News

Florida, Georgia AGs Talk Up Elder Abuse Enforcement

Katheryn Tucker | June 15, 2018

“Anyone who would prey on these great citizens in their golden years is lower than dirt." —Florida AG Pam Bondi. “We owe it to our older, at-risk Georgians to do all we can to protect them.” —Georgia AG Chris Carr

News

UGA Law School's Veterans Legal Aid Clinic Open for Business

Katheryn Tucker | June 15, 2018

The Veterans Legal Services Clinic is funded by a lead gift from 1977 law school alumnus James “Jim” Butler Jr. of Butler Wooten & Peak, made in memory of his father, Lt. Cmdr. James E. Butler Sr., who was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.

News

Settlement Ends Insurer's Bid to Dodge $5.3M Excess Judgment

Greg Land | June 15, 2018

A few days after the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld several rulings by a DeKalb County judge in the underlying trial, Safe Auto Insurance settled its federal claims against the estate of a woman killed by a drunken driver.

Commentary

Here’s What Law Firms Need to Know to Work With In-House Counsel

Robin Hensley| June 15, 2018

Cox Communications' GC says litigation costs are four times the rest of her budget, with a revolving door of up to 40 active cases.

News

Attorney Charged With False Imprisonment After Security Gate Blocked Police

R. Robin McDonald | June 14, 2018

Atlanta police detectives were looking for the suspect driver of a pickup truck who had rolled through neighborhood lawns when they showed up at the home of two Atlanta attorneys.

Analysis

Supreme Court Justices Continue to Shed Stock Holdings, New Disclosures Show

Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | June 14, 2018

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Samuel Alito Jr. and Stephen Breyer each reported selling stock holdings, according to the latest financial disclosure forms, released Thursday. Other stock sales reported in the forms also help explain justices' recusal behavior in cases before the Supreme Court.

News

On Remand From High Court, Waffle House 'Sextortion' Suit Back in Court of Appeals

Greg Land | June 14, 2018

After a jury acquitted the former housekeeper and her lawyers of criminal charges related to secretly video recording former Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers Jr. engaged in a sex act, the Georgia Supreme Court sent the related civil appeals back to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration.

News

Hall Booth Partners With Children's Rights Watchdog in Southeast

Meredith Hobbs | June 14, 2018

An unexpected offer of office space and pro bono support from Hall Booth allowed the nonprofit to open a much-needed location in the South.

News

New Bill Would Protect Law Licenses of Student Loan Defaulters

Karen Sloan | June 14, 2018

A bipartisan effort would prohibit states from revoking professional licenses from people who default on their federal student loans, which would help protect lawyers struggling with education debt.

News

Lane Young Recalled as Legal 'Renaissance Man'

Greg Land | June 14, 2018

Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young partner H. Lane Young built a reputation as a tireless litigator and trial lawyer defending legal malpractice, toxic tort and catastrophic injury cases during his 42 years with the firm.

News

In Big Push DOJ Arrests 74 Cyber Scammers of Businesses and Law Firms

Sue Reisinger | June 13, 2018

One expert said such schemes are becoming “more brazen and targeted,” prompting GCs to increasingly seek help from investigators and consultants with cyber experience.

News

SEC Advice Plan Requires Big Change in Broker Behavior: Clayton

Melanie Waddell | June 13, 2018

SEC chief responded to questions at agency’s first town hall, held in Atlanta.

News

Lawyers Dominate Leadership Atlanta's New Class

Meredith Hobbs | June 13, 2018

Lawyers at firms, in government and in-house make up almost one-fifth of the 2019 classes for both Leadership Atlanta and its younger offshoot, LEAD Atlanta.

News

State Appeals Court Reinstates Claims That Dentons Misappropriated Trust Funds

R. Robin McDonald | June 13, 2018

A three-judge panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a Fulton County trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit against Dentons that claimed the firm unjustly enriched itself by accepting more than $1.3 million in legal fees from the trusts of Atlanta industrialist and philanthropist Walter Bunzl to defend the embattled trustee against a suit by Bunzl heirs.

