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May 28, 2025
Ga. Bank Wins Appellate Review Of Claim Against Law Firm
The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to review a dismissed portion of a bank's suit against law firm Stanley Esrey & Buckley LLP, after the bank argued it had sufficiently explained that it loaned millions of dollars to a woman who was later convicted of fraud based on the firm's "false assurances."
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May 28, 2025
Emory Taps Former Georgia Chief Justice As Interim President
Emory University has selected former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears to be its interim president later this year, turning to a legal trailblazer and Emory law alum who has been on the university's board of trustees for 15 years.
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May 28, 2025
Morris Manning Healthcare Duo Joins Bradley Arant In Atlanta
A little more than a month after hiring a 12-attorney intellectual property team from Morris Manning & Martin LLP in Atlanta, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on Wednesday announced the hires of an experienced healthcare partner duo from the same firm.
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May 28, 2025
Ga. Lawyer Disbarred After Contract Forgery Probe
A Georgia attorney was disbarred Wednesday for altering a contract at the heart of a commercial dispute in a failed attempt to deceive a trial court, as the state supreme court rejected his defenses for his "dishonesty, fraud, and deceit."
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May 28, 2025
Insurance Atty Talks FEMA Cuts As Storm, Fire Seasons Near
As hurricane and wildfire seasons approach, Anthony Lopez, founder of the law firm Your Insurance Attorney, told Law360 Real Estate Authority that with natural disasters intensifying, the Trump administration's cuts to FEMA are likely to put more pressure on states and property owners in an already challenging insurance environment.
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May 27, 2025
11th Circ. Says Producer's Defamation Claims Came Too Late
The Eleventh Circuit refused Friday to revive a movie producer's defamation suit against The Hollywood Reporter over its article on his feud with a former business partner, ruling that a district court correctly applied California's statute of limitations, rather than Florida's, to dismiss the suit.
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May 27, 2025
11th Circ. Won't Revisit FCC Ownership Ruling
The Eleventh Circuit won't take a second whack at its order upholding a Federal Communications Commission finding that Gray Television had broken agency ownership consolidation rules by owning one too many stations in Anchorage, Alaska.
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May 27, 2025
Feds Tell 11th Circ. 'No Error' In Ga. Bid-Rigging Conviction
Federal prosecutors urged the Eleventh Circuit Friday to uphold the bid-rigging and price-fixing convictions of one of two brothers accused of manipulating the coastal Georgia concrete market, arguing his push for a new trial is a "virtual carbon copy" of one a district court already rejected.
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May 27, 2025
Trump To Pardon 'Chrisley' Stars Convicted Of Tax Evasion
President Donald Trump is planning to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, the Georgia duo sentenced to prison after being convicted of running a yearslong bank fraud scheme and dodging federal taxes, according to a post Tuesday on X by Trump's communications adviser.
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May 27, 2025
Ga. Firms Accused Of Misleading Client After Crash Suit Error
A Georgia couple said two personal injury law firms wrongly left out the accused driver's employer — which had $2.5 million in insurance coverage — as a defendant and fraudulently convinced them to delay a legal malpractice claim.
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May 27, 2025
Fla. Biz Owner Missed Tax Appeal Deadline, 11th Circ. Told
The owner of a Florida marketing business who failed to report millions of dollars in income to the Internal Revenue Service missed the deadline to appeal U.S. Tax Court rulings sustaining the related taxes, the U.S. government told the Eleventh Circuit.
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May 23, 2025
Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.
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May 23, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Opp Zones, SFR Sector, NYC Casinos
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how the "Big, Beautiful Bill" would tweak rules for opportunity zones, the prognosis for the single-family rental sector, and a look at the seven remaining bids for casino licenses in New York City.
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May 23, 2025
Ga. Judge Acted As 'Jury And Executioner,' Ethics Panel Told
A Georgia woman told a state judicial ethics tribunal Friday that she was "humiliated" by a Fulton County judge's decision to lock her in a cell during her parents' divorce hearing, recalling that she felt the judge had claimed for herself the additional titles of "jury and executioner," while the woman's father came to the judge's defense.
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May 23, 2025
Ga. Bar OKs Real Estate Deals Via Video
The State Bar of Georgia has adopted a formal ethics opinion allowing attorneys to close real estate deals via video conference, finding that the remote appearances satisfy lawyers' duty to be "present" at closings.
