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Ga. High Court Revives Proskauer Tax Malpractice Case

Written by Andrew Stickler | Sep 8, 2022 | News

Despite widespread media coverage years ago of shady tax shelters and BigLaw firms, Proskauer Rose LLP didn’t show that investors who relied on the firm’s tax opinion long before filing suit were “specifically aware” of those issues, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, breathing life into the closely watched malpractice case. A […]

Ga. County Says Union Carbide Must Honor Spaceport Deal

Written by Law 360 Rosie Manins | Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Rosie Manins ·  Listen to article Law360 (July 29, 2022, 8:38 PM EDT) — A Georgia county is trying to force Union Carbide Corp. to honor a deal for the county to buy 4,000 acres of empty land on which it plans to build a spaceport, alleging the company is trying to […]

Concrete Cos. Want Cement Cartel Antitrust Suit Reopened

Written by Morgan Conley - Law360 | Mar 17, 2022 | News

Law360 (March 17, 2022, 2:10 PM EDT) — Two Georgia companies want to reopen civil allegations that fellow cement and concrete suppliers created cartels in the Southeast, telling a Georgia federal judge that although a related criminal case remains ongoing, essential evidence is deteriorating as they wait for their day […]

Court Rejects Bid For Split Trials In Rolling Papers TM Fight

Written by Morgan Conley - Law360 | Mar 10, 2022 | News

Law360 (March 10, 2022, 8:03 PM EST) — A Georgia federal court refused to grant separate trials for two retailers in a fight over the sale of counterfeit “Top Tobacco” cigarette rolling papers, saying Thursday that the allegations have enough in common to proceed together. Judge Michael L. Brown of […]

Insurer Wants Out Of Asphalt Slab Injury Suit

Written by Sarah Jarvis - Law360 | Jan 12, 2021 | News

Law360 (January 12, 2021, 8:50 PM EST) — A South Carolina-based insurance company has asked a federal judge to find that it has no duty to indemnify a contracting company in an underlying suit brought by a woman who was struck by a large slab of asphalt that shot out […]

Firm Defeats Motion for Summary Judgment in Commercial Lease Dispute

Written by Firm | Oct 11, 2019 | Results

Robbins Firm attorney Dan Monahan recently argued and overcame a motion for summary judgment in a hearing before the Superior Court of DeKalb County.  The underlying dispute involves a commercial lease of highly valuable retail property in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta.  The firm’s client, a regional petroleum […]