News

Senate Committee Questions Judiciary's Anti-Harassment Efforts After Kozinski Scandal

Ross Todd | June 13, 2018

"The judicial branch has a problem," said Sen. Charles Grassley at the beginning of Wednesday's Senate judiciary hearing. "They have to deal with it or Congress will have to do it for the courts."

News

Hawkins Parnell Partner H. Lane Young Dead at 67

Greg Land | June 13, 2018

Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young partner H. Lane Young was found unresponsive in his Atlanta office on Tuesday night.

News

Landlord Hit With $4.2M Default Judgment in Pit Bull Attack

Greg Land | June 12, 2018

The attorney for the injured woman said the owner of the property where she was attacked never responded to the Fulton County lawsuit. Now, he intends to go after properties the defendant owns to satisfy the judgment.

News

Judge Denies Ford's Recusal Motion for New Roof Crush Trial

Katheryn Tucker | June 12, 2018

Gwinnett County State Court Judge Shawn Bratton issued a two-page order denying Ford’s motion for his recusal from the retrial of a roof crush lawsuit.

News

Who’s Repping Chris Carr and Charlie Bailey, Georgia's AG Candidates?

Kristen Rasmussen | June 12, 2018

Over the past 18 months or so, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr has turned to a couple of high-powered political law firms for campaign-related legal work. In contrast, Democratic opponent Charlie Bailey has eschewed outside legal help, relying instead on his campaign general consultant and counsel, the Daily Report learned by examining publicly available campaign expenditure reports.

News

City of Atlanta Sued Over Dilapidated Sidewalks

R. Robin McDonald | June 11, 2018

Lawyers for three Atlanta residents who rely on wheelchairs to get around say the City of Atlanta has violated the terms of a 2009 settlement with the Justice Department that required the city to repair deteriorating sidewalks.

News

King & Spalding Can’t Shake Ex-Associate’s Suit in ZTE Matter

Roy Strom | June 11, 2018

The firm may soon face a trial that could provide details on both the travails of the Big Law partnership track and an embarrassing episode that almost led to King & Spalding facing sanctions.

News

Mississippi Judge Calls Out Judiciary's 'Well Documented' Lack of Diversity

Ellis Kim | June 11, 2018

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves’ order said the federal judiciary’s failure to reflect the public it serves is well documented.

News

Ole Miss Recruits New Legal Boss From NBA Players Association

Kristen Rasmussen | June 11, 2018

Erica McKinley succeeds former GC Lee Tyner, who resigned last December to “pursue other opportunities,” just 10 days after the NCAA ruled against the University of Mississippi over football recruiting violations.

News

Atlanta Braves Cases Are Apparently Off Chief Justice Roberts' Docket

Tony Mauro| June 11, 2018

Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—show why recusals matter.

News

Judge in Reality Winner Leak Prosecution Warns Lawyers to Not Talk About the Case

R. Robin McDonald | June 11, 2018

Less than 24 hours after a billboard supporting Reality Winner debuted in Augusta, U.S. District Chief Judge Randal Hall issued an order warning lawyers for both sides that he will hold them in contempt if they speak publicly about the case.

News

Did You See the Georgia Federal Judge Portrayed in 'Hamilton'?

Jonathan Ringel | June 11, 2018

Nathaniel Pendleton was one of Georgia's first federal judges and attorneys general.

Best Practices

How to Execute a Legal Project

Lean Adviser Legal| June 11, 2018

Establish what's critical, and then focus on that, applying the appropriate resources to every necessary task.

Slideshow

10 Cities with Legal Tech Scenes to Watch

Ian Lopez | June 11, 2018

Who said there's only one hub of innovation? These international cities are spawning their own legal technology scenes.

News

Nelson Mullins to Merge With Florida's Broad and Cassel, Creating 725-Lawyer Firm

Meredith Hobbs | June 11, 2018

Nelson Mullins, with its center of gravity in Atlanta and the Carolinas, adds Florida to its footprint and forecasts health care, real estate and litigation opportunities in its merger with Broad and Cassel.