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May 23, 2025
Atlanta Bar Elects Hawkins Parnell Atty As President
The Atlanta Bar Association installed its new president at the more than 4,000-member voluntary group's annual meeting, selecting a Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP partner who helped launch the organization's first leadership academy that begins in the fall.
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May 23, 2025
DOL Picks New Acting Leaders For Wage Compliance Unit
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday a new acting administrator as well as four policy advisers to serve in the agency's division tasked with ensuring employers pay their employees in line with federal minimum wage and overtime laws.
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May 23, 2025
Wrigley Scion Can't Avoid Fraud Claims, Pot Co. Ex-Execs Say
Former executives of troubled medical marijuana company Parallel said its former CEO, scion to the Wrigley gum fortune, shouldn't be allowed to escape a lawsuit accusing him of lying about share prices to lure executive talent, slamming his motion to dismiss.
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May 22, 2025
Ga. Judge Threated Atty Over Custody Case, Ethics Panel Told
A Georgia attorney told the state's judicial watchdog Thursday that a trial judge improperly called her to discuss her child custody case, gave her preferential scheduling due to their membership in the same sorority and then threatened to take her child from her after she filed a recusal motion.
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May 22, 2025
Microsoft Says It Helped Disrupt Popular Malware Lumma
Microsoft said Wednesday that it recently filed suit against Lumma Stealer as part of its work with Europol's European Cybercrime Centre to disrupt the popular and pervasive info-stealing malware that steals passwords, credit card and bank account information and cryptocurrency wallets.
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May 22, 2025
Rolex Accuses ATL Jewelers Of Knockoff Watch Sales
Luxury watchmaker Rolex filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two Atlanta jewelry stores, alleging the stores have violated Rolex's trademarks by restoring old second-hand watches with new bling and passing them off as genuine.
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May 22, 2025
Isaac Hayes Estate Seeks Clarification In Trump Copyright Suit
The estate of deceased soul singer and songwriter Isaac Hayes and its related company asked a Georgia federal court on Thursday to clarify or reconsider its order dismissing several claims from their copyright infringement suit against President Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign.
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May 22, 2025
Ga. Attys Win Fight Over Lien Fees In Personal Injury Suit
The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld a nearly $500,000 attorney's lien order requiring a man to pay his former legal team attorney fees, finding Thursday that the attorneys had reasonable cause to withdraw from guiding him in a personal injury suit against Whole Foods after he rejected a $2 million settlement offer and the attorney-client relationship "deteriorated."
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May 22, 2025
Fire Battalion Chief Says He Was Not An OT-Exempt Manager
A Georgia county should not be able to end a fire battalion chief's suit alleging unpaid overtime, the firefighter told a federal court, arguing that the work he performed was not managerial in nature.
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May 22, 2025
Atlanta Strip Clubs Push To DQ Attys For Dancer And Manager
Two Atlanta strip clubs facing allegations that they stiffed workers on their pay called for the employees' counsel to be disqualified on Wednesday, arguing that the attorneys can't simultaneously represent both a dancer and a supervisor who effectively operated as an employer and agent of the clubs.
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Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP
Though lawyers don't have a neat metric like baseball players for measuring the value they contribute to their organizations, the sooner new attorneys learn skills frequently skipped in law school — like networking, marketing, client development and case evaluation — the more valuable, and less replaceable, they will be, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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Ruling On Pollutants And Indemnity Offers Insurers Mixed Bag
Both insurers and policyholders can reap benefits from a Georgia federal court's recent declaratory judgment decision, which broadly defined pollutants, but also deemed the duty to indemnify not yet ripe for adjudication, says Jena Emory at Morris Manning.
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$38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils
A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.
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Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.
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Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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4th Circ. 'Actionable Inaccuracy' Finding Deepens FCRA Split
The Fourth Circuit's March finding in Roberts v. Carter-Young Inc. that an actionable inaccuracy under the Fair Credit Reporting Act can be both legal and factual widens an existing circuit split and should prompt furnishers to review their processes for investigating readily verifiable information, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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5th Circ. Ruling Is Latest Signal Of Shaky Qui Tam Landscape
In his recent concurring opinion in U.S. v. Peripheral Vascular Associates, a Fifth Circuit judge joined a growing list of jurists suggesting that the False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, underscoring that acceptance of qui tam relators can no longer be taken for granted, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.