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July 23, 2013 |

Justices To Say If Ford Must Face Retrials In Crash Cases

A 5-5 vote by the Georgia Court of Appeals means that the state Supreme Court will have to decide whether Ford Motor Co.'s allegedly misleading answers to questions from plaintiffs' lawyers should force retrials in at least two product liability victories by the carmaker.
5 minute read
September 21, 2012 |

McKenna Long carves niche as charter school champion

Of the handful of Am Law 200 firms with practice groups dedicated to education, most focus on advising colleges and universities. Thanks to a confluence of events over the past five years, McKenna, Long & Aldridge has carved out a narrower niche: handling legal matters related to charter schools.
7 minute read
October 15, 2004 |

Closing Time: Fletcher to Retire, Hunt to Scale Back

Jonathan [email protected] would-be judges: Touch up your rsums and check your political connections. Two plum bench seats-one on the Georgia Supreme Court and the other on the U.S. District Court-are set to open up next summer.Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher, 70, told the Daily Report he plans to retire in June when his term as chief ends.
7 minute read
March 13, 2008 |

JQC says judicial probe is about power misuse

The Judicial Qualifications Commission's most recent explanation for its investigation of South Georgia Judge Brooks E. Blitch III, who has been accused of misdirecting county funds and is the target of an FBI investigation and wiretap, is that his alleged transgressions are not about a misuse of money. Rather, they're about a misuse of power.
12 minute read
August 03, 2009 |

Court blasts DeKalb in ruling

A federal appeals court in Atlanta has paved the way for a trial centered on claims that former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones and his staff engaged in blatant discrimination against white county managers. "In 2001, DeKalb County, Georgia embarked on a wholesale plan to replace its white county managers with African-Americans," Judge Gerald R.
7 minute read
June 27, 2003 |

High Court Strikes Down Texas Gay Sodomy Law

Tony [email protected] a dramatic declaration of the rights and status of gays in American society, a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Texas same-sex sodomy law on due process grounds.In doing so, the Court took the rare step of sweeping aside a recent precedent: its controversial 1986 decision in Bowers v.
6 minute read
November 10, 2009 |

JQC files charges after judge resigns

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission filed charges against Appalachian Circuit Superior Court Judge Oliver H. "Harry" Doss Jr. on Monday, accusing him of delaying for months, even years, before issuing rulings on motions, threatening attorneys and others, attacking staff, and using government funds to purchase laptop computers for his family members.
10 minute read
September 05, 2011 |

'And then the whole thing just blew up'

How those at Pentagon survived that harrowing day.
8 minute read
February 23, 2011 |

DeKalb schools' fee deal with K&S under fire

Of all the legal questions currently dogging the DeKalb County School District, one about a fee arrangement with a law firm would appear to be among the least of its concerns. After all, the district's construction contracts have spawned criminal charges against former top school officials and a civil suit against the school district by its former construction management companies that has already cost it more than $20 million to defend.
15 minute read
June 17, 2013 |

Review 100: The Dance Is On

As law firms become eager to grow, they begin to pursue partners. Or sometimes, they are the pursued.
8 minute read

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