News

Meet the GC at GDOT, Matthew Cline

Kristen Rasmussen | June 11, 2018

Cline, the top lawyer at the agency charged with overseeing state routes, bridges and interstate highways throughout Georgia, talked with the Daily Report about his daily routines, which firms he uses for outside counsel and what he does when he's not in the office.

News

Signature HealthCare Agrees to Pay $30M to Settle Medicare Claims

Katheryn Tucker | June 08, 2018

Signature Healthcare CEO and President Joe Steier said in an email: “This settlement allows us to move forward in serving our residents and families with quality health care and a commitment to compassion."

News

Fisher Phillips Names SoCal Partner as Firm's First Chief Diversity Officer

Ross Todd | June 08, 2018

The national labor and employment law firm, which ranked 116th out of 227 firms on The American Lawyer’s most recent Diversity Scorecard, announced Friday that it had named Southern California-based partner Regina Petty as the firm's first chief diversity officer.

News

Marketing Firm That Misappropriated Law Firm Names Enjoined in 3 States

R. Robin McDonald | June 08, 2018

Texas-based Exclusive Legal Marketing has been barred in three states from deceptive trade practices that channel prospective clients to other firms.

News

AG Names 'Lawyers for Carr' Campaign Group

Katheryn Tucker | June 08, 2018

Carr’s opponent in the General Election will be Charlie Bailey, 35, a former Fulton County gang prosecutor

News

Upscale Atlanta Eatery Should Fork Over Music Copyright Fees, Says Suit

Greg Land | June 08, 2018

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers sued 10 bars and restaurants around the country, including Atlanta's 5Church, asserting that they're playing copyrighted music without forking over licensing fees.

News

Court of Appeals Revives Teacher Pension Lawsuit

Katheryn Tucker | June 08, 2018

Presiding Judge John Ellington wrote for a panel that included Judge Charlie Bethel and Senior Judge Herbert Phipps in a June 1 decision reversing DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams, who tossed out the teachers’ case.

News

On the Move: Burr & Forman Lifts Five Lawyers From Stites

Meredith Hobbs | June 08, 2018

Burr & Forman added a quintet of lawyers from Stites & Harbison—including three partners—to its creditors rights and labor and employment practices.

Analysis

Persky Recall Was a 'Perfect Storm.' But Did It Give Future Recall Advocates a Road Map?

Ben Hancock | Hank Grezlak | June 07, 2018

Many things were unique about the recall of Judge Aaron Persky. But some lawyers and experts worry it could still embolden others unhappy about judicial decisions to try something similar.

News

7-Attorney Real Estate Finance Group Heads to King & Spalding

Christine Simmons | June 07, 2018

The lawyers, based in New York, jumped to King & Spalding from 100-lawyer Riemer & Braunstein.

News

Appeals Court Ruling Puts Snapchat Speed Filter Lawsuit Back on Track

Greg Land | June 07, 2018

The appellate panel revived a suit asserting that Snapchat's speed filter was to blame for the injuries suffered by the victim of a teen driver who was doing more than 100 miles an hour when she wrecked her dad's Mercedes.

News

Eversheds Sutherland Says 30 Percent of Equity Partners to Be Women by 2021

Meredith Hobbs | June 07, 2018

“To move the needle, everyone in the firm needs a target,” said U.S. CEO Mark Wasserman.

Breaking Streak, SCOTUS Appoints Advocate Outside Ranks of Former Clerks

Tony Mauro | June 07, 2018

The court recently announced that Atlanta solo Amy Weil was “invited to brief and argue” as amicus curiae in favor of an appeals court decision that neither side supports anymore.

News

Defense Lawyer Switches Sides and Wins $20M for Tractor Driver

Katheryn Tucker | June 06, 2018

“It’s easy to do legal work for people you believe in,” Earl McCall said. “Whether you’re on the defense side or the plaintiff’s side, it just adds a little extra joy for me if you believe in the people you are representing.”

