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September 26, 2024 | Law.com

Federal Lawsuit Seeks $400M In COVID-19 PPE Commission Revenues to Be Handed Over

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

September 25, 2024 | Law.com

Massachusetts Attorney Awarded $3.3M for Injuries in Snowmobile Crash With Army Helicopter, Federal Judge Rules

"Primary responsibility for the accident resides with the Army crew, who created the dangerous condition and failed to take any steps to warn about or alleviate it," U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni said.

By Mason Lawlor

6 minute read

September 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Appellate Court Finds Trial Court Wrongly Dismissed Legal-Malpractice Suit Despite Disqualifying Counsel a Week Prior

"Despite disqualifying Long's counsel, the court then proceeded to rule on the dispositive motion filed by that same disqualified counsel," Appellate Judge Stephen Dillard of the Georgia Court of Appeals said.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

University of Georgia's School of Law Announces Programs to Fund More Attorneys in 'Legal Deserts'

"We are still trying to get competitive pay for our prosecutors and our public defenders," executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia Peter Skandalakis said. "When you're talking about the rural areas that don't get a lot of county support financially, they're not able to compete with the salaries that are being paid in the metro areas."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

September 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Defendant Awarded Increased Attorney Fees Six Months After Trial Win Against FTC

Attorney Charles Hoffecker of Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock in Atlanta said the FTC failed to adjust its "shotgun approach" in aggressively pursuing claims against their client despite the emerging evidence that he did not directly participate in unfair and deceptive practices.

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4 minute read

September 18, 2024 | Law.com

N.C. Employee's Contractual Dispute Over $70K in Unpaid Wages Allowed to Proceed, Federal Judge Rules

"It is not clear from the face of the complaint that plaintiff's breach of contract claim is barred by the statute of limitations because it is plausible that partial payments from defendant Adora made sometime between 2016 and 2022 tolled the statute of limitations. This is a factual issue that cannot be resolved at the motion to dismiss stage," U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen said.

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

September 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Class-Action Suit Filed Against Jaguar for Claims of Defective Windshields in Land Rover Defender

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

September 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Three More Counts Against Trump Ally John Eastman Tossed by Fulton County Judge; RICO Count Survives

Eastman, the former dean of Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law in Orange, California, was one of 18 people charged in the original 41-count indictment by a grand jury in August 2023, which alleged that Trump and his political allies conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

September 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta-Based Fearless Fund Ends Black-Only Entrepreneurial Grant Contest After Settling Civil Rights Lawsuit

"Race-exclusive programs like the one the Fearless Fund promoted are divisive and illegal," the American Alliance for Equal Rights stated. "Opening grant programs to all applicants, regardless of their race, is enshrined in our nation's civil rights laws and supported by significant majorities of all Americans."

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

September 11, 2024 | Law.com

11th Circuit Rejects Former CSX Employee's Safety-Related Whistleblowing Claims

"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

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