• September 19, 2011 | International

    Clyde & Co. Hires Construction Partner in Hong Kong

    Gilbert Kwok, formerly a partner at U.K. firm Stephenson Harwood, is moving to Clyde & Co. He will be the seventh partner at the firm's Hong Kong office, which is best known for its shipping pra

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  • Bryant v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal Constitution

    Publication Date: 2011-08-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Lin Wood Jr. Wood, Hernacki & Evans LLC and Nicole J. Wade Bryan, Cave, Powell & Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow Lohnes, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A11A0510

    Statements published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about Richard Jewell were not actionable in a claim for defamation as the statements were substantially true or were non-literal comme

  • Bryant v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal Constitution

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Lin Wood Jr. Wood, Hernacki & Evans LLC and Nicole J. Wade Bryan, Cave, Powell & Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow Lohnes, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A11A0510

    Statements published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about Richard Jewell were not actionable in a claim for defamation as the statements were substantially true or were non-literal comme

  • Davenport v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cinque M. Axam Axam-Roberts Legal Group, Riverdale, for Davenport. Robert L. Mack Jr. Mack & Harris PC, Stockbridge, for Walsh. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Anece Baxter, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A1750; A10A1751

    The trial judge did not err in commenting on venue and the open-container charge after both the state and defense rested because the comments were made outside the jury's presence, the case was reop

  • February 18, 2011 | International

    Clyde & Co. Recruits Former Insurance GC in Shanghai

    Michael Cripps, former group general counsel of Insurance Australia Group (IAG), is joining the Shanghai office of U.K. firm Clyde & Co. as a pa

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  • Willis II v. Willis

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Clyde Dekle III, Atlanta, for Carl J. Willis II. Kimberly S. Willis, Atlanta, proceeded pro se.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10F1357; S10F135

    Since the evidence showed that father had ing drugs during the child's lifetime, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in requiring that he be periodically drug t

  • December 31, 2010 |

    Combating Corruption: GCs Aim to Establish Global Ethics Codes

    Seven GCs discuss their efforts to enforce effective ethics policies.

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  • State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2010-12-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly A. McNamara and Thomas D. Harder Harper, Walden & Craig, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Jane N. Wilkes, Sharon W. Ware Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Atlanta, Ryan A. Johnson, Bryan M. Pulliam Bryan A. Pulliam LLC, Covington, William M. Cheves Jr. Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Columbus, Lauren R. Kruck and Rodney S. Shockley Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Wallace Miller III, Macon, and Sonja R. Tate Fulcher Hagler LLP, Augusta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC and Mathew G. Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta.

    Case Number: S09G1710

    Subtraction of a hospital lien from a tortfeasor's insurance coverage defeats the purpose of the Georgia uninsured motorist statute because the resulting increase in the beneficiary's uninsured moto