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  • October 21, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2013

    Things just keep looking up for associate hiring at New Jersey’s larger firms. Since 2010, there’s been a steady rise in staffing rates, and it continued this year. Though weR

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  • Bryant v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charita H. Demps, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1017

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising from the rape and murder of his former girlfriend's m

  • Hasty v. Castleberry

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes, Allison B. Salter, and James C. Tribble The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura K. Bonander and Wade H. Watson III Caldwell & Watson LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0989; S13A1189; S13A1190

    The appellant did not breach his fiduciary duty as trustee for the parties' parents' respective estates by serving as the co-chair of a university's capital campaign committee and donating $1M from

  • The People Of The State Of New York, v. Taniece E. Barnes

    Publication Date: 2013-10-04
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    Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION, FOURTH DEPARTMENT
    Judge: J.P., Carni, Sconiers, And Valentino, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-00126

    Athari & Associates, LLC, Utica (Ash A. Nelluvely Of Counsel), For Plaintiff-Appellant.Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Rochester (Gary H. Abelson Of Counsel), For Defendants-Respondent

  • September 3, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    A Dozen Firms Benefit from Big Telecom Transactions

    At least a dozen big firms are advising on two major M&A deals in the telecommunications sector: Microsoft's $7.2 billion buy of Nokia's devices and services division and the $130 billion acquis

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  • September 3, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    A Dozen Firms Benefit From Big Telecom Transactions

    At least a dozen big firms are advising on two major M&A deals in the telecommunications sector: Microsoft's $7.2 billion buy of Nokia's devices and services division and the $130 billion acquis

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  • American Nat'l Holding Corp. v. EMM Credit LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott King and Steven Lefkoff Jacobs & King LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bret Thrasher Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee. Other party representation: Grace Tillman, Duluth.
    Case Number: A13A0166

    The defendant failed to prove in its motion for summary judgment that a fraudulent transfer claim filed in 2003 regarding the transfer of certain real property in 1996 was time-b

  • August 5, 2013 |

    Bad Faith and False Advertising Claims against Insurers Can Be Brought Under California’s Unfair Competition Law, State’s Top Court Holds

    The California Supreme Court has held that insurance practices – such as insurance bad faith and false advertising – that violate California’s…

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  • Scarborough v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2013-07-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian C. Ranck Sanders & Ranck PC, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Cornwell Jr. Cornwell Law Offices, Toccoa, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13A0060

    The trial court erred in setting aside the county Board of Commissioners' dec to abandon a county road, as it failed to accord proper deference to the Board's dec

  • Norton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Christa L. Kirk The Ryczek Firm PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0301

    The fact that the defendant may have been somewhat intoxicated at the time of his custodial interview did not automatically render the evidence thereof inadmissible and some evidence showed that he