October 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Settlements Reached in 2 Cases Involving Politicians Blocking Constituents on Facebook"I think [the settlements are] an indicator that the law is becoming increasingly strong in favor of free-speech rights to engage on governmental social media accounts. And the case law is becoming quite clear that government officials cannot block [constituents] based on viewpoint," said Gerry Weber, the lead plaintiff attorney in both cases.
By Everett Catts
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October 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Legitimacy of Mass Voter Challenge on Trial in Political Battleground GeorgiaScott Berson took the stand in federal court in Gainesville at the start of a trial to determine whether the conservative voting organization True the Vote violated federal law when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of more than 360,000 state voters and taking other action on the eve of the 2021 runoff election.
By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press
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October 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Legal Community Mourns Loss of Sonny SeilerA Georgia Bar member since 1958, Mr. Seiler practiced law at Bouhan, Williams and Levy, now Bouhan Falligant, specializing in civil defense and plaintiff work. He was also known throughout the state and the world of college athletics as owner of the generational line of English bulldogs that served as UGA's beloved mascot, Uga.
By Antonio "Tony" DelCampo
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October 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Starchem LLC Sues Starchem USA for Alleged Trademark Infringement; Confused Yet?This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By ALM Staff
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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Kansas Court System Down Nearly 2 Weeks in 'Security Incident' That Has Hallmarks of RansomwareThe disruption has left attorneys unable to search online records and forced them to file motions the old fashioned way — on paper. Courts are limping along, although the growing piles of paper are a mess that will have to be sorted and scanned eventually.
By Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna | The Associated Press
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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Former NBA Star Dwight Howard Denies Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed by Georgia ManStephen Harper filed a state civil suit against Howard in July, alleging assault and battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In a response filed this week by his attorney, Howard described the 2021 encounter at his home in the Atlanta suburbs as consensual and requested that the case be dismissed.
By The Associated Press
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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online
New U.S. House Speaker Tried to Help Overturn 2020 Election, Raising Concerns About the Next OneMike Johnson, the Louisiana congressman who was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday after a three-week standoff among Republicans, took the lead in filing a brief in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election win. That claim, widely panned by legal scholars of all ideologies, was quickly thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Nicholas Riccardi | The Associated Press
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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Judge Says Georgia's Congressional and Legislative Districts Are Discriminatory and Must Be RedrawnU.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia's 56-member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its 180-member state House.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press
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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Feds Urge Judge to Reinstate Trump Gag Order, Citing Comments About Ex-Chief of StaffIn a motion filed Wednesday night, special counsel Jack Smith's team encouraged Chutkan to put the restrictions back in place. Prosecutors cited in part statements in social media and at a news conference over the last day by Trump about his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who was reported by ABC News on Tuesday to have testified before a grand jury after receiving immunity from prosecution.
By Eric Tucker | The Associated Press
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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online
In Political Battleground of Georgia, a Trial Is Set to Determine Legitimacy of Voting ChallengeIn a lawsuit, Texas-based True the Vote challenged the eligibility of more than 360,000 state voters, saying it had good reason to believe they had moved out of their districts and were ineligible to cast a ballot there. But a group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams argued in a 2020 lawsuit that the mass challenge violated federal law because it intimidated voters.
By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press
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