Law 360

JULY 17, 2023

Georgia's lawmakers have created a state watchdog for elected prosecutors, provided guidance to courts and litigants over the deposition of high-ranking officials, and increased workers' compensation and voting opportunities.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania are named as top "judicial hellholes" for their friendliness to tort plaintiffs in a report by the American Tort Reform…

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 29, 2021

The ERC Building EU Civil Justice team in Rotterdam is running a series of seminars , covering a variety of topics in the field of European civil justice and international litigation. On Thursday 1 July, 16-18 hrs CET , the webinar is dedicated to the topic R epresenting Future Generations: Private Law aspects of Climate Change Litigation.

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Law 360

JANUARY 27, 2023

Delta Air Lines urged a Georgia federal judge to find a former employee in contempt for "fraudulently litigating" a separate plaintiff's discrimination case against the airline, after discovering that portions of their motions are "word-for-word identical" despite claims they don't know each other.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Even as Election Day got underway, additional cases extending polling hours were filed and decided in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Subjects of litigation include election administration, in-person voting, redistricting, voter registration and vote by mail. Democracy Docket does not expect the pace of litigation to slow after Election Day.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 20, 2022

A state court judge in Georgia has refused to toss a $13 billion lawsuit alleging that Baker Donelsen and American Family Insurance conspired to spy…

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Day on Torts

JUNE 6, 2022

Georgia’s Supreme Court has weighed in the so-called “apex doctrine,” which provides courts with a framework for determining whether good cause exists to forbid or limit the. The court’s 39-page opinion discusses the factors Georgia courts should consider in such cases. General Motors, LLC v.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Following almost nine years of litigation, Georgia manufacturer Universal Alloy Corp. defeated at trial allegations it stole Alcoa's trade secrets and a $200 million contract with Boeing for aircraft wing parts. Here, UAC's lead trial attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP reveal to Law360 how they did it.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This is not the only recent litigation involving electoral maps in the lead-up to the 2024 elections. While Karofsky ordered new remedial legislative maps to be drawn for the 2024 elections, these remedial maps will only be adopted if the state legislature does not pass legislation that creates a new map before the elections.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 21, 2023

The wife, domiciled in Georgia, USA, argued for the application of the matrimonial property regime of South Africa – their only (though temporary) common matrimonial domicile. For example, the Court in Georgia may apply the laws of a foreign jurisdiction to partition the foreign matrimonial property.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Carroll argued that because a previous trial had already determined that Trump sexually abused her and that his 2022 comments were defamation and this trial should not re-litigate those issues under a doctrine known as “ collateral estoppel.” The post US federal judge rules Trump sexually abused and defamed writer E.

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LegalReader

JUNE 18, 2022

The unusual racketeering lawsuit alleges that Fox News gave preferential treatment to a Black contender in the Georgia Republican primary, allowing him extended air time and permitting him to fundraise for his campaign.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2022

wants a Georgia federal court to hand down harsh sanctions including a contempt order and referral for criminal charges, claiming a former employee "infamous" for filing frivolous lawsuits is the "puppeteer" behind separate plaintiff's discrimination cases against the air carrier. Delta Air Lines Inc.

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Law 360

MARCH 13, 2024

A Georgia Court of Appeals panel has rejected Walmart's attempt to cut three-quarters of a $300,000 award to a customer who was seriously injured after slipping in one of its stores, ruling new information that surfaced during litigation overrode a federal order limiting damage recovery in the case.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 12, 2022

Knowing the requirements and limitations of Georgia magistrate courts is important to understanding when litigating in multiple courts.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2024

In late 2023, t he Georgia Republican Legislature Leadership released its controversial new redistricting maps in the midst of ongoing section two litigation. The ruling comes as racial gerrymandering rulings and controversies have proliferated ahead of the upcoming presidential primaries and the 2024 general election in November.

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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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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2022

Following the 2020 general election, Powell brought election challenges in Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, and Wisconsin. The challenges brought in Georgia and Michigan were blocked. These sections deal with meritorious claims, minimizing litigation burdens, candor towards the court, and misconduct. a)(1) , 3.03(a)(5)

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2024

The timing of the case has come under close watch as the November 5 presidential election nears and the other three pending cases against Trump continue through litigation. Trump is also being charged with election interference in Georgia, though that court has not set a trial date yet.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 23, 2022

As a young personal injury litigator in Georgia, Gino Brogdon Jr. says he was accustomed to using different technology tools to manage his practice. But…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This is not the only litigation involving the VRA. Last month, a judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ordere d Georgia’s General Assembly to redraw the state’s enacted Congressional Districts after finding the districts violated the VRA.

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LegalReader

JUNE 25, 2021

In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland suggested that Georgia's new Election Integrity Act specifically and intentionally targets Black voters.

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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. This is what you’ve been looking for! LEARN MORE Q.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

Preczewski in favor of a former Georgia college student in a campus free speech case. In 2016, Chike Uzuegbunam, an Evangelical Christian, attempted to express and share his faith on the Georgia Gwinnett College Campus by standing near the campus library and passing out literature. The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The prospective class action alleges that Georgia leaves inmates in dilapidated solitary confinement cells for months at a time.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

It particularly disfavors Eighth Amendment litigation attacking familiar lethal injection protocols as “cruel and unusual” punishment. His lengthy post-conviction litigation included a new sentencing proceeding in 2002 and, crucially, an earlier round of federal habeas corpus litigation.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

538 was introduced by Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to expunge Trump’s 2019 impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of justice. including in Georgia where litigation over the election is ongoing. Republican Representative Elise Stefanik of New York introduced H.Res.547

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 27, 2023

Below is an expanded version of my Hill column on the Georgia call at the center of the recent indictment and the attack in the Washington Post by columnist Philip Bump, someone I have repeatedly criticized in the past for false and misleading stories. But that is not the case in Georgia. The Trump team wanted a new statewide recount.

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LegalReader

JULY 1, 2022

appeals court recently ruled that a discrimination lawsuit against Georgia Pacific LLC. can proceed.

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Law 360

MARCH 7, 2023

has asked the Georgia federal judge who oversaw the multidistrict litigation to allow its challenge of co-lead counsel's $77.5 A law firm that helped class representatives win a landmark $425 million data breach deal from Equifax Inc. million fee allocation to proceed in a Tennessee court.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has added 46 associates to its ranks — including to its offices in Georgia, Florida and Washington, D.C. strengthening multiple groups such as its business litigation and corporate practices.

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LegalReader

APRIL 3, 2021

The Supreme Court recently sided with the state of Georgia over a 2013 lawsuit filed by Florida.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2022

1983 ; they are not forced into federal habeas litigation that is procedurally doomed. The Heck bar is a big deal to death-sentenced prisoners who challenge execution methods, because those challenges almost always ripen after the first round of federal habeas litigation finishes.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

The former nurse who alleged serious medical abuse at the now-closed LaSalle Corrections immigration jail facility in Ocilla, Georgia has filed suit against her former employer for retaliating against her for blowing the whistle on the private prison company, Lautaro Grinspan reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Law 360

AUGUST 31, 2023

As it seeks a new trial for a $200 million trade secret theft suit, Alcoa is also asking a Georgia federal judge to rule in its favor on counterclaims of sham litigation that rival Universal Alloy Corp. filed against it, saying the counterclaims are themselves frivolous.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 16, 2023

in litigation over a fatal rollover are appealing a Georgia state judge's sanctions that preceded a second trial and record-setting $1.7 Attorneys from firms including Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP who defended Ford Motor Co.

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LegalReader

JUNE 7, 2022

If your Georgia car accident lawsuit takes longer than you anticipated, don’t give in.

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