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June 02, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that hip hop group 2 Live Crew could not reclaim copyrights to five albums despite most of them agreeing to terminate copyright grants to third parties, saying in a published opinion that one member's termination interests were "swept" in, and remained in, his bankruptcy estate.
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June 02, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a manager's conviction for conspiring to rig bids and fix prices for tens of millions of dollars in ready-mix concrete contracts in Georgia, after finding enough evidence of his participation in the scheme.
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June 02, 2026
The full Eleventh Circuit grappled Tuesday with how a Florida law that criminalizes admitting minors to "adult live performances" like drag shows would square with the free speech rights, pressing the state on how to discern what's appropriate for patrons of different ages.
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June 02, 2026
A Georgia federal judge rejected a worker's attorney's push to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending a security company in a pregnancy bias suit, saying Tuesday that the request lacks merit and "borders on frivolous."
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June 02, 2026
A Georgia-based personal injury law firm said it was defrauded into wiring more than $1.3 million to a Wells Fargo Bank NA account and has asked a Texas state court to require the bank to divulge details about the transfer as the firm investigates possible civil claims.
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June 02, 2026
Several Eleventh Circuit judges voiced support during en banc arguments Tuesday for overturning precedent backing the appellate court's exhaustion requirement for federal benefits claims, signaling the potential reinstatement of a proposed class action alleging mismanagement of a seafood company's employee stock ownership plan.
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June 01, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit revived a Florida railroad company's insurance dispute over coverage for $5.6 million in costs to avoid Hurricane Irma damage, ruling claimed expenses for preventative maintenance exceeded the $750,000 policy deductible even though it incurred no physical loss as a result of the storm.
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June 01, 2026
A Georgia appellate panel on Monday affirmed a trial judge's decision to grant a new trial in a suit alleging Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder caused a woman's fatal cancer, saying the defense verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence.
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June 01, 2026
Emory University said its insurer must cover $1.2 million in defense costs and costs incurred to settle a proposed class action over the school's switch to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, telling a Georgia state court the insurer improperly denied coverage based on a False Claims Act exclusion.
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June 01, 2026
A Georgia federal court on Monday awarded $3.45 million in attorney fees and costs to lawyers for workers who reached an $11.5 million settlement over claims that a Hyundai supplier, a Kia plant and staffing agencies recruited skilled Mexican engineers for production work and underpaid them.
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June 01, 2026
A Georgia appeals court axed an order permanently barring a family from disposing of septic tank waste on their land without a permit in a case brought by the state's Environmental Protection Division, saying Monday the lower court needed to take a more thorough look at the regulations in play.
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June 01, 2026
The NFL's disability and retirement plans have agreed to reassess former players' cognitive health to settle a sweeping class action accusing the plans of muting the results based on race.
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June 01, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has called for a Georgia federal judge to recuse herself from its suit against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over not providing election records, arguing that the judge has been identified in the news as being privately reprimanded for misconduct, including attending a Democratic district attorney's election victory event.
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June 01, 2026
A warehouse and freight unloading company was hit with a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court by two former forklift operators who alleged they worked as many as 80 hours per week without proper overtime pay and were retaliated against for complaining.
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June 01, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit refused Monday to reopen a former Miami Beach police officer's lawsuit claiming she was forced out for complaining about colleagues' sexually explicit comments and behavior, finding she couldn't overcome the city's explanation that she repeatedly neglected her duties.
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June 01, 2026
Holland & Knight LLP has named a financial services attorney to lead its Atlanta office, the firm announced on Monday.
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June 01, 2026
Several states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling finding the U.S. Air Force had to conduct environmental review over its application to renew a munitions disposal permit, arguing it imposed needless procedural hurdles.
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June 01, 2026
A group of golf equipment companies are urging the Eleventh Circuit to leave dismissed a suit by a college baseball player alleging that a defective golf club shattered while he was using it and injured his hand, saying the trial court rightly found that his expert failed to establish any defect.
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June 01, 2026
Delta has struck a deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the airline illegally yanked a job offer from a pregnant worker who wasn't allowed to complete a physical screening because she was pregnant, the parties told a New York federal judge.
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June 01, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down Black Georgia voters' invitation to review the dismissal of their suit claiming that elections for the state's public utilities board are racially gerrymandered, declining Monday to consider their argument that the Eleventh Circuit misapplied high court precedent.
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May 29, 2026
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the tireless lives of data center attorneys, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to ease capital formation in public markets, and the two-year low in U.S. law firm leasing.
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May 29, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit said Friday it would not grant Citadel Securities' request to block a new options exchange from going live, ruling the IEX exchange does not unfairly discriminate against high-frequency traders that profit off lags in the marketplace.
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May 29, 2026
A trial court rightly awarded $1.9 million in liquidated damages to the Atlanta-based company used by IHG Hotels & Resorts to franchise its Holiday Inn Express brand, the Georgia Court of Appeals said Friday, affirming the lower court's ruling in a licensing dispute over a would-be franchise location.
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May 29, 2026
Federal lawsuits that target dozens or even hundreds of online sellers at once kept climbing in 2025 and spread beyond their Chicago stronghold, even as new data shows more friction for brand owners' mass anti-counterfeiting strategy.
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May 29, 2026
A Georgia attorney has launched at least the second attempt to disqualify a federal judge from presiding over a case he is handling because the judge previously referred him to the state bar, alleging ethics violations.