Mason Lawlor

August 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"In my view, he did not like us or the plaintiff," plaintiff's attorney Steve Leidel said about a retired trial judge. "It's my understanding that he solicited the clerk for costs and they never do that. I think it was possibly retributive for the fact that we did not want to proceed."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

August 01, 2024 | Law.com

While the attorney argued the clock started when she discovered that her speech had motivated the detective's attempt for a warrant, counsel for Russ countered by stating that the clock started when the attorney discovered the search had happened in January 2020, well outside the one-year statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim in Tennessee.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judges Robin Rosenbaum, Kevin Newsom and Gerald Tjoflat formed the circuit's panel. Rosenbaum wrote the majority opinion, issued on July 29, while she and Judge Kevin C. Newsom offered separate concurring opinions calling on the Eleventh Circuit to fix qualified-immunity jurisprudence.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Just one day after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a false advertising lawsuit against an online educational institution headquartered in Georgia, the government indicated that the parties agreed to settle the case for $43.5 million in student debt and refunds.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

July 29, 2024 | Law.com

"It's a very unusual thing for borrowers to take out huge sums of money to be able to borrow money," the plaintiffs' attorney Howard W. Foster said about the Utah lawsuit. "It's backwards; you have to put up a ton of money in order to borrow money. I've never heard of anything like that. It's not going to stop until the court steps in."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

July 26, 2024 | Law.com

"We need more accountability for the organization instead of focusing on the security leaders of these companies who, in many instances, have their hands tied by execs and the board," said George Gerchow, faculty of cybersecurity consulting firm IANS Research. "We are becoming scapegoats. If this trend continues, you will see an even larger gap in security talent willing to put their credibility on the line, as well as facing charges by the SEC and DOJ."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

July 26, 2024 | Law.com

Several fraudulent transactions were executed from Le Vian's accounts to the fake beneficiaries with Truist bank accounts. Truist has returned nearly $400,000 in stolen funds, while just short of $1.6 million is still fraudulently held in the accounts, the complaint said.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

July 24, 2024 | The Recorder

"The students are like, 'we're one month away, what's the plan?'" said Ryan Griffith, lead attorney and adjunct professor at Golden Gate University Law School. "I've been trying to get answers formally for months, and that's why we did this litigation."

By Mason Lawlor

6 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"My gut, based on my experiences, says it will have a significant effect and change how plaintiffs draft their complaints," said Phil Rothschild, senior counsel at Holland & Knight's Fort Lauderdale office. "The cards are on the table early."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Trump-backed Republican candidates bankrolled by Kemp, through and in coordination with Georgia First, are able to spend exponentially more than what they would have been able to spend on their races if they were limited to just the money that they were able to spend on their own," said the executive director of the Democratic Party of Georgia.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read