11th Circuit Erases FTC Ruling That Ordered ‘Sweeping’ Data Security Program

C. Ryan Barber | June 06, 2018

"The cease and desist order contains no prohibitions. It does not instruct LabMD to stop committing a specific act or practice. Rather, it commands LabMD to overhaul and replace its data-security program to meet an indeterminable standard of reasonableness. This command is unenforceable,” the appeals court said.

News

Federal Panel Says Ga. Injunction Not Warranted Despite Racial Gerrymandering Evidence

R. Robin McDonald | June 06, 2018

The panel verbally brawled in concurring opinions over the credibility of state witnesses.

News

Law Student Settles With Landlord Over Repair Demands

Greg Land | June 06, 2018

Affordable housing advocate and online publisher Matthew Cardinale was sued by his lease-to-own landlord, Divvy Homes, after he requested thousands of dollars in repairs to the northwest Atlanta house he is hoping to buy.

News

Private Eye Firm Sued Over GPS Tracker Placed on Couple's Car

Greg Land | June 06, 2018

According to the complaint, PI company Accurate Studies & Observations Investigations placed a tracking device on a married couple's vehicle at the behest of the woman's ex-husband, who was under a court order to stay away from her.

News

High Court, Taking On Issue of Insurer Duty to Settle, Grants Cert in Bad-Faith Case

Katheryn Tucker | June 06, 2018

The trial judge and the Georgia Court of Appeals took opposite positions on a bad-faith lawsuit against First Acceptance Insurance Co. of Georgia. The Supreme Court voted unanimously to grant the writ of certiorari.

News

Winstead and Troutman Sanders in Merger Talks

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 05, 2018

A merger of Dallas-based Winstead and Atlanta's Troutman Sanders would create a firm with close to 1,000 lawyers and gross revenue of about $725 million.

News

Miami Surges as International Arbitration Hub, but NYC Undaunted

Dan Packel | June 05, 2018

The efforts of local boosters—and a concerted focus on Latin America—helped propel Miami to second place in a recent study of cities for arbitrating international disputes involving the Americas.

News

Brown, Gobeil Sworn in as State Appellate Court Judges

Kristen Rasmussen | June 05, 2018

Gov. Nathan Deal delivered the oath of office to new Georgia Court of Appeals Judges E. Trenton “Trent” Brown III and Elizabeth Gobeil during a packed ceremony Tuesday morning in the State Capitol’s House Chamber.

News

Swinging Richards' Male Strippers Awarded $800K in Unpaid Wages

Greg Land | June 05, 2018

Gay nude dance club Swinging Richards, which settled a prior Fair Labor Standards Act last year for $1.3 million, was hit with an $800,000 judgment after five dancers sued over unpaid wages.

News

Attorney General Warns of Timeshare Sales Scams

Katheryn Tucker | June 04, 2018

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr posted a warning Monday about scams involving time share resales.

News

Florida Tribal Casino Revenues Subject to Federal Taxes, 11th Circuit Says

Michael Booth | June 04, 2018

In a published decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a trial judge's decision holding that a South Florida tribe can be held liable for failing to withhold and report gaming receipts and disbursements, as could one of its members who failed to pay taxes on disbursements she received on behalf of herself and her family.

News

Fewer Firms Expected to Follow Milbank's Associate Pay Boost

Christine Simmons | June 04, 2018

The pay increase could result in differentiation among law firms, observers say.

Where the Justices Found Middle Ground in Gay Wedding Cake Case

Marcia Coyle | June 04, 2018

Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring opinion by quoting Kennedy: "It is a general rule that [religious and philosophical] objections do not allow business owners and other actors in the economy and in society to deny protected persons equal access to goods and services under a neutral and generally applicable public accommodations law."

News

Court Turns Away Teacher's Facebook Comments Case Amid 'Grave Concerns' About Free Speech Rights

Katheryn Tucker | June 04, 2018

“This is a case about just how far the First Amendment bends in allowing government to punish its employees for the viewpoints they communicate in their private lives,” Justice Nels Peterson wrote. “I am doubtful that it allowed the punishment imposed here.”

