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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June 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Cases Likely to Move Faster, With Douglas Judicial Circuit Hiring Prosecutor, Investigator

"The award to the Douglas Judicial Circuit includes funding for an additional prosecutor and investigator to respond to backlogs of serious violent felony cases," read an update by the Judicial Council of Georgia Ad Hoc Committee on American Rescue Plan Act Funding.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Interactive: Click to Learn Attorney Thoughts on NFTs by Practice Area

Click through this interactive graphic to learn what considerations attorneys in various legal practice areas have regarding nonfungible tokens commonly called NFTs.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

May 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Public Defender's Defamation Case Against the ACLU Heads Back to Trial Court

"The court thus reversed our decision upholding the trial court's ruling," the new Georgia Court of Appeals ruling read.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 27, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

$1 Million Settlement: Medical School Owner Resolves Alleged Student-Loan Violations

"Between February 2015 and March 2019, [Mark] Scheinberg and Stone Academy mailed 154 small, direct payments to loan servicers on behalf of 102 students in attempts to prevent those students from defaulting on their loans and being counted in Stone Academy's [cohort default rate]," read a statement by the U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

May 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Jury Returns $4.25M Med-Mal Verdict

"If you're doing a medical malpractice case, you have got to know the intricate details of the medical records," said plaintiff attorney Jeffery Arnold of Arnold & Stafford in Hinesville. "You have to know what the records say and what they mean."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Scammers Pose as Georgia Supreme Court Representatives

"You will not receive a legitimate call from the Supreme Court of Georgia, requesting any kind of transfer of funds," read an update posted to the Supreme Court of Georgia website.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

May 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Slideshow: Georgia Candidates for Judge React to Election Victories, Defeats

Scroll and click to see what successful and unsuccessful candidates in Georgia's 15 contested supreme and superior court races are saying following the conclusion of the May 24 nonpartisan primary election.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

May 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Winners and Losers: Here's Who Won Judgeships in Georgia's 14 Contested Superior Court Races

Securing 59.14% of the vote, Cedartown lawyer Andrew B. Roper has unseated incumbent Judge Meng Lim for his Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit seat on the superior court bench.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Judge's Decision Trumped by British Order

"Pursuant to the [Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act], the mother had the burden of establishing that the U.K. family court did not have jurisdiction when it entered the 2019 CAO," the Georgia Court of Appeals decision read. "The mother has failed to carry her burden of showing that the U.K. family court 'did not have jurisdiction under Part 2 of [the UCCJEA].'"

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

After the Hack: State Bar of Georgia Unveils Temporary Website

"If you sent Bar staff an email between April 28 and May 11, we were not able to receive it," read an update by the State Bar of Georgia. "Email is up and flowing now. Please resend your correspondence so that we may assist you."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

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