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September 01, 2008 |

Christensen, Pellicano convicted on two counts of wiretapping charges

Terry Christensen, the lawyer who was accused of paying private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap the phones of an opponent in a high-stakes divorce trial, was convicted on two counts of wiretapping charges. Pellicano, who was convicted in a separate trial earlier this year on 76 counts, including wiretapping and racketeering, was convicted on two more wiretapping counts.
2 minute read
November 02, 2006 |

High court will test 2005 tort law

THE STATE SUPREME COURT has agreed to hear a challenge to a part of last year's tort law changes that required medical-malpractice plaintiffs to waive the privacy in their medical records when they file claims.The high court said it would review one of two July decisions by the Court of Appeals of Georgia that struck down the provision as conflicting with a federal statute guarding the confidentiality of patient information.
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April 06, 2010 |

Judge Lifts Qualcomm Sanctions

The judge who'd lowered the boom on Day Casebeer lawyers for its failure to turn over documents now says there's insufficient evidence of bad faith.
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June 18, 2009 |

Judge enters $2.88 billion judgment against Scrushy over his role in HealthSouth fraud

A Birmingham, Ala., state court judge ended a seven-year long case by declaring that the corporate fraud committed by former HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy entitles the health care services company to recover $2.88 billion from the now imprisoned Scrushy.
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October 16, 2008 |

D.C. Circuit Critical of Tobacco Ruling

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit seemed to be leaning in favor of tobacco company lawyers, who challenged a federal judge's "grotesque" expansion of RICO laws in a 2006 decision.
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January 02, 2006 |

Boothe v. Dixon

Artful pleading cannot avoid the requirements of Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code �74.351 when the essence of the suit is a health-care liability claim.
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August 20, 1999 |

Impartiality On the Line?

Plaintiffs attorneys and smaller court reporting agencies are abuzz over an increasingly common practice they claim threatens court reporters' impartiality and jacks up prices for plaintiffs attorneys. Corporate litigants are signing long-term, exclusive contracts with some of the larger court reporting agencies for a range of special services. Two bills are pending before the California Legislature that would require parties to disclose contractual agreements with court reporting agencies.
4 minute read
August 27, 2007 |

On The Rise: W. Scott Ortwein

When Stephen A. Hellrung, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Marietta-based Graphic Packaging Corp., called Alston Bird last year for help on a complex $655 million merger, he was surprised that the firm recommended W. Scott Ortwein.Hellrung admits his skepticism that someone so young could handle the work, but after watching him in action, he began to trust the choice.
3 minute read
October 30, 2007 |

United States v. Angelo DiPietro et al.

Letters From Defendant, Son Did Not Constitute Timely Motion to Reconsider July 25 Opinion
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September 20, 2010 |

Ga. high court tosses murder conviction

ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a 1998 murder conviction on grounds that the trial judge in Richmond County gave an improper instruction to jurors.
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