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Katheryn Tucker

Katheryn Tucker

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

4 minute read

June 12, 2020 | Law.com

4th Circuit Affirms Charlotte Law School's Deal to Pay Former Students $2.65M

It 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

5 minute read

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

5 minute read

June 11, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Grappling With Scandal and Pandemic, USC Names New General Counsel

Beong-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 Requirement

Municipalities 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

5 minute read

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 Trial

Cobb 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

5 minute read

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

4 minute read