Alex Anteau

November 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

While the jury did find in favor of the plaintiff, awarding $60,000, the sum is a far cry from the $1.4 million they asked for at trial. Furthermore, because the amount was less than 75% of the defense's settlement offer of $110,000, Matthews' client is now seeking attorney fees, with mediation and a hearing ordered for later this year.

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We decline to burden trial courts with a duty to police ostensibly hyperbolic or inventive language between opposing counsel in their professional discourse," Judge Todd Markle wrote in the opinion.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

According to the winning companies' motions to dismiss the protestor's claims, "Everyone else—patients with serious medical conditions, the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, the courts, and the other litigants—are just collateral damage in the protesters' campaign of delay."

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I suspected after oral argument that the court was not going to agree with our interpretation of the long-standing Georgia precedent on the void ab initio clause," said plaintiff-appellee attorney Julia Stone of Caplan Cobb. "And the opinion has borne that out."

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A crane operator had a side hustle for years before he was injured. However, the COVID-19 pandemic drove away both clients and profits from the gig in the months leading up to a debilitating injury.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"[The appellants] blithely said, 'Oh it's the same electricity, it's just AC versus DC.' Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison would have come to blows over that distinction," appellees argued.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Each party contends the other made a big mistake in the filing process—the question is whose error sticks.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"This is an important issue," said Richard Robbins of Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, an attorney who specializes in legal malpractice. "When you have firms like Morgan & Morgan, with a heavy volume of cases, putting arbitration provisions in their agreements, attorneys want to know how that will play out in real life."

By Alex Anteau

6 minute read

October 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Appellants say the way things are now greatly diminishes a defendant's incentives to settle because they risk being found liable for a higher portion of attorney fees.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

October 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I think a part of what people in the LGBT community did after marriage equality was say 'OK, we're done' and check out," family law practitioner Bary Hausrath said. "We need everybody to check back in with great urgency."

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read