June 05, 2026
Ventilation company Nortek has hit a rival with allegations that, in response to the rising demand for cooling technology in data centers as a result of the artificial intelligence boom, it "raided" Nortek's employees and misappropriated trade secrets related to such technology.
June 04, 2026
Paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific shorted hourly workers on overtime by failing to include performance pay and other nondiscretionary compensation in their regular rate of pay, a forklift operator alleged in a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court.
May 20, 2026
Walmart, Gerber Products Co. and several other companies were hit with a suit in federal court claiming that they knowingly manufacture and sell baby foods containing dangerous levels of toxic metals.
May 15, 2026
A Georgia-based steel and metal distributor was hit with a proposed class action in federal court alleging it failed to safeguard the personal data of more than 5.5 million account holders during a February data breach.
May 15, 2026
A former court clerk sued the city of Atlanta and several officials in Georgia federal court, alleging she was fired less than a month after returning from maternity leave in retaliation for whistleblowing, taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act and complaining about workplace misconduct.
May 14, 2026
Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation told a Georgia federal court in a lawsuit against the state Department of Revenue and its commissioner that the state's suspension of an excise tax on highway diesel fuel without extending the suspension to locomotive diesel fuel is "discriminatory taxation" that must be enjoined.
May 13, 2026
A Georgia construction contractor specializing in EV charging stations used a misleading per diem system to avoid paying its laborers overtime, a former employee alleged in a proposed collective action.
May 11, 2026
The founder of a Florida-based charitable initiative focused on supporting nonspeaking autistic individuals and their families told a Georgia federal court a financial donor sexually assaulted her at a work gathering and carried out a retaliatory defamation campaign against her after she told others what she said happened.
May 11, 2026
T-Mobile has a gap in its coverage southeast of Atlanta, but the Georgia county where it needs to build a tower to cover that gap has refused to grant the company that intends to build it a conditional use permit, according to a federal lawsuit.
May 08, 2026
Systems implementation and integration firm Palladin Technologies sued three former employees in Georgia federal court Thursday, alleging they caused the failure of a pending acquisition by deliberately sabotaging the firm's performance and stealing trade secrets before jumping ship to work for competitors.