Katheryn Tucker

December 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online

It was nine years ago that two men in their 20s were lured to their deaths by two 21-year-old women they picked up in a Marietta sports bar. Finally this week, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds closed the book on those murders.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

December 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Vineyards in Georgia can't sell their own wine without battling competition to become distributors. Then they have triple-deck paperwork. Rural legislators want to make it easier for wine makers to succeed, they say.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

December 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Attorneys general from 41 states, including New Jersey, announced that they reached a settlement with debt buyer and collector Encore Capital Group Inc., and subsidiaries Midland Credit Management Inc. and Midland Funding.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

December 04, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Attorney General Chris Carr says the settlement requires Midland to completely eliminate or reduce the judgment balances of approximately 5,136 Georgia consumers for a value of $8.73 million.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

December 04, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The latest short lists sent to the governor would fill vacancies in the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit and the State Court of Henry County. Also still on his desk are nominees for to fill one more opening on the Georgia Court of Appeals.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

December 03, 2018 | Daily Report Online

This will be the first Judicial Council meeting chaired by Georgia Supreme Chief Justice Harold Melton, who took the leadership role in September.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

December 03, 2018 | Daily Report Online

It's a rare happy ending in litigation—although it's not like in the movies, according to the attorneys, Mike Weaver and Dan Parr of the Weaver Law Firm.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

December 03, 2018 | Litigation Daily

It's a rare happy ending in litigation—although it's not like in the movies, according to the attorneys, Mike Weaver and Dan Parr of the Weaver Law Firm.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

November 30, 2018 | Daily Report Online

On the tab: $10,000 for a Cartier love bracelet—18 karat rose gold with diamonds; $44,000 for a Rolex Sky Dweller; $20,000 for another Cartier bracelet; $30,000 for a 14 karat rose gold Miami Cuban link wallet chain with custom diamond lock and “full diamonds.”

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

November 30, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a $6.25 million verdict in a Florida Engle-progeny smoking injury case, and reinstated $20.76 million in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA.

By Katheryn Tucker

8 minute read