By Katheryn Tucker | November 9, 2017
Before Gov. Nathan Deal nominated Judge Charlie Bethel to the bench nearly a year ago, he was a state senator. So it was with a different perspective that he opined the majority's decision was not what the General Assembly had in mind with exceptions to the licensing requirement.
By Marcia Coyle | November 9, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department's request that the Supreme Court consider sanctions against lawyers who advocated for an immigrant teenager at the center of an abortion case has raised questions about the government's motivation and threatened to jeopardize the reputation of the solicitor's office before the justices. Former Justice Department attorneys called the government's action in the Supreme Court “extraordinary” and said they had no memory of a similar Supreme Court petition.
By Katheryn Tucker | November 8, 2017
Georgia State University law school professor Tanya Washington and Emory University law school professor Barbara Woodhouse speak of the constitutional rights of children to be free from discrimination in an amicus they co-authored.
By Erin Mulvaney | November 8, 2017
Jones Day lawyers are seeking hundreds of thousands in legal fees from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying federal regulators unfairly targeted CVS Pharmacy Inc. for alleged employment abuses that no judge sustained. Eric Dreiband, the lead partner for CVS in the litigation, is the Trump administration's pick to lead the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. The dispute provides a peek into the billing practices of Jones Day.
By Katheryn Tucker | November 8, 2017
Erica Scannavino, 32, burned to death inside a 1996 Jeep Cherokee in July 2017 after she was hit from behind while making a left turn, according to a lawsuit her parents filed. They blamed her death on FCA, formerly known as Chrysler.
By Katheryn Tucker | November 8, 2017
The decision reverses Glynn County State Court Judge Bart Altman's dismissal of the lawsuit against Psychiatric Solutions, owner of Focus by the Sea.
By Katheryn Tucker | November 7, 2017
In a trial before Cobb County Superior Court Judge Reuben Green, a jury convicted Robert Whaley on one count of violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for “acquiring money and property through a pattern of racketeering activity,” Judge Brian Rickman wrote.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 6, 2017
A Georgia-Pacific LLC unit is blaming “abuses in the tort system” for the skyrocketing number of lawsuits that forced it to file for Chapter 11…
By R. Robin McDonald | November 6, 2017
In a one-line order, the state Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of John Butters and David Cohen as counsel for the housekeeper who made a secretly recorded sex tape of Waffle House's former CEO.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Scott Wandstrat, Arnall Golden Gregory | November 6, 2017
Before the next litigation matter comes up, implement an email retention policy and a rigorous legal hold policy. Please.
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