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November 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta Bar Brings Back the Bard Show This Weekend

Performances will be Friday and Saturday for the lawyer written and performed show being held this year at the Porter Sanford Center.
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November 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Combative Giuliani Appears in NYC Court After Missing Deadline to Surrender Assets in Ga. Election Worker Defamation Case

The former New York mayor and onetime Trump lawyer was found liable for defamation for falsely accusing two Georgia election workers of ballot fraud as he pushed Trump's unsubstantiated election fraud allegations during the 2020 campaign.
4 minute read
November 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Southeast Firm Leaders Predict Stability, Growth in Second Trump Administration

"If he doesn't do anything radically different than what he did his first term, we're probably not looking at any tectonic shift in how the outlook is for law firms in the United States," said FisherBroyles founder Kevin Broyles.
4 minute read
November 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'Paragraph V Displaced Lathrop': High Court Mulls Sovereign Immunity Waiver Disputes

"Is it your read of Paragraph V, that Paragraph V expanded sovereign immunity to claims that it had never applied to before?," Presiding Justice Nels S. D. Peterson asked appellant counsel during oral arguments Wednesday.
7 minute read
November 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia RICO Case Against Trump Likely to Avoid Trial Amid Election Win, Nationally-Known Law Professor Says

"It is very unlikely that courts—including, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court—would permit a local state criminal trial to proceed against a sitting president or even against a president elect," Public Interest Law Prof. John Banzhaf wrote.
4 minute read
November 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

Where May Vacancies for Trump Arise? These GOP-Appointed Circuit Judges Qualify for Senior Status

Recent research supports the idea that ideology plays a role in judges' "strategically retiring," meaning leaving the bench when the party of the president who appointed them controls the White House.
6 minute read
November 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Supreme Court of Ga. Disbars 1 Attorney; Rejects 1 Petition for Voluntary Discipline, Accepts 1 Petition for Voluntary Surrender of License

The court issued three attorney discipline opinions Tuesday.
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November 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judge Admits to Judicial Misconduct as Charged, but Denies Willful Misconduct

Respondent counsel for Chatham County Probate Judge Thomas C. Bordeaux Jr. disagreed the jurist's conduct "amount[ed] to willful misconduct in office; a willful and persistent failure to perform the duties of office; and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute."
4 minute read
November 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

Trump Win Ignites Global Legal Market: Lawyers Prepare for High Demand, Uncertainty

Trade tensions are expected to increase as Donald Trump seeks to unleash a slew of tariffs during his second term as president.
7 minute read
November 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

Big Law Practice Leaders 'Bullish' That Second Trump Presidency Will Be Good for Business

Hogan Lovells' Aaron Cutler said that he anticipates a "busy four years" for D.C. firms as the Trump administration looks to hit the ground running with regulatory reform.
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