Jonathan Ringel

June 18, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The wire fraud statute, codified at Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, makes it a crime to devise a "scheme or artifice" to defraud or to "obtain money or property" through materially false representations or promises.

By Kamal Ghali 

6 minute read

June 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online

If you're outside counsel and you've been hired because of the possibility of a future lawsuit, you need to seriously consider if your client's preservation obligations have already been triggered.

By Todd Heffner

4 minute read

June 16, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"I'm an old white trial lawyer. I'm privileged and don't pretend to understand, at an emotional level, how African Americans feel about racial injustice, police brutality, Confederate flags and army bases named after Confederate generals. And yet I must try."

By Mike Kenny

5 minute read

June 15, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The responses included two from African American lawyers who recalled white people assuming something about them from the color of their skin. In one case, the results were awkward and insulting; the other was more ominous, turning an already difficult situation into a bizarre nightmare.

By Jonathan Ringel

9 minute read

June 15, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Litigants seeking outside funding must often share work product information with their potential funders, but if such materials were disclosed publicly or to an opponent, it could seriously undermine a client's case.

By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair

6 minute read

June 12, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The justice said the Eleventh Circuit's procedures present a "troubling tableau" and questioned whether they are "consistent with due process."

By Marcia Coyle

3 minute read

June 11, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"We challenged the state's legal community to step up and help those in need," said AG Chris Carr, "and they truly went above and beyond."

By Jonathan Ringel

3 minute read

June 11, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Responses to the bar's messages—first on the damage to the building during violence, then on "systemic injustices" to African Americans—produced harsh criticism from opposite sides, along with gratitude.

By Jonathan Ringel

12 minute read

June 10, 2020 | Daily Report Online

It's time to modify "official immunity."

By William Atkins and Zack Greenamyre

6 minute read

June 10, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Fulton DA race is headed for runoff, while challenged Supreme Court justices hold on to their seats, but Justice Bethel has a close race with challenger Beth Beskin.

By Jonathan Ringel

4 minute read