By C. Ryan Barber | July 5, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday adopted an indemnity policy that will shield lawyers and other staff from any personal liability for enforcement actions that draw a lawsuit and expose them to a monetary judgment. The new policy comes as two FTC lawyers press for immunity, in court, over their roles in a data-breach case against the now-shuttered medical device company LabMD.
By Mike Scarcella | July 3, 2017
An adult entertainment club in the Florida panhandle is being sued by the EEOC for allegedly refusing to hire a male bartender. The club, Sammy's, subsequently hired at least two female bartenders at the club's Fort Walton Beach location, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The agency said in a statement that "employers must realize that no person, male or female, can be denied employment based on sex." A representative for Sammy's wasn't immediately reached for comment.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 30, 2017
Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit revealed a deep divide Wednesday over what constitutes a legal search.
By R. Robin McDonald | June 29, 2017
With her supervisors' encouragement, the manager of the Dalton office of a children's dental clinic that catered to Medicaid recipients created an overheated incentive program to recruit new patients—without knowing it likely violated federal regulations.
By dailyreportonline | Daily Report | June 29, 2017
Judge W. Louis Sands was the first African-American to serve in a host of legal roles: assistant district attorney for the Macon Judicial Circuit, assistant…
By Erin Mulvaney | June 28, 2017
Management tactics that weed out older workers have pushed federal regulators and anti-discrimination groups to train an eye on hiring rather than firing when it comes to protecting against age bias, an effort advocates acknowledge is a steeper hill with increasingly narrowed protections for aging workers.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 28, 2017
Georgia's attorney general and both its U.S. senators are cheering President Donald Trump for what they view as the beginning of the end of the Obama administration's Waters of the United States regulations.
By Adina Solomon | June 28, 2017
Practice Profile: Buchanan has been lead counsel in more than 200 prosecutions of over 40 federal crimes, including violent crimes, crimes involving…
By Erin Mulvaney | June 27, 2017
William Emanuel, a Los Angeles-based management-side attorney, will be President Donald Trump's second pick for the National Labor Relations Board, a move that would give the long incomplete five-member panel a Republican majority poised to adopt pro-employer stances.
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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