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  • October 31, 2006 |

    Antitrust Anxiety

    Civil antitrust filings shoot up dramatically on the heels of highly publicized investigations.

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  • Widner v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0443; S06A1547

    Burchette v. State, 278 Ga. 1 2004, disapproving Allen charges such as the one give in this case, postdated defendant's trial and was not retroa

  • Dukes v. Board of Trustees for the Police Officers Pension Fund

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Joshua Archer, Michael J. Bowers and David G. Michell Balch & Bingham LLP, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Pamela F. Everett, Debra G. Alford and Robert N. Godfrey City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0155

    Because the pension fund board did not have the legal authority to disburse retirement benefits based on prior service, the plaintiff cannot avail himself of the doctrine of estoppel in seeking to c

  • Patel v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Turner and Dean R. Fuchs Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Fishman, Duluth, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0342

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to appoint a receiver to manage the assets of a restaurant during pending litigation in the absence of evidence of insolvency, waste, misman

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1601

    The digital scales, marijuana, cocaine and cash found in the defendant's vehicle were admissible and relevant to the circumstances surrounding his a

  • In the Interest of R. M.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Matos, Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A05A1193. Renate D. Moody, Macon, for appellant in A05A1194. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrew S. Foster, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1193; A05A1194

    Clear and convincing evidence supported a finding that two surviving children were deprived in a case involving a father with a history of active TB, a mother with latent TB and a 10-month-old infa

  • November 30, 2005 |

    Corporations Caught In Rising Tide Of FCPA Enforcement

    Disclosure Uncertainties Expose Companies To Litigation Risks

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  • Whitworth v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Martin Martin Brothers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1340

    The trial court properly noted that there is a difference between the lesser degree of neutrality required of a prosecutor and the greater degree required of a

  • State v. Nash

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernie M. Sheffield, Bainbridge, James C. Bonner Jr. and Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Georgia Public Defender Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1315

    The agent's questions about how the defendant came into police custody did not constitute routine booking questions, which are exempt from Mi

  • Lemming v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall S. Estes, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1842

    The jury was authorized to find from the circumstantial evidence that the second victim was in reasonable apprehension of imminent harm of a violent injury arising from a tiny keychain knife the de