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

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August 25, 2021 | Daily Report Online

After Losing Election by 9 Votes, Ex-Judge's Challenge Fails Before Georgia Supreme Court

The defeated attorney is now campaigning for Congress as the "only Georgia lawyer to successfully overturn two elections in the same race."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

August 24, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Could Clarify State Law in Case Weighing Third-Party Liability for Loads Secured on Vehicles

Former justice-turned-Alston & Bird-senior-counsel Keith R. Blackwell weighed in on the case via amicus brief.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

FDA Approval of Pfizer Vaccine Weakens Many Plaintiff Claims, Greenlights Vax Deadlines, Lawyers Say

"A couple of companies said, 'We're going to require vaccines for our employees and the deadline is six weeks after the FDA grants full approval,'" said Atlanta-based Alston & Bird partner Brett Coburn.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Road to Redemption After Attorney Sanctions Is a 'Large Hurdle to Overcome'

"You should never consider your post-reinstatement life as a victory lap," said Eric Lang of Lang Legal in Atlanta. "Your past is in the rearview mirror but you can still see it. And it reminds you what you owe others and what kind of attorney you need to be."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 20, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Collaborative Law Thriving Amid Pandemic as Mental Health Experts Encourage Litigators to Opt in — Not Fight

"We literally sit around a table and have a conversation and the lawyers can talk to the other client," said Sheila Cohen Furr of Choose Collaborative in South Florida. "Never would that happen in litigation."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 19, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Aging on the Bench: Respect and Politics Factor Into Judges' Decisions to Retire or Take Senior Status

Mandatory retirement ages don't exist for most Georgia judges. Here's why most opt in anyway.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 18, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Griffin Judicial Circuit Swears in First Woman and African American Superior Court Judge

Judge Rhonda Kreuziger was sworn in to fill judgeship vacated by circuit's former chief judge, Christopher C. Edwards.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

August 16, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'I Don't Think That's Going to Fly': 3 Vaccine-Related Arguments Litigators Might Want to Avoid

"Perhaps, someone could make a creative argument about the Genetic Information [Nondiscrimination] Act, although, I doubt it," said Atlanta-based labor and employment attorney Sheri Oluyemi.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 13, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'If You End Up Having to Fire People': Employment Lawyers See Spike in Calls About Vaccines, COVID-19 Variants

"Just because the law allows you to do it doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea from a business perspective," said Atlanta-based labor and employment attorney Sheri Oluyemi.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

August 11, 2021 | Daily Report Online

No Vax, No Service: Will Businesses Lose COVID-19 Liability Protections if They Require Vaccines?

"When that law was passed, nobody was thinking about the fights that we're having now," said Alston & Bird partner Brett Coburn, who advises on COVID-related corporate matters.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

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