News

Atlanta Law Firm Loses Seven-Year Fee Fight at US Supreme Court

R. Robin McDonald | June 04, 2018

Lamar, Archer & Cofrin was pursuing more than $104,000 in legal fees a former client had discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Commentary

Be Aware of Limits on Attorney-Client Agreements

Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair| June 04, 2018

Given the special nature of the attorney-client relationship and the duties involved in such a relationship, attorneys cannot represent just any client who wants to hire them.

News

Georgia High Court Disbars 1, Suspends 2, Accepts 2 License Surrenders

Eden Landow | June 04, 2018

The Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday issued five attorney discipline opinions.

News

High Court Accepts Tex McIver's Bar License Suspension

R. Robin McDonald | June 04, 2018

Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver petitioned the Supreme Court of Georgia to voluntarily suspend his bar license until after a motion for a new trial and his appeal of a murder conviction are decided.

News

Justices Rule for Colorado Baker Who Refused to Make a Cake for Gay Wedding

Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | June 04, 2018

"Whatever the confluence of speech and free exercise principles might be in some cases, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s consideration of this case was inconsistent with the state’s obligation of religious neutrality," Kennedy wrote for the 7-2 court.

News

Lawsuit Filed Against Masquerade Over Shooting During Concert

Katheryn Tucker | June 01, 2018

According to a lawsuit filed in DeKalb County State Court Friday, at about 9:30 p.m. that night, “a deranged, armed assailant entered one of the confined, crowded venues with a handgun, and shot four persons inside the concert, killing two people—including Ewell Ynoa.”

News

Suit Tying Teen's Death to Broken Toyota Axle Yields $12M Verdict

Katheryn Tucker | June 01, 2018

Lacee Dial was killed Sept. 15, 2012. She was 17 and a high school senior. The lawsuit said that, after the axle fell apart, her 4Runner rolled over and hit a utility pole and that she was trapped for approximately two hours in the vehicle before she died.

News

Woman Claiming She Was Denied IT Job for Not Being Korean Gets Second Chance in Court

P.J. D'Annunzio | June 01, 2018

A federal appeals court has revived part of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a black woman who claimed she was denied a transfer to a tech job because…

News

Product Liability Lawsuit Filed Over Kia Car Seat

Katheryn Tucker | June 01, 2018

“Michael Insalaca is partially paralyzed because the defendants put him in a seat they knew could injure and possibly kill him,” Chris Glover of Beasley Allen said.

News

Two FTC Lawyers Win Liability Protection for Roles Leading Data-Breach Case

C. Ryan Barber | June 01, 2018

The two FTC lawyers did not violate rights of LabMD's chief-executive, the D.C. Circuit said Friday, because the agency's enforcement action against had an alternative cause: a data breach that exposed a file containing the personal information of nearly 10,000 patients.

News

Luxembourg-Bound Evans Leaves JNC Post

Katheryn Tucker | June 01, 2018

“On Monday, Vice President Pence will swear me in as the next United States Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg subject to acceptance by Grand Duke Henri,” Randy Evans said in a letter to the governor Thursday

News

New Funding Fuels Boom in Public Interest Work for UGA Law Students

Meredith Hobbs | June 01, 2018

The number of law students awarded summer public interest stipends by the University of Georgia School of Law has more than doubled in two years.

News

GSU Law to Host First-of-Its-Kind SEC Town Hall Event

Kristen Rasmussen | May 31, 2018

On June 13, all five SEC commissioners will participate in a public discussion on “Investing in America” at Atlanta’s Georgia State University College of Law.

Analysis

In New Theranos Book, Boies Schiller Doesn’t Come Off So Great

Ben Hancock | May 31, 2018

Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of corporate fraud at Theranos depicts Boies Schiller Flexner as using hardball tactics to keep the truth from coming out. David Boies says it's an overdramatization.

