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Cedra Mayfield

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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May 16, 2022 | Daily Report Online

As Hack Investigation Continues, FAQs Added to State Bar of Georgia Website

"We will provide additional updates as information becomes available, but at least every Friday until the network and website are restored," read an update by the State Bar of Georgia.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

$43M in Damages, Attorney Fees Awarded Against Atlanta Business in Trademark Feud

"Dewberry Group continuously disregarded Dewberry Engineers' trademark and contractual rights," wrote a federal judge before awarding roughly $43 million in damages and attorney fees. "[The defendant] "brazenly rolled out and used four separate infringing marks and sought federal trademarks for them."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

May 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Challenger Facing Fulton Judge in May Election Has Raised More Money Than the Incumbent Lately

"Experience matters. It matters to lawyers. It matters to residents. As we have seen in back to back financial periods, it matters to donors, and I believe it will matter to voters," said the challenger, Fulton County Juvenile Court Associate Judge Shalanda Miller.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

May 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Does He Really Need an Expert'? Witness in Spotlight After Surgeon Incorrectly Reattaches Fingertips

"The question isn't really, 'Should you put it back where it came from?'" argued appellant counsel David Hanson of the Weathington Firm in Atlanta. "The question is, 'How do you determine where it goes?'"

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

20 AGs Write Letter Against Federal Disinformation Governance Board

"The creation of this board is unconstitutional, [and] it should be disbanded immediately," tweeted Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

May 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'She Had No Jurisdiction': Court's Reversal Extends County Authority to Municipal Cop

"The trial court erred in concluding that because Officer Graw initiated the traffic stop of [the driver's] vehicle outside the Kingsland city limits, she had no jurisdiction and, thus, was not engaged in the lawful discharge of her official duties at the time of the search and subsequent arrest," read the Georgia Court of Appeals ruling.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

May 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'An Act of God': Court Tosses Case Against Unconscious County Employee After Crash

"Pointing to an absence of evidence that either [the employee] or the county could have foreseen [the employee's] seizure and sudden loss of consciousness on the day of the accident, the county 'established a prima facie case in support of [its] affirmative defense of an 'act of God,'" the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion read.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

May 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

High Court Review Sought in Case Alleging Third-Party Liability

"It's most unfortunate that the plaintiff used race as a Hail Mary in this case," said appellee attorney Gary Freed of Freed Grant in Atlanta. "This is not a racial issue."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Hacked: Lawyers Seek Answers After Breach of State Bar of Georgia Website

"We have placed contact information at gabar.org for specific departments," said State Bar of Georgia Communications Director Jennifer Mason. "People can certainly call those phone numbers and we will help them to the best of our abilities to try to get them the information they're looking for."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

New Georgia Supreme Court Ruling: Conversation Between Planning Director and Developer Didn't Establish Vested Right

"[The planning director's] words were 'no more than a neutral statement of the present zoning in effect, a fact [the developer] could easily [have] obtain[ed] himself by consulting the proper records,'" the Supreme Court of Georgia determined.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read