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December 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Could Everything Be Alright Without Me Knowing? The State of Professionalism Among Attorneys

A reputation for unprofessional conduct impairs an attorney’s ability to negotiate at mediation. Conversely, attorneys who are respected as being professional in their dealings always gets the benefit of the doubt, and their clients the better end of the bargain.
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December 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Settlement Obtained in Class Suit Over Defective Artificial Turf

"Judge Shipp's July order is a brilliant road map for all courts to consider regarding whether to certify 'issue questions,'" said Adam Moskowitz, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs and managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm.
4 minute read
December 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

$6.8M Awarded to Electrocuted Employee for Improperly Marked Utilities

The verdict is believed to be the second largest personal injury verdict in Houston County history, behind a $20.5 million verdict against a pharmaceutical company in 2017.
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December 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer

What Next For Eversheds in Ireland?

The Ireland operation is in talks to join William Fry and make one of the country's largest law firms.
4 minute read
December 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers’ Letters to Santa

For those lawyers who made Santa’s “Nice List” this year, hopefully Santa will bring them a risk management tool to help keep them protected in 2025.
6 minute read
December 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'The Best Strategy': $795K Resolution Reached in Federal COVID-Accommodation Dispute

Attorneys on either side of a pandemic-related workplace accommodation dispute have reached a $795,000 resolution between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and a former employee.
8 minute read
December 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Partner Pay Enters a 'Whole Different World'

Rapid changes to partner pay in Big Law will continue. Among nearly 200 firms, more than one-third plan to make changes to their equity partner compensation models over the next two years.
6 minute read
December 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Eversheds Sutherland Moving After 36 Years to Smaller Atlanta Office

The large law library and excess file drawer and storage space in the current office “are no longer relevant," according to the firm's COO.
4 minute read
December 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Mediator’s Proposal: A Useful Tool for Breaking Impasse

When a proposal is made by the mediator, reactive devaluation is significantly reduced. Thus, a party might agree to a proposal made by the mediator, even though it would not have agreed to that proposal if it had come from the opposing party.
6 minute read
December 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Population and Caseload Boom Birth New West Georgia Judicial Circuit

Effective Jan. 1, 2025, operations will rev up in the new West Georgia Judicial Circuit enacted in May by legislators to cover superior court matters in Carroll and Heard counties. While existing Coweta, Meriwether and Troup county superior court matters will continue to be serviced by the Coweta Judicial Circuit, only half of its eight-jurist bench will remain with the circuit.
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