Cedra Mayfield

December 09, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"The statute specifically recognizes that a lawful act may be a nuisance," read a Court of Appeals decision. "Decisions from this court and our Supreme Court, however, impose the additional requirement that to be a nuisance an act must be done in an illegal manner."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

December 08, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"It is likely no accident that the academy instituted its arcane ban on parenthood only after it began admitting women," said ACLU of Connecticut staff attorney Elana Bildner. "This policy has no place in Connecticut or elsewhere, and it must end."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 08, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"If the courts ultimately allow the rule to move forward, we don't know if the Taskforce will extend the compliance deadlines," said labor and employment attorney Brett Coburn. "Companies need to remain nimble and ready to move into compliance if the need arises."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 07, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"I think and hope people are going to see that we're listening to the feedback that we get," said Georgia Court of Appeals Chief Judge Brian Rickman.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

December 07, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"An expert's opinion based upon inadequate knowledge, conjecture, or speculation 'does not mandate the exclusion of the opinion but, rather, presents a jury question as to the weight which should be assigned the opinion,'" read the Georgia Court of Appeals decision.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 06, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"For a lot of attorneys, it's going to be a little bit of a tightrope walk for the foreseeable future," said attorney Brent Walker in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 06, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"What is legally significant about this case is that it takes libel law back to its roots," said Atlanta litigator Kurt Kastorf. "This case isn't about a diligent press outlet getting the story wrong; it is about terribly wronged plaintiffs who have been harmed by statements made with knowledge of their falsity."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

December 03, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"[The] company extracted mud from a bog in Canada and put it into pills and sold it to people telling them that it was a magic drug that would cure COVID and everything else," said lead plaintiff attorney Matt Q. Wetherington.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"Employers may have an easier time implementing their own voluntary policies in a way that the federal government wouldn't be able to tell private employers to do so," said labor and employment law attorney Alex Castro.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 01, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"The average number of sessions used is five, which is very high," said CorpCare Associates Inc. CEO George W. Martin Jr.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read