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  • March 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Estate of Worker Crushed Under Excavation Settles

    Date of Verdict: February 27.Court and Case No.: C.P. Berks No. 10-15643.Judge: Jeffrey L. Schmehl.Type of Action: Negligence, premises liability.Injuries:

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  • March 11, 2013 |

    U.K. firms lower growth expectations for 2013

    Law firms across the pond are lowering their expectations when it comes to the income theyll see in 2013.

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  • Renton v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Napier Napier Law, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Dobras and Kenneth Crawford Tisinger Tisinger Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1713

    The Court reversed the dismissal of the plaintiff's defamation claim arising after the defendant, without any foundation, applied for a warrant to have the plaintiff arr

  • February 25, 2013 |

    Ogletree Deakins, McDermott Will & Emery strengthen practice groups

    Two U.S. law firms announced new hires recently.

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  • January 2, 2013 |

    Court Finds Allegations Were Within CGL Policies’ Pollution Exclusion Clauses

    A federal district court in Utah has ruled that pollution exclusion clauses in seven commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurance policies…

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  • Sosniak v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Haldi Jr. Ashway & Haldi LLP, and William A. Finch, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0799

    Callaway v. State, 275 Ga. 332 2002, and Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730 1994, were overruled to the extent that they held that the denial of a pre-trial constitutional speedy trial claim may be direc

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rahmaan A. Bowick and Katherine M. Mason Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1138

    The trial court did not err in sustaining the State's objection to the repeated references to "gangs" in closing, since no evidence pointed to gang act

  • November 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    July 2012 Bar Pass List

    AARON-COOPER, MELISSA VANESSAABAEV, NISSIM ABBOTT, CHRISTOPHER JOHNABBOTT, MAXWELL ROLLERABBOTT III, CHARLES LINCOLNABDEL-ALEEM, YUSSUF SALAHABDEL-RAHMAN,

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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

  • Holloman v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Mobley II, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Kevin E. Hutto, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0958

    The trial court properly excused the lead investigating agent from the rule of sequestration and permitted him to remain in the courtroom at the prosecutor's table for the duration of the trial in o