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  • Gamble v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1223

    The trial court's Allen charge was not impermissibly coercive, regardless of the fact that the trial court gave the charge after 2.5 hours of deliberation and the jury returned a verdict less than

  • August 30, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: August 30, 2012

    China/Hong Kong Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Beijing-based Jingtian & Gongche

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  • August 9, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: August 9, 2012

    IndiaThe State Bank of India (SBI), advised by Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. and Allen & O

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  • DB50 2007-1 Trust v. Dixon

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle S. Kotake Morris, Schneider & Prior LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Carter Hurt, Stolz & Cromwell LLC, Athens, and Peter J. Rice Jr., Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1726

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter a permanent injunction after the defendants filed a notice of removal to federal district court and before the district court remanded the

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth R. Croy Kenneth R. Croy & Assocs., Marietta, and Christopher R. Geel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Allen R. Knox, Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1492

    The state had a statutory right under O.C.G.A. § 17-7-130.1 to call its mental health expert to rebut the testimony of the defendant's expert who testified regarding the defendant's mental state at

  • February 7, 2012 | The American Lawyer

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

    A six-lawyer real estate group has taken its practice from DLA Piper in Los Angeles to Seyfarth Shaw. The new hires include part

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  • 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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  • Laye v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Lamb, Columbus, for appellant. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anna C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1456

    Although mere presence at the scene of crime and merely driving a getaway car are insufficient standing alone, if a defendant had knowledge of the intended crime and shared the criminal intent of ma

  • October 18, 2011 | The American Lawyer

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

    The hire this week of Bill Satchell for the Washington, D.C., office of Allen & Over

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  • July 31, 2011 |

    Maintaining objectivity in internal investigations

    Experts share key points about investigating misconduct.

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