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  • April 30, 2010 |

    Hertz v. Friend: Supreme Court Defines Headquarters as a Corporation's "Nerve Center"

    For diversity purposes, the Supreme Court defines a corporation's citizenship by its principal place of business.

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  • April 30, 2009 |

    Corporate Cooperation

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

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  • Ferdinand v. City of East Point

    Publication Date: 2007-11-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry R. Bauer Jr. Bauer & Deitch, Atlanta, for Ferdinand. Edward K. Smith, Atlanta, for city of East Point. Willie J. Lovett Jr. and Overtis H. Brantley County Attorney's Office, for Fulton county.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1165; A07A1166

    The trial court erred in entering a $2.8M damages award on East P claim that Fulton county and its tax commissioner breached their contract to bill, collect and remit ad valorem taxes on East

  • Fulton County v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie J. Lovett Jr., Overtis H. Brantley, Marina K. Duncan and Coy J. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Gary Parker Public Defender Standards Council, Robert B. Remar, Thomas J. Mew IV Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, Robert L. McGlasson McGlasson & Assocs. PC, Decatur, Henderson Hill and Jacob H. Sussman Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter, Charlotte, NC, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James F. Grubiak, Kemuel A. Kimbrough, Atlanta, and Jeff S. Akins Bullock County Bd. of Comm'rs, Statesboro.
    Case Number: S07A1149

    O.C.G.A. § 15-6-24, which calls for a county to pay itemized expenses ordinarily incurred in a courtroom proceeding, does not expressly authorize the costs of transcribing telephone conversations at

  • March 31, 2007 |

    Crisis Rolodex

    The Best Lawyers to Call in a Worst-Case Scenario

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  • March 31, 2007 |

    Crisis Rolodex

    The Best Lawyers to Call in a Worst-Case Scenario

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  • Lanier v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark C. Adams Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Michael E. Craig, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1662

    A witness's testimony that that the defendant had been in jail did not put the defendant's character at

  • In re Friedberg; In re Stein, In re Goldstein

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and K Gene Chapman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Bruce H. Morris, Atlanta. Frank J. Beltran, Atlanta. Douglas V. Chandler, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0714; S01Y0716; S01Y0717

    Attorneys from the same law firm were disbarred based on their federal guilty pleas to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and False Statement on their 1997 Tax R

  • Slinkard v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Stein Law Offices of George A. Stein, and Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory R. Barton, Solicitor, and Melisa A. Mason Douglas County Solicitor General's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2465

    A single uniform traffic citation may properly charge a defendant with alternative methods of violating O.C.G.A. § 40-

  • Mimms v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Stein Law Offices of George A. Stein, and Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Katherine Diamandis, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1988

    Defendant's counsel waived a hearing on defendant's motion for new trial by failing to appear at the scheduled hearing which had been reschedule eight times over a 1-year period, partly due to defen