JURIST

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

A grand jury on Thursday indicted former Georgia prosecutor Jackie Johnson on two charges related to her alleged mishandling of the fatal shooting of 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was fatally shot in February 2020 while jogging through the Satilla Shores neighborhood in coastal Georgia, about 80 miles south of Savannah.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2020

A US federal judge in Georgia Monday granted an emergency motion to block Georgia from excluding 4,185 voters from voting in the Georgia Senate runoff election. The voters were excluded based on findings that they were no longer living in Georgia. a military contractor from Georgia who temporarily relocated to Georgia.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) Wednesday filed suit against Georgia for the state’s denial of gender-affirming care in the state’s health benefit plan. The state health benefit plan is the healthcare insurance offered by Georgia to its state and public employees.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 27, 2022

“Georgia Abortion Restrictions Spark New Debate Over Claims to Fetal Personhood; Recently implemented state measure presents practical, political and legal tests”: Laura Kusisto and Cameron McWhirter of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 23, 2022

Georgia capped a yearslong legal fight over whether interpretations of its official state code are copyrightable, announcing Monday that the annotated legal code is now…

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2024

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether a Black man sentenced to death in Georgia after the state sought to strike all but one eligible Black juror can satisfy the heightened standard to challenge his conviction. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld that decision.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

“Georgia Judge Suspends State’s Abortion Ban; A county judge blocked Georgia’s ban on abortion early in pregnancy, meaning that abortions after six weeks are once again legal in the state”: Ava Sasani of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday held against Georgia in a case concerning an attack on LGBT protestors in the capital city Tbilisi. The Court under Article 41 (just satisfaction) of the Convention found Georgia liable to pay the applicants a total of 193,500 euros in damages.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2022

Maka Botchorishvili, Member of Georgian Parliament and EU Integration Committee Chair had said earlier, during the first reading of the bill that: The Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union stipulates commitments, which include the regulation of consumer policy at the legislative level.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Two elections workers from Fulton County, Georgia filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday against The Gateway Pundit, a popular far-right website that allegedly spread false accusations that the workers committed mass voter fraud.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed controverial voting restrictions into law Thursday following passage in the senate by a vote of 34-19. The bill also subjects county election management to the State Election Board whose chair will be selected by the Georgia General Assembly. It also cuts down early voting from three weeks to one.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2024

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The report, entitled Democracy Defended , specifically focused on voter experiences in seven of the nation’s southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. The report highlights four top issues.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2021

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Monday signed a bill that repeals an 1863 civil war-era statute , one year after Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot. He was shot while running through his neighborhood on the Georgia coast in February 2020 after the men claimed they thought he was a burglar.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 21, 2022

“Appeals court temporarily blocks subpoena to Graham in Georgia election-fraud probe; At issue is whether the subpoena infringes on his legal protections as a member of the U.S. Senate”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report on an order that the U.S. Senate” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

Supreme Court had as much guts as Georgia's. The post A Georgia Judge Was Removed For Exploiting Clients And Vacationing On The Public’s Dime appeared first on Above the Law. If only the U.S.

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Above The Law

JULY 20, 2022

The post Georgia Fake Electors Say Plot To Overturn Vote Was Legal. Sucks to have to plead the Fifth, right? Or Rudy Giuliani’s Fault. Or The Prosecutor Is Mean. Or … SQUIRREL! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

MAY 31, 2022

South Ossetia borders Russia in the northern portion of Georgia. While Gagloev intends to continue to preserve ties with Russia, the Monday decree said the referendum raised uncertain legal consequences. The post Breakaway Georgia region South Ossetia suspends referendum to join Russia appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Georgia , a case about water rights between the two neighboring states. After hearing Monday’s argument, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether Georgia will be required to curb its own water use to allow more water to flow into Florida. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for the second time in Florida v.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

Civil rights groups in Georgia filed another lawsuit against state officials on Monday over SB 202 , a voting rights bill that imposes several barriers to accessing the polls. The post Georgia officials facing another over restrictive voting law appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A court in Cobb County, Georgia, issued an order Monday to accommodate voters who requested absentee ballots that were never sent. The Georgia ACLU represented voters who had not yet received their absentee ballots in this matter.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fetal personhood, which confers legal rights from conception, is an effort to push beyond abortion bans and classify the procedure as murder. In Georgia, it also means a $3,000 tax credit.” Fetal personhood, which confers legal rights from conception, is an effort to push beyond abortion bans and classify the procedure as murder.

