Written by Carolina Bolado - Law360, New York | May 10, 2016 | News
Law360, New York (May 9, 2016, 10:04 PM ET) — BizJet, a U.S.-based unit of aircraft maintenance company Lufthansa Technik AG, was hit Monday with a $6 million suit in Florida federal court claiming the company lied about its ability to service a Rolls Royce aircraft engine and did a “shoddy” job on […]
Written by Firm | May 9, 2016 | News
Law360, New York (May 6, 2016, 8:22 PM ET) — Seward & Kissel LLP was smacked Thursday with a $12 million malpractice suit by Gray Financial Group Inc. alleging the law firm’s “negligent role” in advising Gray’s funds sale to a state pension left the investment consultant vulnerable to federal […]
Written by Firm | Dec 18, 2015 | News
Georgia still hasn’t formally – in public, at least – responded to the federal government’s charge that it runs an illegal, segregated school system for children with behavioral disorders. But the state has hired a lawyer to mount its defense, and talks with the U.S Department of Justice are under […]
Written by Firm | Oct 19, 2015 | News
Republican lawyers who have served in high positions in Georgia government and the state GOP have asked Georgia’s U.S. senators to support the confirmation of a DeKalb County State Court judge to the federal bench in Atlanta. The letter to Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, both Republicans, seek their […]
Written by Firm | Sep 30, 2015 | News
Three days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified German auto manufacturer Volkswagen that cars it had sold in the United States for six years were violating federal emission standards, Atlanta attorney Richard Robbins filed what he says is the first product liability case against the carmaker in Georgia. Robbins […]
Written by Firm | Sep 29, 2015 | News
After a weeklong trial involving complex claims related to pension and tax law, a Cobb County jury awarded an Atlanta businessman, his wife and his company more than $735,000 in damages. But the award was trimmed to just over $400,000 after the jury apportioned 40 percent of the damages to […]
Written by Firm | Sep 24, 2015 | News
An Atlanta law firm has become among the first in the country to sue Volkswagen over its escalating emissions scandal. Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC on Sept. 22 filed a lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta against Volkswagen on behalf of a Georgia man, Joel Silverman, who bought a Jetta Sportwagen […]
