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Cain sued over book cover photo

Master — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:22:52 +0000

An ad agency is suing former presidential candidate Herman Cain and the publisher of his biography, claiming that its copyright of the book’s cover photo has been infringed.

Senators at Odds With Obama Over Some Ga. Federal Judge Picks

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:21:09 +0000

The White House and Georgia’s U.S. senators may agree that Atlanta lawyers Jill Pryor and Mark Cohen should be federal judges — but they apparently differ on which lawyer should fill an opening at the 11th Circuit and which should serve on Atlanta’s U.S. District Court.

Holland & Knight phases out tracking hours for lobbying

Master — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:47:35 +0000

Just in time for the beginning of the legislative session, Holland & Knight stopped tracking hours for lobbying clients on Jan. 1. Holland & Knight’s local managing partner, Robert S.

Judges: Who can be kept from trial?

Master — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:47:33 +0000

The Georgia Supreme Court is grappling with whether a trial judge may exclude from the courtroom a plaintiff whose physical condition may attract undue attention from jurors. The case before the justices involves a girl with cerebral palsy, but justices seemed concerned about how their ruling would affect other sorts of plaintiffs.

Ford ordered to retry wrongful death case

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:39:11 +0000

Ford Motor will have to retry a wrongful death case that it won in 2009 due to the company’s “intentional and willful concealment of insurance coverage,” a Georgia judge has ruled, granting plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. The case involves the fatal rollover of a 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac.

Accounting Firm Suit Tossed Out

Master — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:03:14 +0000

Six years after construction stopped on a failed effort to build an ice hockey rink near Sarasota, Fla., a Georgia judge has tossed out a suit by a construction company seeking $12 million from accounting firm Porter Keadle, which represented the man who planned the project.

Embattled Ga. Judge to Step Down

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:12:30 +0000

Brunswick Superior Court Chief Judge Amanda F. Williams announced her retirement Monday, ending a wide-ranging ethics investigation by Georgia’s judicial disciplinary agency but leaving open the possibility that she could still face criminal charges.

Transgender woman’s sex bias claim upheld

Master — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:38:18 +0000

In the first decision by the 11th Circuit extending a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on sex discrimination claims to protect transgender persons in the workplace, a panel ruled Tuesday that a transgender woman should be allowed to return to her job at the Georgia General Assembly.

Judge chastises U.S. Bank in foreclosure case

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:20:45 +0000

In an order that includes an homage to the ’60s songwriter Arlo Guthrie and that, thanks to the Internet, has gone national, a Georgia judge has taken one of the nation’s largest banks to task in a foreclosure case, saying, “Sometimes, only the courts of law stand to protect the taxpayer.”

Judge chastises U.S. Bank in foreclosure case

Master — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:20:43 +0000

Contract trumps alleged sales claims in condo view lawsuit

Master — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:06:11 +0000

A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that condo owners who sued a developer when “spectacular city views” promised by salespeople were eclipsed by a new condo tower should have paid attention to contract disclaimers that warned that the views might change after the units were purchased.

Former HOPE board member guilty of theft from clients

Master — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:07:43 +0000

A Savannah, Ga., attorney who was until last month one of 13 board members of the state commission that administers Georgia’s HOPE scholarship pleaded guilty last week to a federal charge of embezzling more than $50,000 from his clients.

Former HOPE board member guilty of theft from clients

Master — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:07:43 +0000

FBI: Group wanted to kill federal judges, attorneys

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:04:09 +0000

Four Georgia men charged with targeting attorneys with the U.S. Justice Department, federal judges and federal law enforcement agents for assassination appeared before a federal judge Wednesday. According to an FBI affidavit, the group’s primary targets included “everybody in the DOJ.”

Case of disabled girl prompts tricky issue

Master — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:21:54 +0000

The Supreme Court of Georgia has agreed to take up a sensitive issue in medical malpractice trials — whether judges can exclude from the courtroom a disabled person who is effectively the plaintiff. A trial judge said the girl’s presence would lead the jury to make a decision based on emotion rather than evidence.

Feds let former judge’s fraud conviction slide

Master — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:03:03 +0000

Despite spending four years pursuing a case that ultimately drove a Georgia judge from the bench, prosecutors say they won’t oppose his effort, based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Skilling ruling, to have his 2009 federal fraud conviction set aside.

Panel: No punitives for cell use

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:33:04 +0000

A couple suing over an accident caused by a driver distracted by his cellphone is challenging a recent ruling that may be the first Georgia appellate decision on the question of whether punitive damages in an automobile wreck case can be grounded in cellphone use.

Reconsideration for enviro ID case

Master — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:18:18 +0000

A Georgia judge has been ordered to reconsider a case he had dismissed after the environmental group that brought the action refused to produce a subpoenaed list of members. Center for a Sustainable Coast’s First Amendment argument has drawn interest from national environmental groups.

King & Spalding Can Stay on Schools Case Despite Fee Flap, Judge Says

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:48:50 +0000

A Georgia judge has ruled that King & Spalding can remain the counsel for the DeKalb County school system in a multimillion-dollar case, despite his view that the firm’s lawyers negotiated an unfair fee agreement, stonewalled discovery and potentially witnessed discussion of criminal activity.

State Bar Admission Denied Over Missing Information on Law School Application

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:17:30 +0000

Recent decisions by the Georgia Supreme Court denying two law school grads the right to take the state bar exam highlight the need to tell the whole truth — and not just when applying for admission to the Bar. In each case, certificates of fitness to practice law were denied partly due to omissions on law school applications.

Troy Davis’ Legal Team Low on Options

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:45:28 +0000

Having been denied clemency from the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday, lawyers for condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis were said to be considering further efforts in the courts, which already have granted extraordinary but only temporary relief to their client.

Jury: Tavern Didn’t Racially Discriminate

Master — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:42:08 +0000

A federal jury took just 20 minutes Friday to decide that managers of a Georgia restaurant hadn’t discriminated against an African-American former NBA player and attorney when they were ordered to leave after refusing to surrender their seats to two white women.

Defendants win as patient found half liable for his own death

Master — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:09:18 +0000

Four defendants in a medical malpractice trial emerged victorious when a jury found that the man whose death was at the center of the case was halfway responsible for his demise. Under Georgia law, plaintiffs can recover damages only if the defendants are found to be more than 50 percent liable.

King & Spalding Settles $195 Million Malpractice Suit

Master — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:09:17 +0000

King & Spalding has quietly settled a $195 million legal malpractice suit that had generated demands for records and testimony from more than a dozen non-party law firms in Georgia and elsewhere. Court documents reveal that lawyers on both sides were gearing up for a monthlong trial.

Suit Moves Forward Against Psychiatrist Whose Patient Killed His Mother

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:09:22 +0000

In a swift and unanimous decision, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday green-lighted medical malpractice claims against a psychiatrist over his reduction of medication to a mentally ill patient in the months prior to the patient killing his mother.