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By Mason Lawlor | September 20, 2024
Attorney Charles Hoffecker of Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock in Atlanta said the FTC failed to adjust its "shotgun approach" in aggressively pursuing claims against their client despite the emerging evidence that he did not directly participate in unfair and deceptive practices.
By Mason Lawlor | September 11, 2024
"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.
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By Mason Lawlor | August 29, 2024
"The government has the full force of the Department of Justice, so they can be very difficult to litigate, expensive in terms of discovery, typically there are lots of experts at multiple stages," said Kate Seikaly, managing partner of Reed Smith's Tysons, Virginia, office.
By Mason Lawlor | August 7, 2024
As part of the CMS conversion, the Clerk's Office has also "ceased allowing defendants and their attorneys the same level of access to case files as it does the District Attorney's office," according to the notice. The office has also begun charging indigent criminal defendants fees for filing, maintained a high number of vacancies, and turned away litigants, attorneys, and court reporters from its front counter, refusing to accept documents presented for filing.
By Mason Lawlor | August 6, 2024
"In my view, he did not like us or the plaintiff," plaintiff's attorney Steve Leidel said about a retired trial judge. "It's my understanding that he solicited the clerk for costs and they never do that. I think it was possibly retributive for the fact that we did not want to proceed."
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By Mason Lawlor | July 22, 2024
"My gut, based on my experiences, says it will have a significant effect and change how plaintiffs draft their complaints," said Phil Rothschild, senior counsel at Holland & Knight's Fort Lauderdale office. "The cards are on the table early."
By Mason Lawlor | July 15, 2024
"A lawyer would not ethically be able to invoke the apportionment statute because it would result in an argument to the jury that their other client is responsible, thereby creating a 'significant risk' that the lawyer's duties to one party would materially and adversely affect representation of the other," wrote U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Mason Lawlor | July 5, 2024
"The defense's refusal to accept liability in this case for years is truly perplexing," plaintiff's attorneys Ben Brodhead and Ashley Fournet of Brodhead Law in Atlanta said in the release. "The defendant driver even pled guilty to criminal charges related to the incident, so I think their attempts to blame our client really rang hollow for the jurors."
By Mason Lawlor | June 27, 2024
"This case was very different by the time it got to the end of the case than it was at the beginning," Alan Hamilton of Shiver Hamilton Campbell in Atlanta said. "We didn't go after the easy money, we didn't go after the simple, quick settlement; we went after the hard fought settlement and we had to learn a lot about the case."
By Mason Lawlor | May 2, 2024
"[T]he harm from the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the defense of accident was compounded by the trial court's express instruction that the jury must 'disregard' that accident was a key legal principle," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson said.
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