June 15, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Why an Atlanta Federal Judge Is Waiting for SCOTUS Ruling on Abortion Case"I really miss seeing the lawyers in person," U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones said as he opened a Zoom hearing on Georgia's abortion ban.
By Katheryn Tucker
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June 12, 2020 | Law.com
4th Circuit Affirms Charlotte Law School's Deal to Pay Former Students $2.65MIt would have taken more than $100 million to even refund a year of tuition for all the students who were unable to complete their law degrees, objectors argued. But those who brokered the agreement said they pulled in every dollar on the table.
By Katheryn Tucker
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June 11, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Teachers Settle Pension Lawsuit for $117M"Ten years of litigation, four appeals, completely lost it twice and had to reverse it," said Michael Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore. "If there was ever a case where we had to earn our money, this was it."
By Katheryn Tucker
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June 11, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Grappling With Scandal and Pandemic, USC Names New General CounselBeong-Soo Kim will join USC on July 1 amid triple crises: continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the admissions cheating scandal and sexual abuse complaints from 600 women against a former campus gynecologist.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
June 10, 2020 | Law.com
Minnesota Supreme Court Backs Paid Sick Time RequirementMunicipalities have "wide discretion" to use their police power to regulate matters of public health, Justice Natalie Hudson wrote for the majority.
By Katheryn Tucker
5 minute read
June 10, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Survivors and Families of Those Killed File Suit Over WWII Bomber Crash"The crash was the result of the negligence, recklessness and callous indifference," the plaintiffs said.
By Katheryn Tucker
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June 09, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
3rd Cir. Judge Says the Constitution Hasn't Worked as Well for African Americans"I hear people say this is not who we are. I'm not so sure about that. This country was founded on the slave trade," Judge Theodore McKee said. "The Constitution protected it."
By Katheryn Tucker
5 minute read
June 04, 2020 | Daily Report Online
All 3 Ahmaud Arbery Murder Defendants Bound Over for TrialCobb County Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Jesse ADA Evans said he welcomes countering the self defense argument at trial, and that Ahmaud Arbery was "chased, hunted down and executed at the hands of these men."
By Katheryn Tucker
5 minute read
June 04, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Racial Slur Shocks Hearing in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Case"That's some devastating evidence, but we don't know if it's going to be admissible," criminal defense attorney Page Pate observed.
By Katheryn Tucker
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June 02, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Lawyers for Assaulted College Students: Charging Abusive Cops Could 'Stop the Nonsense'"If officers knew that tasing somebody or beating up somebody not only was going to get them fired, but also possibly arrested, all this nonsense would stop," said L. Chris Stewart of Stewart Trial Attorneys.
By Katheryn Tucker
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