Georgia

Expert Analysis

• Financial Planning Tips For Retiring Law Firm Partners

  

  As the pandemic accelerates retirement plans for many, Michael Delgass at Wealthspire Advisors outlines some financial considerations unique to law firm partners, including the need for adequate liquidity whether they have capital accounts or pension plans.

• Preparing Remote Deposition Defenses For Corporate Entities

  

  As remote depositions will remain common for the foreseeable future, attorneys defending a deposition notice or subpoena to a corporation should implement certain strategies to mitigate unique challenges, such as less planning time and increased difficulty of establishing rapport with witnesses, say attorneys at Sidley.

• 4 Antitrust Risk Areas To Watch For Government Contractors

  

  To plan for the increased likelihood of detection and stiff penalties for antitrust violations following the anticipated passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, compliance efforts should focus on joint bidding, dual distribution, legal certifications, and hiring and compensation, say Andre Geverola and Lori Taubman at Arnold & Porter.

• Girardi Scandal Provides Important Ethics Lessons

  

  The litigation and media maelstrom following allegations that famed plaintiffs attorney Thomas Girardi and his law firm misappropriated clients' funds provides myriad ethics and professional responsibility lessons for practitioners, especially with regard to misconduct reporting and liability insurance, says Elizabeth Tuttle Newman at Frankfurt Kurnit.

• Opinion

  No Signs Of Turning, Tide Of Insurer COVID Wins Persists

  

  The trend of COVID-19 business interruption decisions favoring insurers continues to hold strong — any commentary to the contrary is striking a narrative that is not borne out by reality, say attorneys at Dentons.

• Series

  Embracing ESG: Jabil GC Talks Compliance Preparation

  

  Tried-and-true compliance lessons from recent decades can be applied to companies’ environmental, social and governance efforts, especially with regard to employee training and consistent application of policies — two factors that can create a foundation for ESG criteria to flourish, says Robert Katz at Jabil.

• Tips For Cos. On Ga. College Athlete Endorsement Law

  

  Georgia recently joined many other U.S. states in adopting a statute enabling collegiate athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses, but some of the law's restrictions diverge from typical expectations of celebrity endorsements and similar arrangements, so potential sponsors must proceed with caution, say attorneys at BCLP.

• 3 Ways CLOs Can Drive ESG Efforts

  

  Chief legal officers are specially trained to see the legal industry's flaws, and they can leverage that perspective to push their companies toward effective environmental, social and governance engagement, says Mark Chandler at Stanford Law School.

• How Law Firms Can Rethink Offices In A Post-Pandemic World

  

  Based on their own firm's experiences, Kami Quinn and Adam Farra at Gilbert discuss strategies and unique legal industry considerations for law firms planning hybrid models of remote and in-office work in a post-COVID marketplace.

• How Ga. High Court Ruling May Shape Damage Liability

  

  The Georgia Supreme Court’s recent holding in Alston & Bird v. Hatcher Management that damages cannot be apportioned to nonparties in single-defendant cases means parties facing tort claims will need to explore various avenues to counter this precarious result, say Christian Bromley and Kevin Arocha at BCLP.

• Perspectives

  One-Subject Rule Strategy Can Defeat Dangerous State Laws

  

  Attorneys at Ulmer & Berne explain how single-subject rule violation claims can thwart certain unconstitutional or controversial state statutes and protect civil rights in the face of state governments under one-party rule.

• Series

  Insurance Commissioner's Agenda: Wis. Tackles Climate Risk

  

  Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable talks about educating consumers on potential climate-risk coverage gaps and mitigation efforts, and encouraging insurers to recognize the latter in underwriting, in the face of increasingly frequent and severe weather disasters.

• How 6th Circ. May Resolve District Court TCPA Exception Split

  

  Depending on how the Sixth Circuit, in Lindenbaum v. Realgy, resolves a district court split over whether severance of the government debt exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act excuses otherwise unlawful robocalls, defense counsel may have to seek alternative arguments if they want their cases dismissed, says Arielle Katz at Gibbons.

• Rebuttal

  FCA Relator Pursuit Of DOJ's Declined Cases Is Vital

  

  While a recent Law360 guest article suggests that the U.S. Department of Justice consider dismissing all False Claims Act cases it declines, that policy would undermine the FCA's broad remedial purpose of empowering private citizens to combat fraud against the government, say Jacklyn DeMar at Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund and Renée Brooker at Tycko & Zavareei.

• Texas Ruling Shows Weight Of State Immunity In IP Claims

  

  Unusual circumstances led to the Texas Supreme Court’s recent copyright decision in Jim Olive v. University of Houston — a case that likely should have been subject to federal preemption — and the court’s conclusions reveal that copyright owners may have little redress when a state government infringes their intellectual property rights, say attorneys at Haynes and Boone.