Cedra Mayfield
Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
February 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online
UPDATE: Here's How to Work Around the Fulton County Hack in Court"We expect to have many of our phone lines operational over the next few business days," Fulton County Superior Court Court administrator David Summerlin told the Daily Report.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
February 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online
A Lawyer Told AI to Illustrate Georgia's Legal Code. Here's What It Did"I'm learning new skills and tools that I'm going to be able to deploy in my cases," said plaintiff attorney Matt Q. Wetherington of the Wetherington Law Firm in Atlanta.
By Cedra Mayfield
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February 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Anti-SLAPPed: Lawyer Ordered to Pay Opposing Counsel $21K"I would hope these fees are paid without further delay so that we can finally put this matter behind us," said appellant counsel Jay Eidex of Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex in Duluth.
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February 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online
$32.5M Settlement Reached After Deadly Trucking Collision"We are, of course, happy for our client and her family, but we wanted to try this case," said plaintiff counsel Brandon Peak of Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell in Columbus.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
February 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Cellphone Evidence in Spotlight as Justices Scrutinize Admissibility"If we give police officers the idea that they can illegally access a cellphone, see whatever's on there and then go get a warrant based upon the warrantless stuff that they've seen, they can reverse engineer enough probable cause," argued appellant counsel John Jay McArthur.
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February 09, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'Check Herself ... Into Jail': Judge's Ethics Hearing Ends, Sanction Discussions Begin"She could check herself into the Douglas County Jail for two days and put on an orange suit," said Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel member Richard Hyde.
By Cedra Mayfield
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February 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Judgment Vacated: Hospital's Certificate of Need Conveyed Private Right"[A] right under a [Certificate of Need] to operate a particular kind of hospital is a private right because the right to use one's property in a particular way is a traditional property right," the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled.
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February 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online
State of the Judiciary: Legal Professional Shortage Impacting Administration of Justice"[W]ithin the Supreme Court, we have experienced a staff attorney turnover rate of over 57 percent since January 2019," said Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs Wednesday.
By Cedra Mayfield
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February 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'Rule of Law May Be Under Attack': Presiding Justice Notes Societal Pressures"The rule of law may be under attack in aspects of culture and society," said Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson Tuesday.
By Cedra Mayfield
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February 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Lawyer Advertising Could Change as Justices Mull Proposed Rules"How do we gauge whether this rule is appropriate for Georgia when we have no nothing other than anecdotes or studies from Florida [from] 25 years ago?," asked Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren.
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