Everett Catts

November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

At stake is determining whether a railroad can legally condemn property to build a rail line 4.5 miles long that would serve a rock quarry and possibly other industries.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

8 minute read

November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

By ALM Staff

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November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

By ALM Staff

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November 22, 2023 | Daily Report Online

We are seeing changes on a statewide level with respect to the use of non-competition provisions and other restrictive covenants. As of July 1, Minnesota joined California, North Dakota and Oklahoma in prohibiting the use of non-competition provisions with employees or independent contractors, except in very limited circumstances. Further, based on recent case law, we anticipate there is a strong chance that Georgia will likely require employers to change their employee and contractor non-solicitation provisions.

By Ellenor Stone and Ashton King

3 minute read

November 22, 2023 | Daily Report Online

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

By ALM Staff

1 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Judge Scott McAfee said there is no constitutional right to bail and that bond orders can contain conditions that curtail a defendant's rights, but he also noted that people are generally allowed to publicly criticize the merits of the case but cannot cross a line. He said Harrison Floyd appears "very boldly willing to explore where that line is" in this case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Carters were certain that Mary Fitzpatrick, who reverted to her maiden name, Prince, was wrongfully convicted, and they stuck by her until she ultimately was exonerated.

By Bill Barrow | The Associated Press

6 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Personnel records show Buck Aldridge was fired in August 2017 by a police department in the same Georgia county after he threw a woman to the ground and handcuffed her during a traffic stop. The Camden County Sheriff's Office hired him nine months later.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

7 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The state of emergency declaration planned for Saturday on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation comes nearly six months after a federal judge ruled the U.S. government has a treaty obligation to support law enforcement on the reservation, but declined to determine whether the Oglala Sioux Tribe is entitled to the full funding amount requested.

By Trisha Ahmed | The Associated Press

5 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"It makes me feel like there's going to be a child out there who's not going to feel safe at home to tell their parents and the school's going to rat them out for wanting to be called a different name or different pronouns," said Kim Michaelis-Peters, the mother of an 18-year-old nonbinary high school student.

By Andrew Demillo and Rick Callahan | The Associated Press

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