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According to Gibson Dunn's Scott Edelman, client USC and its Trojans mascot are more deserving of the SC mark than South Carolina, which uses "a goofy little chicken" for its logo.
Georgia Justices Ease Rules for Prosecuting Medicaid Fraud
The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a pair of lower court rulings that had threatened the state's ability to prosecute millions of dollars in Medicaid fraud. Among 18 other decisions released on Monday, the justices ruled the American Red Cross could not be held liable for distributing blood, which was later given to a patient, that did not conform to its HIV-screening procedures.Deal Watch: Bryan Cave lawyer guides Georgia bank in bankruptcy
One of the Georgia banks that failed last year-Haven Trust Bancorp Inc.-has selected Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein to provide legal advice on its liquidation proceedings in bankruptcy court.Bryan Cave partner Wendy L. Hagenau is listed as lead counsel to Haven Trust Bancorp in documents filed on Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.Sidley Austin was lead counsel for Norfolk Southern Railway, which operated a tanker that derailed in Graniteville, S.C., in 2005. As part of the deal, the company will also stock 3,000 fish in a local pond.
Fen-Phen Trials May Test New Damages System
If the 53,000 fen-phen users who opted out of the national settlement agreement with Wyeth Corp. were expecting a simple negotiation to net a larger check, they were wrong. After a string of headline-grabbing losses, the drug company's lawyers have been quietly collecting verdicts of their own. In Georgia, as in other jurisdictions, Wyeth is asking to split the trials into two parts in a procedure called "reverse bifurcation," which protects the company from "back door" punitive damages.Employee Accuses Red Hot Law Group of Fraud
When Carl R. Johnston joined Atlanta's Red Hot Law Group, he knew he'd be making less money than at a traditional firm, but he expected a share from a stock incentive plan that Red Hot said was in the works to provide opportunities to invest in its high-tech clients. The problem: Red Hot didn't implement the plan while he was there, and didn't intend to, he says. So he sued Red Hot and its founder for fraud.Georgia Supreme Court to Decide Blood Bank, Med-Mal Issues
The Georgia Supreme Court has taken up two malpractice matters that could affect the practice of medicine. The court has agreed to settle a dispute over a plaintiff's burden of proof in medical malpractice cases and also will decide whether the American Red Cross can be held liable for distributing blood that did not conform to its HIV-screening procedures.LG suffered another loss in its suit against Whirlpool for falsely advertising that its steam dryers produced steam. After a trial last year in which it won just one count under Illinois's Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a federal judge has thrown out that result, too.
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