Greg Land

September 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association last week hosted a kickoff party for two new initiatives aimed at increasing diversity and opportunities for minority lawyers with with the launch of a Diversity & Inclusion Committee and a Minority Caucus.

By Greg Land

2 minute read

September 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The case involved a 17-year-old high school sophomore whose foot was crushed by a truck and included sanctions orders striking defenses for discovery abuses.

By Greg Land

5 minute read

September 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The judge said Atlanta-based digital advertising company Inform Inc.'s antitrust claims against Google, YouTube and parent company Alphabet constituted an improper "shotgun" pleading and that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring them.

By Greg Land

4 minute read

September 20, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The Fulton County District Attorney ultimately received the records it sought in the 2016 death of Javarion Robinson, shot 76 times by members of a multiagency task force overseen by the U.S. Marshals Service.

By Greg Land

6 minute read

September 17, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The lawyer defending a civil suit against suspended Sheriff Victor Hill said the case should be paused while his criminal charges are resolved, or that the Georgia Supreme should decide the "novel" question of who occupies the currently vacant office.

By Greg Land

5 minute read

September 16, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Mask Up for Justice!, a joint project of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, announced it has distributed 42,350 masks and PPE items to judges, clerks and courthouses staffers in Georgia.

By Greg Land

3 minute read

September 10, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Winston Denmark, managing partner of local government law boutique Fincher Denmark, in a Q&A discusses how to juggle the needs of his clients—public entities like school boards and municipalities—compliance with state government's directives, and the imperative to serve citizens.

By Greg Land

6 minute read

September 08, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The putative class action claims that Georgia Power's use of add-on fees for Plant Vogtle construction and environmental costs improperly inflates municipal tariffs paid by millions of the utility's customers.

By Greg Land

4 minute read

September 07, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Judge Clay Land of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia said 20-year-old Georgia Supreme Court precedent established the formula State Farm uses to evaluate diminished value claims for its auto policyholders.

By Greg Land

6 minute read

September 03, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Defense attorney Craig Terrett said lawyers for the elderly plaintiff, injured by a fall in an admitted liability case, asked the Banks County jury to award nearly $4.7 million for claims including a traumatic brain injury.

By Greg Land

5 minute read