Recent Blog Posts
5 HKW Attorneys Named Legal Elite
Congratulations to Steve Hill, Scott Wharton, Doug Kertscher, and Rob Joseph for being named to the 12th annual list of Georgia’s Legal Elite. Selection is based solely on the votes of other attorneys in the State and is published by Georgia’s premier business magazine, Georgia Trend.
HKW Volunteers at CHOA Christmas Parade
A special thanks to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for the opportunity to participate in this year’s Christmas Parade. We are proud to have raised over $3,700 as a firm, which will go toward furthering the hospital’s great work. For pictures of the event and the HKW partners who marched in the Distinguished Clown Corps,… Read More »
Whistleblower Update
Good news for whistleblowers: Last week, the Fifth Circuit issued a seminal decision in Halliburton v. Admin. Review Bd on the scope of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection, holding that 1) “outing” a whistleblower is a prohibited adverse action; 2) the “contributing factor” causation standard does not require a showing of a retaliatory motive; and 3)… Read More »
The Daily Report Covers Trial Win
The Daily Report, Georgia’s number one newspaper for the legal industry, recently covered the $550,000+ trial win by Doug Kertscher and Julie Burke. See the article here.
HKW Trial Teams Win 2 Verdicts
Congratulations to the trial teams of Doug Kertscher and Julie Burke and Doug Kertscher and Blake Frye for recently winning two large verdicts on behalf of HKW clients totaling over $675,000. The Kertscher/Burke Team won their verdict in Fulton County Superior Court in a case involving a business dispute. The Kertscher/Frye Team won their… Read More »
Attorney Vivek Ganti Joins HKW Team
Vivek Ganti has joined HKW as an associate. A registered patent attorney with a background in electrical engineering, Mr. Ganti will continue to focus on patent litigation and inter partes reviews with HKW.
HKW Retained in Patent Litigation
Taiwanese computer product manufacturer GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary G.B.T. Inc. have retained HKW to defend them in litigation brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California relating to allegations of infringement involving 20 patents.
Steve Hill Speaks at AIVMA
Steve Hill recently spoke to a large group of members from the Atlanta Internet Video Marketing Association about copyright issues involved in online video publication and related issues. Click here for more information about the event, and here for pictures.
HKW Partners Named to IAM Patent 1000
Steve Hill has been named to the 2014 edition of Intellectual Asset Management’s Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Practitioners. This distinguished list is derived from an extensive research process and seeks to identify the leading intellectual property professionals across the globe. Congrats!
Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP Files Lawsuit Against Pitbull and RockDoc, LLC on Behalf of Alpha Comm Enterprises, Inc.
Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP Files Lawsuit Against Pitbull and RockDoc, LLC on Behalf of Alpha Comm Enterprises, Inc. Click here for more information.