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January 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

11th Circuit Asks Florida High Court to Define 'Riot' in Lawsuit Challenging DeSantis' Law Enforcement Protection Act

The case stems from the controversy over Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis during the summer of 2021.

By Mason Lawlor

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January 11, 2023 | Law.com

'Karma's a Bitch': Law Firm Partner's Text to Female Attorney Goes Viral, Costs Him His Job

"What you did—collecting salary from the firm while sitting on your ass, except to find time to interview for another job—says everything one needs to know about your character," the text read, in part.

By Mason Lawlor

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January 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Largest-Ever Verdict in Bibb County Reached in Negligence Case Involving Abuse of Developmentally Disabled Man

Total Care Community Living is on the hook for $118 million following a jury verdict reached last week which found the company negligent in allowing a severely disabled man in Macon to be abused by its employees at a day activity.

By Mason Lawlor

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January 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Split En Banc 11th Circ.: Public School's Sex-Separated Bathroom Policy Does Not Violate Title IX

"In this case, the school board has gone to great lengths—as the district court itself acknowledged—to accommodate LGBTQ students," the majority wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

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January 05, 2023 | Daily Report Online

'Soiled and Spoiled': Federal Judge Sanctions Atlanta Law Firm for Misleading Court, Hiding Evidence in Civil Suit

"No amount of continuing legal education, seminars, reprimands, admonitions, fines, or other rehabilitative measures will cure or discourage this type of activity," the judge said.

By Mason Lawlor

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December 29, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth Court Overstepped by Sua Sponte Invoking Statute in Environmental Dispute, Pa. Supreme Court Says

Donohue said sua sponte consideration of issues "deprives counsel of the opportunity to brief and argue issues" and "disturbs the process of an orderly judicial decision making."

By Mason Lawlor

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December 28, 2022 | Delaware Law Weekly

Class Action Alleges AstraZeneca Engaged in 'Corporate Scheme' to Fire Older Unvaccinated Workers

"In AstraZeneca's workplace, all employees were equal, but some were more equal than others," the complaint alleged.

By Mason Lawlor

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December 22, 2022 | Law.com

State Appeals Court: Plaintiff Suing Public Entity Has Right to Public Records Laws Without Discovery

"'The legislature did not intend that the open records laws would supplant discovery practice in civil litigation,"' Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel. "It does not support Archuleta's contention that individuals litigating against public entities are precluded from obtaining documents from those entities through CORA during the pendency of the litigation."

By Mason Lawlor

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December 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Jury Orders Sony to Pay $160M for Wrongful Deaths In 2017 Atlanta Mass Shooting

"There is no excuse for how poorly secured this production was."

By Mason Lawlor

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December 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Instructs District Court to Consider 'Access to the Benefits' of In-Person Learning In COVID-19 Accommodation Case

"The district court erred by misconstruing the Students' argument as a right to education generally, despite the record clearly establishing that the Students are alleging a denial of access to in-person education—a specific 'service, program, or activity' that CCSD provides to all students," Circuit Judge Charles R. Wilson wrote. On remand, the district court must analyze under the "correct scope: access to the benefits provided by in-person schooling," the opinion said.

By Mason Lawlor

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