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November 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ex-Judge Allowed to Resume Law Practice Post-Ethics Case

The former judge expressed gratittude for the "opportunity to practice law" again.
6 minute read
November 19, 2024 | Law.com

Who Got the Work: 16 Lawyers Appointed to BioLab Class Action Litigation

After consolidating 18 class action complaints surrounding a chemical fire at a BioLab plant in Georgia, a federal judge has appointed 16 attorneys from separate firms in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico as interim class counsel and committee members.
4 minute read
November 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online

3 New Judges: Here's Who Kemp Just Appointed to the Bench

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed a pair of solicitor generals and a judge to fill judicial vacancies on the Rockdale County State Court and Houston Judicial Circuit and Tifton Judicial Circuit superior court benches.
2 minute read
November 19, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Your Opinion Matters: Annual Managing Partner Survey

Your responses are confidential and will help inform future coverage.
1 minute read
November 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Supreme Court of Georgia Accepts 2 Petitions for Voluntary Discipline With 2-Year Suspension, 1 Voluntary Surrender of License

The court issued three attorney discipline opinions Tuesday.
1 minute read
November 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Commentary: James Madison, Meet Matt Gaetz

An Atlanta attorney writes that "The last thing the country needs is for the Department of Justice to be handed over to an unqualified snollygoster working at the direction of a vengeful president instead of working for the Madisonian 'common good of the society.”'
8 minute read
November 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Spencer Lawton, Savannah Prosecutor Who Tried ‘Midnight in the Garden’ Case, Dies at 81

Lawton retired as district attorney at the end of 2008 after 28 years in the position. Two years later, he helped lead an effort to expand crime victims’ rights under state law.
5 minute read
November 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ex-Deputy AG Trusts U.S. Legal System To Pull Country Through Times of Duress

Larry Thompson, who also launched King & Spalding's government investigations practice, recommends ways to legally confront terrorism and addresses the current political moment in his upcoming book “Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law.”
7 minute read
November 18, 2024 | Law.com

Applying Pressure: Collaborating Firms Advance BioLab Class Action

Attorneys from California, New York, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama outline the state of play in the class action litigation, and the steps they're taking in the hope of becoming interim class counsel.
6 minute read
November 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Can The Threat of a Bar Complaint Be a Settlement Tool?

By being aware of certain limitations, lawyers can ensure that they do not engage in behavior relating to bar grievances that could give rise to a unique bar grievance of its own.
5 minute read

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