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Statewide Judicial Emergency Declared in Wake of Cyclone Helene
Parties seeking relief are required to certify in relevant judicial proceedings that the effects of Helene have prevented timely action. To be effective, this certificate must include certain information.
New Rules Regarding Election Certification in Ga. to Get Test in Fulton Court
The Republican majority on the State Election Board—made up of three members praised by name by former President Donald Trump at a recent rally—voted to approve the rules last month. Democrats filed a legal challenge and argue the rules could be used "to upend the statutorily required process for certifying election results in Georgia." A bench trial is set to begin Tuesday before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.
Now What Happens? Addressing Contingencies to Mediation Settlement Agreements in Trust Cases
Three kinds of post-mediation clauses, for re-mediation, court action or arbitration, can provide confidence that, in the event of a "hiccup" based on unavoidable contingencies, the mediation settlement agreement can be mended and will ultimately hold.
AI and Protecting Your IP Strategy
In this episode of AI Here and Now podcast series, IP Partner Cory Fisher and Privacy Partner Camila Tobón discuss how AI could impact your IP strategy.
On the Move: Haynes and Boone Adds Derivatives Specialist From Moore & Van Allen
Nashville business, product liability litigators move to partnerships with Womble Bond, Burr & Forman.
GOP-Led Group Sues to Block Ga. Rule Requiring Hand Count of Ballots
The State Election Board has been besieged by critics in recent months as it considers new rules, many of them proposed by Trump allies that opponents say could erode public confidence in the election results.
Suit Seeks to Overturn Ga. Law on Homeless Voter Registration, Challenges
The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda filed suit on Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta, arguing that a law passed earlier this year by lawmakers unfairly discriminates against homeless people and voters registered at nonresidential addresses.
Georgia Firms Earned Hundreds of Thousands This Year in Trump Vote Interference Case
The state GOP organization had spent about $650,000 through mid-August to pay lawyers representing some of the defendants in the sprawling racketeering case regarding alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election.
Pioneering Ga. Verdict Signals Shift in Gig-Economy Litigation and Corporate Accountability
The case, involving a child injured by an Amazon-contracted delivery driver, focused on how businesses use technology to direct and control the time, method and manner of work performed by contractors.
Nashville DA Secretly Recorded Defense Lawyers, Other Office Visitors, Probe Finds
The Tennessee comptroller's office found that Nashville's DA installed an extensive surveillance system for audio and video recordings nearly four years ago. While investigators say numerous signs were posted that visitors were being filmed, there was only one small warning in an "obscure" place that audio surveillance was also happening.Trending Stories
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