Jonathan Ringel is managing editor of the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @jonathanringel
April 06, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Four Things to Learn From the People Who Saved Law FirmsAsk a law firm chairman or managing partner about how they have survived—and thrived—in the past 13 months, and you'll hear that information technology teams saved the firm by making it possible for everyone to work from their socially distanced home.
By Jonathan Ringel
6 minute read
April 05, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Award Nomination Deadline Is Extended Till April 19Nominations, which can come from others or the nominees themselves, should be for Attorney of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and On the Rise.
By Jonathan Ringel
2 minute read
April 01, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Out of Jail, Georgia Lawyer Charged in Capitol Invasion Resumes His Law Practice"He's eager to see this resolved ... and rebuild his reputation," said W. McCall Calhoun Jr.'s lawyer. A Washington judge released him in apparent disagreement with a Macon magistrate judge who found Calhoun to be too dangerous and a flight risk.
By Jonathan Ringel
5 minute read
April 01, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Supreme Court Gives Georgia Win in Water War With Florida"Considering the record as a whole, Florida has not shown that it is 'highly probable' that Georgia's alleged overconsumption played more than a trivial role in the collapse of Florida's oyster fisheries," Barrett wrote.
By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
1 minute read
April 01, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Nominees Sought for State Supreme Court OpeningNominations are due no later than Friday, April 16.
By Jonathan Ringel
2 minute read
March 31, 2021 | Daily Report Online
COVID-19 Forced Another 344K Georgians Into Hunger, Food Banks SayApril 1 is the early registration deadline for the Legal Food Frenzy, which has already drawn 170 teams from Georgia's legal community.
By Jonathan Ringel
2 minute read
March 30, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Interviews Set for Open Seats on Cobb Superior, State CourtsThe vacancies come from a new judgeship on the Superior Court created by the General Assembly and the pending resignation of Judge David Darden of the State Court.
By Jonathan Ringel
2 minute read
March 29, 2021 | Daily Report Online
The Evolving Duty of Competence in the Digital AgeAs one Delaware court observed, "[p]rofessed technological incompetence is not an excuse for discovery misconduct."
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair
6 minute read
March 25, 2021 | Daily Report Online
CDC Moratorium Creates a Legal LabyrinthThis approach saddles courts with the responsibility of analyzing an ever-evolving body of existing local and state law and determining whether public health benefits are equal to or greater than those offered under the order.
By Stephanie Friese and Jennifer Garner
5 minute read
March 24, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Law Firms Gear Up for Food Frenzy as Hunger Rises in GeorgiaThe percentage of Georgia children who are "food insecure," meaning they don't know how they will get their next meal, rose from 16% to 23% during the past year.
By Jonathan Ringel
2 minute read