Written by Rosie Manins - Law360 | Oct 15, 2021 | News
Law360 (October 15, 2021, 3:28 PM EDT) — Firing back against a $47 million lawsuit accusing it of monopolizing the market for utility data management, an Atlanta software company countersued for trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition against a startup founded by its alumni. PowerPlan Inc., a supplier of utility […]
Written by Greg Land - Fulton County Daily Report | Oct 5, 2021 | News
What You Need to Know Georgia-based PowerPlan provides nearly all software services for investor-owned utilities. Georgia-based Lucasys claimed PowerPlan used threats and coercion to keep it blocked from the market. A federal judge said the antitrust claims were sufficiently supported to survive a motion to dismiss. A federal judge in […]
Written by Katheryn Tucker - Fulton County Daily Report | Sep 3, 2021 | News
A judge not on the panel took exception to an opinion that included this language: “We note that the Plaintiffs’ claims border on the frivolous. At this time, however, we are not imposing sanctions.” More to come. An unusual one-line order entered into the docket Wednesday put the brakes on […]
Written by Firm | Aug 20, 2021 | News
Today, Robbins Firm attorneys Josh Belinfante and Dan Monahan secured a reversal of the denial of a Certificate of Need (“CON”) application to establish one of the first ever freestanding emergency departments (“FSED”) in the State of Georgia. The firm’s client, a national healthcare company, sought Commissioner review of the […]
Written by Law360 | Aug 6, 2021 | News
Law360 (August 6, 2021, 7:56 PM EDT) — Controversial pro-Trump attorney L. Lin Wood can’t challenge the constitutionality of Georgia’s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate because he suffered no particularized injury as a voter, the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Friday. A three-judge appellate panel affirmed in a per curiam […]
Written by Greg Bluestein - The Atlanta Journal Constitution | Jul 23, 2021 | News
Gov. Brian Kemp has drawn praise from his political foes by carving out a record of tapping women and diverse candidates to coveted jobs in the state’s judiciary and other important positions that for decades overwhelmingly went to white men. About one-third of the Republican’s judicial appointments are people of […]
Written by Firm | Jul 13, 2021 | News
A decade ago, almost no one even had heard the word “cryptocurrency,” and gambling was a subject reserved to those who visited Las Vegas, Atlantic City, offshore poker websites, and, as ever, the movies. In 2021, both are mainstream and—increasingly—converging. Supported by blockchain digital infrastructure, cryptocurrencies purport to offer the […]
