Meredith Hobbs
Meredith Hobbs writes about the Atlanta legal community and the business of law. Contact her at [email protected] or 404.419.2837. On Twitter: @MeredithHobbs.
September 19, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Troutman to Host Auction of Titanic Artifact CollectionThe Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction is not for the casual souvenir hunter. Bidding will start at $21.5 million, and bids must be qualified in advance.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
September 18, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Jury Selected in Hardwick Embezzlement Trial Over Defunct Atlanta FirmOpening statements will start on Thursday morning after a break on Wednesday in observance of Yom Kippur.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
September 13, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Embezzlement Trial Over Defunct Atlanta Firm Will Hinge on IntentProsecutors say they'll show Nathan Hardwick siphoned funds from now-bankrupt Morris Hardwick Schneider to fuel his "lavish spending," including more than $16 million on charter jets, gambling and women.
By Meredith Hobbs
8 minute read
September 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Plaintiffs Lawyers Honor Tommy Malone With Mercer Law ScholarshipSavannah trial lawyers, all but one fellow Mercer Law alums, have started an endowed scholarship for aspiring trial lawyers in the renowned Georgia plaintiffs lawyer's name.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
September 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Berger Singerman Lands Health Care Guru From K&L Gates to Build PracticeMichael Levinson, who is also an M.D., joined the Florida business law firm to lead its health care practice, saying the midsize business law firm can "take a more integrated approach" to health care law, which is siloed at giant firms.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
September 10, 2018 | Legaltech News
Autonomous Vehicles Drive New Practice for Fisher PhillipsThe labor and employment firm's new autonomous vehicles practice addresses workplace issues surrounding driverless cars and other new technologies.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
September 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Autonomous Vehicles Drive New Practice for Fisher PhillipsThe labor and employment firm's new autonomous vehicles practice addresses workplace issues surrounding driverless cars and other new technologies.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
August 24, 2018 | Daily Report Online
The Latest Domino: Kilpatrick Raises Associate PayKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is the latest big Atlanta-based firm to raise associate pay. It's matching the new top starting salary of $165,000 in Atlanta and $190,000 in other markets.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
August 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Yates Says Broad Coalition Aims to Break 'Over-Incarceration' Cycle Despite Trump ShiftsThe former deputy attorney general said the Trump administration has largely abandoned reforms, such as literacy classes, that she made to the federal prison system, but reformers "across the ideological spectrum" are at work in the states.
By Meredith Hobbs
5 minute read
August 22, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Lifetime Achiever: Richard Riley, Nelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughRichard Riley, the former South Carolina governor and education secretary under President Clinton, has given his career to advancing children's education.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
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