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December 04, 2015 | Daily Report Online

This is the third in a series of articles about the practical implications of the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. They went into effect on Dec. 1, 2015.

By Scott A. Wandstrat, Special to the Daily Report

7 minute read

December 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

This is the third in a series of articles about the practical implications of the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. They went into effect on Dec. 1, 2015.

By Scott A. Wandstrat, Special to the Daily Report

7 minute read

October 23, 2015 | Daily Report Online

So many of our clients' stories start with struggle and result in triumph, through their own persistence and a lawyer's help at the right moment.

By Phyllis Holmen | Special to the Daily Report

3 minute read

October 15, 2015 | Daily Report Online

I've been a Georgia lawyer for 35 years, about the age of the oldest millennial. After serving more than 25 years on the bench—which culminated in me becoming chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court—I returned to the practice of law in 2009.

By Leah Ward Sears | Special to the Daily Report

6 minute read

August 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

In Georgia, spoliation refers to the destruction or failure to preserve evidence that is relevant to contemplated or pending litigation. A finding of spoliation gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that the subject evidence was harmful to the spoliator. For a party to pursue this remedy, the evidence must be "necessary" to the litigation and the spoliating party must have possessed a duty to preserve the evidence.

By Jake Evans | Special to the Daily Report

4 minute read

July 01, 2015 | Daily Report Online

In this article, we focus on a tool available to buyers who wish to verify that those commitments are being met: audit rights.

By Jim Steinberg and Lance McCord | Special to the Daily Report

7 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The Kevins is the last of seven lawyer bands to be profiled in the Daily Report. The bands will compete in the Atlanta Bar Foundation's LawJam 2015—the sixth annual battle of the Atlanta lawyer bands—at 7 p.m. this Saturday, June 27, at Variety Playhouse

By John Renaud | Special to the Daily Report

3 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The Kevins is the last of seven lawyer bands to be profiled in the Daily Report. The bands will compete in the Atlanta Bar Foundation's LawJam 2015—the sixth annual battle of the Atlanta lawyer bands—at 7 p.m. this Saturday, June 27, at Variety Playhouse

By John Renaud | Special to the Daily Report

3 minute read

June 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

When Miles Alexander came to work at Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey & Regenstein in 1958 after a teaching stint at Harvard Law School, he joined Atlanta's largest firm. It had 14 lawyers.

By Ann Woolner | Special to the Daily Report

5 minute read

June 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

During Patricia Thrower's first week at Harvard Law School, a classmate berated her for taking up space his buddy could have used to stay out of Vietnam. He said a law degree would be wasted on a woman, who'd do nothing but have babies. Another said he'd never marry a woman who went to Harvard Law.

By Ann Woolner | Special to the Daily Report

4 minute read