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April 08, 2025
Drew Eckl Takes Breakaway Firm Dispute To Ga. High Court
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP told the Georgia Supreme Court that Burke Moore 麻豆传媒 Group LLP 鈥 started by former Drew Eckl partners and others 鈥 was wrongly allowed to escape arbitration over fees between the firm and the ex-partners, arguing that Burke Moore implicitly consented to arbitration by participating without objecting to jurisdiction.
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April 08, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Brings Back Former CLO In Atlanta
Eversheds Sutherland has brought back the former chief legal officer and corporate secretary for heavy construction materials manufacturer Argos North America Corp., strengthening its corporate practice with an attorney having experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, the firm announced Tuesday.
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April 07, 2025
Snyder's-Lance Looks To Ax Proposed Class Wage Claims
The company that makes Snyder's pretzels asked a North Carolina federal judge Monday to deny a Pennsylvania employee's bid to represent a class of workers from 12 states in a wage lawsuit, arguing she can't sue under the laws of the 11 states she doesn't live or work in.
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April 07, 2025
Ga. Management Co. Fired Worker Over Tremors, Suit Says
Crisp Inc., an Atlanta-based business management company, was sued Monday in federal court by a former client success manager who alleged she was fired for asking to work from home due to psychogenic tremors.
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April 07, 2025
Insurer Settles Ga. Motel Shooting Coverage Suit
StarStone National Insurance Co. has settled a coverage dispute with a Georgia motel over whether the insurer was obliged to defend the establishment from a negligent security claim brought by the family of a man robbed and murdered on the premises five years ago, the company said Friday.
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April 07, 2025
Judge Ends Mercedes Wheel Suit, 'Wondering' What Defect Is
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC defeated a putative class action Monday claiming the company used defective wheels that caused customer tire blowouts, as a Georgia federal judge said the "shapelessness" of the suit left him "wondering what defect is even being alleged."
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April 07, 2025
AGs Announce $335M Opioid Deal With Mylan
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday said her office and those of other states reached a $335 million deal with Mylan to help combat the opioid crisis.
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April 07, 2025
Nelson Mullins Team Joins Duane Morris In DC, Atlanta, Miami
Duane Morris LLP announced Monday that it is expanding its corporate practice by bringing in a team of five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP transactional attorneys聽鈥 including two partners 鈥 in its Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Miami locations.
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April 07, 2025
Ga. Appeals Court Rips Judge For Denying Recusal Bid
A Georgia Court of Appeals panel on Monday stripped a child custody case from a Fulton County judge after finding he improperly denied a mother's recusal motion instead of referring it to another jurist.
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April 04, 2025
Real Estate Recap: 'Gold Card,' ESG, Tokenization
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from 麻豆传媒360 Real Estate Authority 鈥 including insights into the latest EB-5 investment rush, the tightrope real estate companies are walking with environmental, social and governance factors, and how tokenization can apply to the real estate sector.
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April 04, 2025
Bayer Wants Supreme Court To Review Roundup Litigation
Bayer subsidiary Monsanto has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Missouri jury's $1.2 million award to a man who claimed that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, arguing that courts are split on whether federal law preempts state failure-to-warn claims like the claims in this case.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Revives Aircraft Co.'s Deal Suit Against Boeing
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday revived a defunct aircraft maintenance company's trade secret case against Boeing amid a long-running contract dispute and allowed聽the company to pursue damages for unjust enrichment after finding it wouldn't be duplicative of the $2.1 million jury award it won at trial in 2020 for its breach of contract claims.
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April 04, 2025
HHS Drops 11th Circ. Fight Over ACA Trans Rule Freeze
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed to drop its bid to overturn an order blocking it from enforcing regulations that extend the Affordable Care Act's anti-discrimination provisions to transgender individuals against Florida organizations, according to filings with the Eleventh Circuit.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Told Worker Was Illegally Fired Over Anti-Gay Article
A former Miami-Dade County employee聽on Friday urged the Eleventh Circuit to reinstate his lawsuit alleging he was illegally fired for authoring a transphobic and anti-gay blog post on his own time, saying a policy prohibiting the publication of offensive statements is constitutionally overbroad and violates his First Amendment rights.