News

Behind Sanofi's Response to Roseanne’s ‘Ambien Tweeting’ Excuse

C. Ryan Barber | May 31, 2018

Chan Lee, the North America general counsel to drugmaker Sanofi, explains how the company's now-famous social media response to Roseanne Barr came about. "The approval of that tweet was a fairly easy one for me," Lee says.

News

Former US 'Classification Czar' to Testify for Accused Media Leaker

R. Robin McDonald | May 31, 2018

William Leonard, who served as director of the U.S. Information Security Oversight Office under President George W. Bush, is slated to testify on behalf of U.S. Air Force veteran Reality Winner, whom the U.S. Justice Department has accused of espionage over the alleged leak of a document detailing Russian efforts to hack into state election systems in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

News

Ford Lawyers Want Opposition Brief Scrubbed From Record

Katheryn Tucker | May 31, 2018

Ford’s lawyers have asked the judge to erase from the record opposing counsel’s 64-page motion and brief urging sanctions against the automobile maker for alleged misdeeds, saying the document contains "irrelevant invective and false accusations."

News

Former NASCAR Champ's Widow Awarded $1.9M in Gwinnett Med-Mal Case

Greg Land | May 31, 2018

The widow of Pete Hamilton, who won the Daytona 500 and Talladega 500 in 1970, was awarded $1.9 million for medical malpractice and loss of consortium claims stemming from a botched shoulder surgery her husband underwent in 2014.

News

Georgia State Bar, Attorneys Take Georgia’s Cybersecurity Woes to Heart

Gabrielle Orum Hernández | May 31, 2018

A new cybersecurity program offered by the State Bar of Georgia hopes to help Georgia attorneys learn to deal with cyberrisk.

Commentary

What Clients Really Want From Outside Counsel

Lean Adviser Legal| May 31, 2018

It doesn't take a magic formula or a lengthy pitch to impress clients, just master these five fundamentals.

Analysis

Quiet Time? Oral Arguments Disappear in Federal Appeals Courts

Ross Todd | May 30, 2018

The number and percentage of cases argued at the federal appellate level is fading leaving firms to ask where their next generation of appellate lawyers can turn for courtroom experience.

News

Cox Communications VP Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Company

R. Robin McDonald | May 30, 2018

Federal prosecutors in Atlanta sought a 33-month prison term, calling Janet West’s actions the epitome of “corporate greed.”

News

Appeals Court Reinstates Three-Way Liability for $500K in Legal Fees

Greg Land | May 30, 2018

The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a trial court's granting of a motion notwithstanding the verdict, holding all three co-defendants jointly liable for more than $522,000 in legal fees owed to Epstein Becker & Green.

News

Squire Snags Another Dentons Partner for New Atlanta Office

Meredith Hobbs | May 30, 2018

Dara Mann has taken her national class action, product liability and toxic tort practice to Squire Patton Boggs, saying she wants to help build the new office.

News

Governor Has Five More Superior Court Judge Jobs to Fill

Katheryn Tucker | May 30, 2018

The Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission is taking names for five more Superior Court openings for around the state that Gov. Nathan Deal will make before his last term runs out at the end of the year.

News

How Holland & Knight’s Innovation Arm Underpins Cybersecurity, Data Privacy Pursuits

Ian Lopez | May 30, 2018

Holland & Knight's HKLab is used in helping clients with cybersecurity efforts by marrying the "disconnect between people on the engineering and legal sides."

Slideshow

Now Showing: Summer Movie Watch List for Your Legal Indulgence

Karen Sloan | May 30, 2018

It's summer! Catch up on the best legal films and documentaries from the past nine months that you were too busy to watch.

News

Amid Anthem Debate, NFL Players Disclose Top Legal Billers

Brian Baxter | May 29, 2018

While the National Football League seeks to restrict its players from kneeling for the national anthem, a new government filing by a players’ union shows that it has some high-powered counsel at its disposal in Gibson Dunn, Latham, Quinn Emanuel and Winston & Strawn.

News

Kilpatrick Wins Asylum for Transgender Woman in Hard-Fought Pro Bono Case

Meredith Hobbs | May 29, 2018

A team of Kilpatrick lawyers and staff spent about 800 hours on the asylum case of transgender Mexican woman Estrella Sanchez.

