Law 360

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Georgia Supreme Court will review whether the CEO of General Motors can be deposed in a Georgia widower's product liability suit, in a case that could change how top corporate brass are treated in state court.

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Law 360

JUNE 16, 2021

A Georgia appeals court recently allowed a plaintiff to depose General Motors' CEO, in a blow to the apex doctrine's protections for high-ranking executives, but measures before and during discovery can reduce corporate leaders' exposure in such cases, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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Law 360

MARCH 23, 2023

The CEO of General Motors LLC doesn't have to testify in a Georgia widower's wrongful death suit over a fatal Trailblazer crash, a Georgia state trial judge has ruled, three years after ordering her deposition and sparking the case's trip to the state's highest court.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2024

Worse yet, the court appears to have questioned the veracity of the host in a sworn deposition on his lack of knowledge over the financial subject matter of the deposition. I can certainly understand Tapper’s counsel in trying to block the deposition on finances. CNN has to travel from the state of Georgia.”

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

General Motors LLC has urged the Georgia Supreme Court to adopt what it calls a widely accepted discovery framework that would shield its CEO from being deposed in a widower's product liability case.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A Georgia widower has opposed a renewed motion by General Motors LLC to shield its CEO, Mary Barra, from being deposed in his product liability and wrongful death suit, after the Georgia Supreme Court denied GM's attempt to stop her deposition.

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Law 360

APRIL 5, 2023

million in bank deposits and five vehicles including a Lamborghini, a Tesla and a Porsche have been taken from a Georgia woman accused, with her partner, of stealing more than $9 million from Amazon.com Inc. An Atlanta-area house, almost $2.8 through an invoice fraud scheme, the federal government has revealed.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2023

Conventions & Instruments On 12 May 2023, Canada deposited its instrument of accession to the 1961 Apostille Convention. The Convention, which currently has 28 Contracting Parties, will enter into force in September 2023, and for North Macedonia only after the deposit of an instrument of ratification (pursuant to Art.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2024

Conventions & Instruments On 14 May 2024, Georgia deposited its instrument of ratification of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol.

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Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2024

A Georgia federal judge on Friday denied a motion from Ford Motor Co.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 1, 2021

On 31 May 2021, Georgia deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH 1965 Service Convention and the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention. With the accession of Georgia, the Service Convention now has 79 Contracting Parties. It will enter into force for Georgia on 1 January 2022, subject to the Article 28 procedure.

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LawSites

MARCH 11, 2024

Yet when Malamud and his organization Public.Resource.Org , sought to publish the official statutes of the state of Georgia, the state sued him , accusing him in its court filing of engaging in “terrorism.” holding that Georgia could not claim a copyright in the annotations contained in its official code. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

She started her legal career as a legal assistant and then worked for several years as a paralegal at Georgia Pacific. While working there, she chose to take the path from paralegal to lawyer and attended the part-time law school program at Georgia State University. Be the problem solver, not the problem reporter. That’s great.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 10, 2022

Several important developments relating to Membership and HCCH Conventions occurred during the meeting: El Salvador deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 91 st Member of the HCCH. On 1 January 2022, the HCCH 1965 Service Convention entered into force for Georgia. It currently has 79 Contracting Parties.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 2, 2021

On 1 July 2021, Mongolia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 89th Member of the HCCH. On 30 July 2021, the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention entered into force for Georgia. Membership. More information is available here. Conventions & Instruments . It currently has 120 Contracting Parties.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

see “classic retainer” vs. “advance payment retainer” vs. “security retainer” in Illinois ), but in general, a lawyer is required to deposit flat fees and expenses paid into a client trust account in advance for representation. Some states allow a retainer that is earned upon payment (e.g., See Model Rule 1.15.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Rick DeMedeiros , the Founder of DeMedeiros Injury Law , is a workers’ compensation lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, a certified mediator, and a YouTuber who recently started his own channel called, The Work Comp Guy. However, I do believe going to Georgia State University College of Law did have a bearing on my success. Absolutely not.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

My siblings and I were born and raised in rural Georgia in a small town named Manchester. I dreamed big in a small place and challenged myself to set my mind to become a lawyer, even though there were no other lawyers in my family and no African American lawyers in the small town of Manchester, Georgia.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. New York Trial Court Set Parameters for Exxon’s Compliance with Attorney General’s Climate Change Investigation. The court indicated that the attorney general had broad power to propound the interrogatories.

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ALPS

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, California, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and Wyoming have enforced arbitration provisions for lawyers. For example, it is not uncommon for each side to be limited to three depositions and expert reports only. States Enforcing Arbitration Provisions. 5) The arbitrator’s manifest disregard of the law.

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ALPS

APRIL 10, 2021

Last year, the Georgia Supreme Court made clear that lawyers are permitted to include arbitration provisions in their engagement agreements with potential clients. For example, it is not uncommon for each side to be limited to three depositions and expert reports only. Innovative Images, LLC v. Summerville , 309 Ga. 675, 848 S.E.2d

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Patently O

MARCH 19, 2021

In its direct testimony on damages, VLSI addressed several additional critiques that had been raised by Intel in pretrial filings, reports or deposition testimony. As a basis for this point, he cited the Georgia-Pacific factors that call for consideration of the extent to which the infringer has made profitable use of the invention.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2022

Trump was scheduled for a deposition on August 10 in the civil case People of the State of New York v. Former President Donald Trump pleaded the Fifth Amendment in a New York State civil investigation into his business and real estate dealings, choosing not to testify in an unusual move for the vocal politician.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 13, 2023

Despite Trump’s bravado as the pressure from his depositions, indictments and trials continue to build over the next 24 months, it would not surprise me to see the former president have a complete “meltdown.” Meanwhile, Trump’s indefatigable ego and his inflated id are still very much in play.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

to sit for depositions. Should either the Department of Justice or the State of Georgia (or both) criminally indict Donald Trump for a variety of crimes by the 2022 midterms or before the 2024 Republican primary election, then you can “bet the farm” that Trump will be running once again for the presidency.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 5, 2021

From the prosecution of Bill Cosby to a federal lawsuit against Georgia, courts are dealing with cases where government lawyers repeat the same implausible claims with the same unconvincing results. The Georgia lawsuit. Likewise, Biden falsely claimed Georgia’s law prevents voters in line at polling places from getting water.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

In Georgia, a slew of former lawyers are taking pleas with promises to testify if called. Some of their depositions have been leaked, much to the dismay of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The Georgia case has strong individual claims for crimes like unauthorized access to voting machines or areas.

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