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The Relativity Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

A recent case out of the state of Georgia illustrates the very serious consequences of serious discovery abuse. Disbarred over e-discovery violations?

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Georgia Innocence Project among many using RelativityOne to advance justice. The post Relativity Brings Legal Technology To The Struggle For Justice appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

JUNE 12, 2023

A Georgia legal marketing company has accused an Arkansas law firm and its marketing wing of stealing and profiting off its trade secrets, including a valuable database of client leads for mass torts over talcum powder and heartburn medication.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 16, 2022

Tax administration procedures are conducted by Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) within the Ministry of Finance of Georgia – the Revenue Service.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Georgia deputy attorney general John Fowler alleges that the diary of an environmental activist police shot and killed earlier this year is needed to prove that 61 defendants tied to opposition against a training center near Atlanta, known as “Cop City”, were involved in a criminal conspiracy, Timothy Pratt reports for The Guardian.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A federal judge has ruled that Rudy Giuliani must immediately pay the $148 million in damages he owes for defaming two Georgia election workers, writing that Giuliani was unlikely to have his jury verdict overturned or reduced in an appeal, Sareen Habeshian reports for Axios.

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JURIST

MAY 12, 2024

Salvatore Mancuso , known as an ex-paramilitary chief, former drug trafficker, and former commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), experienced a complex legal journey. He was extradited to the United States in 2008 and spent years incarcerated until 2020.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Car accident claims are often fraught with legal complexities, and plaintiffs might have a hard time coping as they might still be recovering from their injuries.

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JURIST

AUGUST 30, 2021

In April 2020 the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit claiming that Georgia’s postage payment requirement essentially functioned as a poll tax, and in turn, was unconstitutional.

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Law 360

JULY 8, 2021

Georgia businesses will have another year of legal protection from COVID-19 liability lawsuits, new opportunities to reach endorsement deals with college athletes and shored-up infrastructure under bills passed by the state General Assembly in its spring session.

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Trademark & Copyright Law

MAY 8, 2020

On April 27, the Supreme Court took us on a stroll down memory lane in its decision in Georgia v. Accordingly, copyright protection does not extend to annotations in the State of Georgia’s official code because of its “authors.”. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., The Court, applying logic from Wheaton v. Peters , along with Banks v.

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Mondaq

JUNE 23, 2022

June 22, 2022) - Respondeat superior claims in Georgia continue to be a hot button topic. Several key legal updates occurred, which swung the needle in both directions. Atlanta, Ga.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

When you work as a Virtual Legal Assistant, you can choose to work as an employee or you can set up your own business. Over in Decatur, Georgia, Katrina Johnson sits back in her chair and smiles broadly. There are pros and cons to each arrangement. When you work as an entrepreneur, you face other challenges.

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Chugh LLP

AUGUST 19, 2021

. During this informative video, Chugh, LLP legal professionals provide an overview of legal considerations you should consider before filing for divorce, including: Prenuptial agreements. Legal separation. This legal binding contract lays out the ownership of their assets in case the marriage fails or otherwise ends.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 15, 2023

* After being ordered to write an apology to Georgia voters, Sidney Powell and Ken Chesebro wrote perfunctory one-sentence letters. Reuters ] * Stephen Miller's America First Legal spends almost all of its money on publicity? Reuters ] * Stephen Miller's America First Legal spends almost all of its money on publicity?

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Law 360

MAY 6, 2021

The legal and corporate affairs manager for the parent company of Carter's and OshKosh B'Gosh children's clothing waited too long to claim she was not promoted because of her age and gender, the retailer has told a Georgia federal court.

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