News

An Increasingly Acquisitive Polsinelli Sets Up Shop in Seattle

Roy Strom | May 29, 2018

The Am Law 100 firm has opened its 21st office after opening an outpost in the Emerald City following its hire of an eight-lawyer team from a leading local firm, including its former CEO.

News

Savannah Law Prof Alleges Age Bias in Suit Against School

Karen Sloan | May 29, 2018

Maggie Tsavaris alleges that Savannah Law School and Atlanta's John Marshall Law School have a pattern of terminating faculty before they come up for tenure.

News

Gwinnett Jury Awards $5.6M in Fatal Interstate 285 Motorcycle Wreck

Greg Land | May 29, 2018

In a three-vehicle wreck that left a motorcyclist dead, the jury awarded a total $7.5 million in damages, dividing 25 percent of the blame between the deceased biker and another truck driver involved.

News

Big Four's EY Law Snaps Up 6 Lawyers From Troutman Sanders' Soon-to-Be Closed Asia Offices

John Kang | May 29, 2018

Corporate partners Rossana Chu in Hong Kong and Chengfei Ding in Shanghai join EY Law’s LC Lawyers and EY Law Firm, respectively.

News

JNC Sends Governor Shortlist for Fulton Bench

Katheryn Tucker | May 25, 2018

Gov. Nathan Deal’s Judicial Nominating Commission has given him a shortlist of recommended candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of…

News

Newly Elected Court of Appeals Judge Ready to 'Roll Up Sleeves'

Katheryn Tucker | May 25, 2018

It was a heated contest. But on Tuesday, Ken Hodges, 52, a former district attorney in Albany who worked as a prosecutor for 15 years and a civil trial lawyer for the last 12 years, defeated trial lawyer and former state bar president Ken Shigley, 67, with nearly 70 percent of the vote.

News

Tex McIver, Dani Jo Carter Hit With Wrongful Death Lawsuit

R. Robin McDonald | May 25, 2018

The court-appointed administrator of Diane McIver's estate has authorized the lawsuit against McIver's husband and the sole witness to the shooting.

News

Apportionment Ruling Slashes Alston & Bird's $2M Legal-Mal Award to $700K

Greg Land | May 24, 2018

The jury split liability three ways, finding the law firm liable for 32 percent of the damages, interests and attorney fees in the underlying case.

News

Evans Confirmed as Luxembourg Ambassador

Katheryn Tucker | May 24, 2018

It was a long wait. President Donald Trump nominated Randy Evans to the position last September. His confirmation hearing was in November. His nomination expired at the end of the year without a vote. Trump nominated Evans for the post again in January.

News

Doraville Sued Over Claims City Uses Municipal Court to Boost Revenues

R. Robin McDonald | May 24, 2018

A public interest law group has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the City of Doraville is relying on Municipal Court fines and fees generated by traffic tickets and city ordinance violations to unconstitutionally bolster city revenues.

News

Invest Atlanta Drops Suit Against City Ethics Board Over 'Free Tickets' Ban

Greg Land | May 24, 2018

The Atlanta Development Authority sued the city's Board of Ethics after it refused to rescind a 2013 opinion barring the development agency from getting free tickets to events at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

News

New Exchange Program Pairs US, UK Associates at Womble Bond Dickinson

Meredith Hobbs | May 24, 2018

At the suggestion of a U.K. trainee, the firm has kicked off a transatlantic exchange for its younger lawyers on both sides of the pond.

News

Financial Services Data Company RNN Group Brings on First GC

Kristen Rasmussen | May 24, 2018

Jay Carter, who joins RNN Group from Resurgent Capital Services, also will serve as the startup company's chief compliance officer.

News

Wedding Cake, National Anthem Battles Keep High Court's Pledge Decision Relevant After 75 Years

Jonathan Ringel | May 24, 2018

Amid a world war against fascist governments, the Barnette court held that the First Amendment meant the government couldn't force people to say something against their will.