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April 13, 2026
Honey Baked Ham fraudulently assures website visitors they have control over whether their data is tracked or shared, but secretly records and discloses that information to third parties anyway without the visitors' consent, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in Georgia federal court.
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April 13, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday denied a bid from a former professor fired from Florida A&M University College of Law to be reinstated via a preliminary injunction, ruling the trial court correctly found that she will not suffer irreparable damage without the injunction.
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April 13, 2026
The administrator of several NCR Corp. retirement plans has agreed to settle a class action from former executives who said the technology company failed to make good on a promise to send them annuity payments for life, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.
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April 13, 2026
Former attorney L. Lin Wood cannot challenge a lower court ruling ordering him to post a supersedeas bond and pledge property to secure a judgment issued to his former partners, because he filed his notice of appeal a few days late, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
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April 13, 2026
The limits of presidential immunity are once again set to be tested after a D.C. federal judge ruled President Donald Trump must face civil claims over the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, clearing the way for trial and potentially another high-stakes appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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April 13, 2026
A Georgia state court judge has ordered a redo of a medical malpractice trial that landed an $18 million verdict for the family of a man who died weeks after surgery, ruling that her decision to not grant a mistrial over the family's opening statements "was unfair and led to a prejudicial error."
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April 13, 2026
A Georgia attorney said Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC should be disqualified from serving as defense counsel in a discrimination suit she's working on while simultaneously litigating against her on behalf of her ex-employer in a similar matter.
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April 10, 2026
A Georgia federal judge won't allow a conservation easement entity to litigate tort claims against its insurance broker while arbitrating a dispute with its insurer over coverage for an IRS settlement, ruling that those claims could only be sorted out after an initial coverage determination.
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April 10, 2026
A former firefighter and EMT has slapped a Georgia county with a federal lawsuit claiming he was ruthlessly bullied because he has Asperger's syndrome and ultimately had to leave his job to escape the abuse.
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April 10, 2026
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the law firms that led real estate and hospitality deals in the first quarter, and examples of how tariffs are showing up in real estate contracts one year on.
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April 10, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit threw out a $1.5 million verdict awarded to a financial advisory firm that alleged its former client backed out of an employee stock ownership plan contract, ruling Friday that the firm could not recover for the cost of the "illegal investment advice" it furnished.
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April 10, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit backed the dismissal of a bias suit by a Black legal assistant for Cole Scott & Kissane PA who claimed an attorney likened her to a slave, saying Friday that a single offensive statement isn't enough to claim the law firm subjected her to a hostile work environment.
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April 10, 2026
Philip Morris urged the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a decision that struck down a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule calling for graphic warnings on cigarette packaging, arguing a district court rightly found the FDA had not followed proper procedure when crafting the regulations.
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April 10, 2026
Georgia's Judicial Nominating Commission has recommended seven attorneys — including the general counsel for the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, a federal prosecutor, a district attorney and the executive director of the State Ethics Commission — for four state judicial vacancies.
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April 09, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit Thursday refused to disturb a $600,000 copyright win for Dish Network in long-running litigation over Arabic pay-TV programming distribution, ruling that the lower court was correct in finding that Dish's copyrights were infringed.
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April 09, 2026
An Irish entity of drugmaker Mallinckrodt waited too long to seek dismissal of a price-fixing lawsuit brought by states based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or proper service, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, finding that the company first raised that argument more than five years after the complaint was filed.
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April 09, 2026
A Georgia federal judge pored over a county jail's policy of only allowing in books sent from authorized retailers, as jail leadership argued its approach was narrowly tailored and a local bookstore claimed it was arbitrary and unconstitutional.
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April 09, 2026
A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."
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April 09, 2026
Former Miami officials urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to dismiss retaliation claims against them, arguing they're immune from a lawsuit brought by a police chief who alleged he was wrongfully terminated after informing the FBI and state law enforcement officials that corruption was occurring within the city.
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April 09, 2026
A Georgia jury has handed a $58 million verdict to a retired Stanford University medical school professor who accused a Peach State biotech firm of conspiring to have him criminally charged in a failed bid to avoid paying him millions in product design commissions.
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April 09, 2026
A Georgia federal judge signaled Thursday that supply chain software firm Manhattan Associates Inc. may have to face a shareholder class action from investors who say they were misled about the company's revenues, remarking that their claim, at least as alleged, "sounds to me like fraud."
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April 09, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor urged the full Eleventh Circuit to overturn precedent making it the only appellate court requiring workers to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing any statutory claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. arguing that the standard is unfair and in conflict with ERISA.
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April 09, 2026
A group of former Assurant salesmen called the auto warranty underwriter's eighth attempt at bringing Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations and trade secrets claims a shotgun pleading, arguing in Georgia federal court that competition and criminal enterprise are not the same.
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April 08, 2026
An Alabama federal judge rejected Georgia-based Norfolk Southern's bid to shut down a suit from a longtime rail worker who said he was forced out of his job due to his age, ruling that there was "ample evidence" to send the case to a jury.
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April 08, 2026
JLL Capital Markets arranged the $115 million sale of a seven-property, 558,000-square-foot portfolio of grocery-anchored retail centers operating in four East Coast states, the company has announced.