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October 02, 2003 |

Georgia Firm Settles With Failed Dot-Com Client

The Red Hot Law Group, once Atlanta's version of a Silicon Valley law firm, has settled malpractice claims brought by a failed dot-com and its shareholders. Red Hot, acquired by McKenna Long & Aldridge in 2001, entered into a $2.2 million class action settlement that will go to 89 YuSave shareholders; it also paid more than $35,000 to one-time client YuSave.com Inc. Red Hot admitted no liability under the settlement.
7 minute read
April 25, 2013 |

GAWL Inaction Sparks Backlash

About a dozen members have resigned from the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers in the last two weeks, including the group's past president, Lindsay Verity (above).
7 minute read
May 26, 2006 |

In The Trenches: Atlanta Bar welcomes new president

RICHARD B. HERZOG JR. became the new president of the Atlanta Bar Association at its annual meeting Tuesday at the Capital City Club. Herzog, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough, accepted the leadership gavel from outgoing president Elizabeth A. "Liz" Price of Alston Bird.Price presented the Charles E.
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November 08, 2007 |

New expert rule poses challenges

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February 03, 2005 |

Take a Rival to Lunch This Month,-No, Really

Meredith [email protected] and John [email protected] because you'd like to eat the opposing counsel for lunch doesn't mean you can't share a meal with them. In its ongoing crusade to promote professionalism and civility among its members, the litigation section of the Atlanta Bar Association is encouraging lawyers to take their adversaries to lunch this month.
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February 07, 2005 |

Womble Carlyle Aims to Double Size of Atlanta Office

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice is considering hiring groups of laterals as part of a plan to double the size of its Atlanta office "as soon as possible," according to Steven S. Dunlevie, the local managing partner for the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based firm. The firm has a total of about 500 attorneys nationwide, 75 of them in Atlanta. As for a potential merger, Dunlevie said Womble "is not ruling anything out."
3 minute read
July 14, 2010 |

Weissman Nowack boosts collections practice

Weissman, Nowack, Curry Wilco has beefed up the collections side of its community association practice in response to the recession. "It is one of the most important aspects of our practice right now for our association clients, because of the high number of foreclosures and bankruptcies," said Julie M. Howard, who runs the firm's 10-lawyer community association practice.
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June 19, 2003 |

Securities Attorney Breaks Out on His Own

6 minute read
April 27, 2007 |

Suit: Silence was dangerous

FEARS OF BEING SUED have led ex-bosses to hesitate before speaking badly of former employees when prospective employers seek references.But a case argued Thursday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals showed that staying quiet has its risks, too-especially if the employer was a public school official who did not warn a colleague at another school that a former teacher had left amid allegations he touched female students inappropriately.
7 minute read
October 12, 2011 |

City may have to pay in death suit

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that the city of Atlanta and a group of construction companies may be on the hook for $4.47 million in a wrongful death case-simply based on their failure to force another company found liable at trial to procure adequate insurance coverage.The Oct. 5 decision was the result of a creative attempt by plaintiffs' lawyers to collect on a $5.
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