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April 04, 2025
Veteran Sues Gov't Over Atlanta VA's Missed Diagnosis
An Army veteran has sued the federal government for $5 million, claiming a first-year resident and an attending physician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center failed to notify him he tested positive for syphilis, thereby allowing the infection to progress to neurosyphilis.
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April 04, 2025
Death Row Case May Test Limits Of Federal Habeas Review
Michael Wayne Reynolds, who was convicted of a triple murder in 2007, maintains his innocence and is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for another chance to argue that his prosecution in his trial hid potentially exculpatory evidence 鈥 in a case that strikes at the core of the ability of prisoners to bring habeas corpus challenges.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Told Omitted Issues Void UBS Arbitration Award
A Puerto Rican man urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to vacate a roughly $6.5 million arbitration award given to UBS Financial Services Inc. stemming from a long-running account contract dispute, arguing he didn't receive a fair hearing and because key issues to be resolved weren't identified in the award.
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April 04, 2025
NBC Settles ICE Doctor's Suit Over Hysterectomy Reporting
NBC Universal and a gynecologist who accused the media company of falsely portraying him as having performed mass unwanted hysterectomies on women detained at an immigration detention center ended their suit on Friday after informing a Georgia federal court of a settlement.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Tosses Former Atty's Extortion Conviction
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday overturned the conviction of a former criminal defense attorney for extorting a client for cash, finding in a published opinion that there was insufficient evidence.
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April 04, 2025
Novelis Seeks $15M For Recycle Facility Construction Delays
Atlanta-based aluminum giant Novelis said this week that a design and build firm in charge of construction of a sprawling recycling plant botched key features of the project, leading to "persistent delays" and more than $15 million in damages from repairs and lost profits.
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April 04, 2025
Child Therapists Reach $127K Deal To End Wage Suit
A Georgia children's therapy provider agreed Friday to pay about $127,000 to resolve a collective action accusing it of failing to pay registered behavior technicians for time they spent working before appointments, performing administrative work and doing other off-the-clock work.
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April 03, 2025
Recidivist Convicted Of Conning NBA Players Gets 12 Years
A former stockbroker on Thursday was sentenced to over 12 years in prison after he was found guilty at trial last year of swindling two former NBA players out of $8 million, in what the judge called "pure and simple theft" by the recidivist fraudster.
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April 03, 2025
Ga. School District, Teacher Sued Over 'Grooming' Of Student
A former student of a south Georgia school alleges in a lawsuit in federal court filed Thursday that she was groomed into a sexually abusive relationship with a teacher while she was a minor, accusing the school's officials of doing nothing to stop the teacher in the hopes that his misconduct would be "swept under the rug."
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April 03, 2025
3M, DuPont Sued Over Ga. Carpet Industry's PFAS Pollution
A Georgia environmental group and a farm owner have sued 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other companies involved in the state's carpeting manufacturing industry, seeking to hold them liable for "forever chemical" contamination in the Conasauga River.
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April 03, 2025
Home Depot Workers Must Pay $39K Costs In ERISA Suit
A Georgia federal judge has said Home Depot workers must pay more than $39,000 in legal fees to the home improvement retailer after the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to end the Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit in Home Depot's favor in August.
Expert Analysis
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of 麻豆传媒s Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of 麻豆传媒s coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer 鈥 punctuality, memorization, creativity and more 鈥 have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How 麻豆传媒 Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
麻豆传媒 firm decision making can be stifled by 鈥渃ollaboration drag鈥 鈥 characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent 鈥 but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral 麻豆传媒 Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years 鈥 a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round 鈥 in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With 麻豆传媒 Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.
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Planning 麻豆传媒 Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm鈥檚 objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss the muted nature of the property and casualty insurance class action space in the second quarter of the year, with no large waves made in labor depreciation and total-loss vehicle class actions, but a new offensive theory emerging for insurance companies.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it鈥檚 helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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麻豆传媒 Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning 鈥 beginning with comprehensive campaigns 鈥 can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A Big麻豆传媒 Associates' Union Could Address
A Big麻豆传媒 associates鈥 union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being 鈥 from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A Big麻豆传媒 Associates' Union
As Big麻豆传媒 faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change 鈥 and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.