Written by Firm | Apr 11, 2014 | News
A man whose attorney went to prison after admitting she stole almost $290,000 from him has sued the lawyer’s onetime employer, a certified public accountant who allegedly recommended that he park hundreds of thousands of dollars in the lawyer’s escrow account as a tax-shelter measure. The suit Andrew Clark filed […]
Written by Firm | Apr 10, 2014 | Results
We represented an out-of-state clothing company that focuses on selling custom apparel for college and university organizations’ events. Our client was sued in federal court by a competitor under the Lanham Act, alleging our client held out the competitor’s designs to be its own or “reverse passing off” its graphic […]
Written by Firm | Mar 26, 2014 | Results
Robbins Firm attorneys recently cleared the way for a longtime client, a large national luxury homebuilder, to proceed with a 125-home residential development in suburban Atlanta. The project was stalled when the former owner filed a quiet title action seeking to nullify the prior sale of the property to the […]
Written by Firm | Feb 24, 2014 | Results
We represented the Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection (“OCP”) in its investigation of Windstream Communications, Inc. (“Windstream”) over allegations of false advertising. OCP alleged that Windstream advertised that it would provide certain Internet speeds to its customers that it could not provide and/or guarantee, particularly for Georgia consumers whose network […]
Written by Firm | Feb 5, 2014 | News
At issue: Whether Plaintiffs have right to file lawsuit in funding dispute or must work through state’s administrative process An appellate battle is lining up between defense counsel for the Georgia government and plaintiffs lawyers who claim that the state has illegally reduced by millions of dollars in funds for […]
Written by Firm | Dec 20, 2013 | Results
We represented the minority owner in a food-related business. The majority owner of the company schemed to transfer assets out of the company that ultimately resulted in the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars of our client’s investment in the company. Upon filing suit, we immediately obtained a restraining […]
Written by Firm | Nov 28, 2013 | Press
Georgia Democrats and civil rights groups are trying to scuttle a deal among the state’s two Republican senators and the White House to fill five long-running federal judicial vacancies, because only one candidate is a minority. U.S. Rep. John Lewis said the issue is important enough to take to President […]
