Atlanta, GA
Libel and slander Lawyer at Atlanta, GA
Practice Areas: Libel & Slander, Privacy ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed
Secured voluntary dismissal of complaint by drug developer who sought $300,000,000 in damages, a temporary restraining order and an injunction demanding removal of an article from an online news publis ... her’s website.
OUTCOME: Granted summary judgment in favor of FOX 5 on claims of defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and public disclosure of private facts
OUTCOME: Quashed Subpoena
Successfully quashed a subpoena of a TV Reporter seeking confidential source information on the grounds that Plaintiff had not overcome the reporter's privilege provided by O.C.G.A. 24-9-30. First, Pl ... aintiff failed to show he exhausted non-media sources from whom the information might be obtained. Second, Plaintiff failed to show the docuemtn was material, relevant or even necessary to the case. Third, motion to compel was premature because plaintiff needed to show his claims were viable and that the disclosure of the information was critical to his case.
OUTCOME: Granted FOX 5's motion to quash plaintiff's subpoena seeking disclosure of reporter's newsgathering materials
OUTCOME: Secured voluntary dismissal
Secured voluntary dismissal of defamation complaint regarding television broadcaster’s investigation of health conditions at plaintiff’s cosmetic services business.
OUTCOME: Denied Motion Emergency Injunction
Television news station will not be restrained from broadcasting audiotape during reporting of news story solely because swimming pool companies involved are concerned that tape “might be manufacture ... d,â€since record contains no evidence that tape was obtained by news station through illicit means, since assertion that audiotape “might be†manufactured, and that broadcast of false audiotape would “forever taint†plaintiffs'reputation is mere speculation, since there is no evidence of irreparable harm, and since customer sales practices of Georgia corporation are valid matter of public concern, even if plaintiffs have not made sales within state of Georgia since 1999.
OUTCOME: Granting camera access
Commercial radio and television broadcast of judicial proceedings of individual accused of courthouse murder of judge, court reporter, and deputy sheriff permitted in accordance with Ga. Code Ann. § 1 ... 5-1-10.1 since valid objections by witnesses could be addressed properly at trial, since there is no evidence that special circumstances militate against broadcast, and since commercial tapping into closed circuit video and audio feed will not adversely affect proceedings.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff dismissed voluntarily
Secured voluntary dismissal of defamation complaint regarding television news broadcaster’s undercover investigation showing plaintiff’s security company hired convicted felons.
OUTCOME: Granted in part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment
360 F. Supp. 2d 432 (D. Conn. 2005)
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment
The Georgia Court of Appeals ffirmed a motion for summary judgment in a libel and invasion of privacy case.
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