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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 23, 2017
U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16-399 Under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) has the power to review certain…
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By Greg Land | June 23, 2017
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled comments one doctor made about another in an email to patients could be construed as libel.
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 23, 2017
Gov. Nathan Deal took a step Friday toward addressing the lingering issue in litigation water wars with Florida—what to do about exponentially increasing irrigation on big commercial farming operations in South Georgia.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 23, 2017
In writing his first dissent, which came in the first case he heard as a new justice, Neil Gorsuch on Friday told his colleagues what will surely be his governing mantra: "Just follow the words of the statute as written."
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By JOHN COUNCIL | June 23, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a federal trial court's decision halting the implementation of one the harshest anti-gay…
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Claimant's loss of earning power was attributable to work-related injury, and claimant was therefore entitled to workers' compensation benefits, where employer specifically created permanent alternative position for claimant within her physical restrictions and offered it to her at a lower wage. Order of the WCAB affirmed.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
The trial court erred in failing to consider evidence related to the potential sale of the parties' successful trucking business before assigning the entire asset to husband as part of the equitable distribution of the parties' marital estate. The appellate court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Trial court properly found mother in contempt for relocating with the children in contravention of an order directing compliance with §5337 but trial court erred in finding her in contempt for enrolling child in preschool because there had been no legal determination of custody and abused its discretion in changing custody as a contempt sanction because there was no express notice that custody would be at issue. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Trial court properly affirmed the board's decision that collateral estoppel prevented officer from relitigating whether he was acting "in office or employment" when he murdered his neighbor after a personal argument while off-duty because a federal jury hearing the victim's family's civil rights complaint determined that officer was a state actor and collateral estoppel applied. Affirmed.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
District Court properly affirmed bankruptcy court's granting of a grace period to debtors who made the final payment on their base plan a few weeks after the end of the 60-month period because the bankruptcy court had the discretion under the code to grant a reasonable grace period for debtors to cure an arrearage. Affirmed.
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