removal from their positions on the county's board of tax asse