Katheryn Tucker
October 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Litigation Funding Company Survives Payday Lending Lawsuit“Like the Court of Appeals, we conclude that neither the Industrial Loan Act nor the Payday Lending Act applies to the transactions at issue in this case,” Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell said
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
October 22, 2018 | Daily Report Online
11th Circuit Calls Out Judge for Running Trial Without DefendantJudge Charles Wilson said the decision leaves "no mechanism for future defendants unlucky enough to sit in this particular judge's courtroom to challenge the constitutional violations that will inevitably continue to occur.”
By Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
October 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review
11th Circuit Blasts Judge Moore for Running Trial Without Defendant, AttorneyCircuit Judge Charles Wilson said the decision leaves "no mechanism for future defendants unlucky enough to sit in this particular judge's courtroom to challenge the constitutional violations that will inevitably continue to occur.”
By Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
October 22, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Appeals Court Chief Scorches Judge for Barring Home School“The liberty interest of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is the most ancient of the fundamental rights we hold as a people,” Chief Judge Stephen Dillard said, adding it's “deeply embedded in our law.”
By Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
October 19, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Appeals Court Rules Borrower Not Personally Liable for $5M Loan on Failed Shopping CenterJudge Billy Ray, who was just confirmed to a lifetime appointment to federal court, wrote the reversal released Tuesday, joined by Judges Chris McFadden and Brian Rickman.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
October 18, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Eleventh Circuit Draws Map for Qui Tam Recovery When Government Brings Criminal ChargesJudge Beverly Martin gave a tutorial on the workings of the U.S. False Claims Act in a 12-page opinion Wednesday joined by Eleventh Circuit Judge William Pryor and Senior Judge Bobby Baldock of the Tenth Circuit.
By Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
October 16, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Defense Attorneys Argue State Violated Rape Shield Law“You may have done it for nice reasons toward a noble goal, but you made a child talk about her prior sexual history—and not just a general sexual history but a criminal sexual history,” Presiding Justice David Nahmias told prosecutor.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
October 13, 2018 | The Recorder
ACLU Lawsuit vs. Catholic Bishops Over Immigrants' Reproductive Rights DismissedA federal judge has dismissed the ACLU's attempt to block the government from delegating the care of immigrant unaccompanied minors and sex-trafficking victims to a Catholic group that opposes birth control and abortion, and transfers those wishing to have an abortion to other shelters.
By Katheryn Tucker
5 minute read
October 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Mercer's Black Law Student Association Honors Judge Yvette MillerThe students said they chose to honor Judge Yvette Miller because she has “broken down numerous barriers for minorities and women in the legal profession."
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
October 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Senate Confirms Judge Billy Ray for Federal BenchThe Senate voted 54-41 to confirm Ray Thursday. The vote fell almost totally on party lines. One Republican missed the vote. Four Democrats voted yes. All the no votes were Democrats.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
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