Katheryn Tucker

May 05, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"We can assume for purposes of our analysis that Avis was negligent in allowing the vehicle to be stolen from its lot after hours, because the salient question in both cases is not about Avis's alleged negligence, but about whether its alleged negligence was the proximate cause of the plaintiffs' injuries," Chief Justice Harold Melton said.

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read

April 30, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Kemp filled jobs for four judges Thursday all in the Cobb Judicial Circuit—plus two openings for solicitor general previously filled by one person in the southeastern part of the state.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

April 29, 2021 | Law.com

"We are pleased that the full Sixth Circuit has recognized that Tennessee's law, requiring a 48-hour waiting period for abortions, is likely constitutional and can be enforced while the appeal proceeds," said Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III. A dissenting judge disagreed.

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read

April 29, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"With experience across multiple aspects of college and university life, from faculty affairs and governance to student success and teaching, Dean Reed will provide the leadership necessary to advance Georgia State Law as an innovative, forward-thinking institution of legal education," said Wendy Hensel, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

April 29, 2021 | Law.com

"Eminent domain that depends on consent is an oxymoron," said Paul Clement of Kirkland & Ellis, a former U.S. solicitor general.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

April 28, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The federal charges include: hate crimes, attempted kidnapping and using firearms during a crime of violence.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

April 28, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The move staffs a position created by legislation splitting Columbia County off from the Augusta Judicial Circuit.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Law.com

"It is clear that the Commission on the Supreme Court is nothing but a coordinated attempt to justify a naked political power grab by the leaders of Congress and the president," Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and her Republican colleagues said in the letter.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Law.com

The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, a nonprofit organization led by women of color, has called on the president to grant clemency to 100 women in his first 100 days in office.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

April 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Carr cited a "difference of opinion" with the Republican group that urged people to march in protest of President Joe Biden's election. But Georgia Democrats suggested they won't let him "distance himself" from the violence of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read