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August 04, 2009 |

For Want of a Fax: Insurer, Agency Hit With $1 Million Jury Verdict

A tangled case stemming from what the plaintiff's attorney called an insurance agency's "simple failure to send a fax or e-mail" has cost the agency, along with the insurance company whose policy it sold, more than $1 million, including $400,000 in attorney fees. An attorney for Pacific Insurance Co. said it will appeal the $881,000 portion of the judgment it was ordered to pay to the plaintiff, Regency Savings Bank.
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August 04, 2009 |

Insurer, agency hit with $1M jury verdict

A tangled case stemming from what the plaintiff's attorney called a "simple failure to send a fax or e-mail" by an insurance agency has cost the agency, along with the insurance company whose policy it sold, more than $1 million, including $400,000 in attorneys' fees.An attorney for Pacific Insurance Co.
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February 24, 2010 |

In The Trenches: Fisher & Phillips moving from Buckhead to Midtown

Fisher Phillips is moving from Buckhead to Midtown. The firm has signed a letter of intent to move to the 12th Midtown building at 1075 Peachtree St., after 22 years at Resurgens Plaza, said Roger K. Quillen, Fisher Phillips' chairman.Fisher Phillips will lease two floors, about 42,000 square feet, at 12th Midtown, he said.
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January 12, 2011 |

Snow snags work at Atlanta firms

Snow and ice shut down law firms on Monday and Tuesday, along with the rest of the city.Several of the big firms maintained skeleton staffs but most smaller firms closed.At Alston Bird, a receptionist answered the phone on Monday morning but a call to King Spalding was routed to the firm's Washington office.
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February 27, 2007 |

Video steals show in U.S. high court case

Even at the Supreme Court, a picture-or in this case, a video-can be worth a thousand words. Or more.In the case of Scott v. Harris, which was argued Monday, justices debated whether Coweta County sheriff's deputy Timothy Scott used reasonable force in 2001 when he rammed his vehicle into a Cadillac he was pursuing during a high-speed chase.
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August 16, 2006 |

DLA Piper snags two more for local office

DLA PIPER Rudnick Gray Cary has snapped up two more Atlanta lawyers for its recently launched local office. Daniel T. Falstad joins the firm as a partner from Kilpatrick Stockton and Amy A. Quackenboss joins as of counsel from Hunton Williams. Both join the corporate and finance practice.The firm now has 19 attorneys in its Atlanta office, which is led by former Hunton Williams lawyer Mark E.
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May 01, 2007 |

High-Speed Case Crashes in High Court

A police officer can terminate a high-speed chase by forcing the suspect off the road when the pursuit threatens the lives of innocent bystanders, the Supreme Court said Monday. In a ruling that could impact the consideration of summary judgment motions in other contexts, Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion said an 11th Circuit panel should not have relied on the plaintiff's version of events because it was contradicted by a videotape akin to "a Hollywood-style car chase of the most frightening sort."
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May 29, 2009 |

Top DeKalb lawyer changes sides

Before taking the job as DeKalb County's top lawyer, Lisa E. Chang maintained a labor law practice in Decatur, typically representing employees in wrongful-dismissal claims in federal court.Now Chang finds herself on the other side. DeKalb County is one of metro Atlanta's largest employers, with about 7,500 full-time employees on its payroll.
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October 10, 2008 |

McGuire leads pack with cash on hand

With one month to go before voting in the state Court of Appeals race, former state senator Perry J. McGuire has the most money on hand. But he has turned in one of the weakest showings among the seven candidates in terms of raising money from someone other than himself. In disclosure reports for the quarter that ended Sept.
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June 26, 2013 |

Duane Morris Gets New Local Leader

Duane Morris has made Kirk Domescik (above) its new managing partner in Atlanta. Domescik, who has been with the Philadelphia-based firm for a decade, is taking over from L. Norwood "Woody" Jameson, who'd headed the Atlanta office for five years.
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