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Showing Teeth of Whistleblower Act, Georgia Jury Awards $350K Verdict to Firefighter
"I think we advanced the law and some of the thinking on how to try a whistleblower case," said Luke Andrews, a partner at Watson Spence in Atlanta. "The parties developed their own jury instructions particular to this whistleblower law and that was interesting."Federal Jury in Valdosta Awards $250K in Walmart Slip and (Almost) Fall
The Valdosta jury awarded $250,000 in damages, then tacked on another $9,000 following a separate trial on claims Walmart offered a frivolous defense.Trend: Defense Adding Appellate Lawyers at Trial to Fight Plaintiffs' 'Emotional' Closings
"Your adrenaline's running, you're in the trial zone and you don't necessarily think before you speak, and you say the wrong thing," said appellate attorney Elissa Haynes in Atlanta. "That wrong thing is oftentimes what a juror latches on to, and it results in these outrageous verdicts."Q&A: Defense Bar Leader Jeff Ward Discusses His Switch to Full-Time Mediator During Pandemic
The current president of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association also became a certified mediator in 2016. When the pandemic forced court closures, Ward decided to make the leap to full-time neutral with Miles Mediation.Who Got the Work: An NFT Art Auction and a Brain Injury Verdict
Auction house Sotheby's made its first-ever sale of non-fungible tokens with the help of attorneys in Seward & Kissel, Morrison Cohen worked with Morelli Law to represent a man who sustained a traumatic brain injury from a work accident, and other work from midsize moves.View more book results for the query "Drew Eckl Farnham"
Associate Hiring Has Revved Up After Last Year's Freeze
Recruiters are seeing an uptick in associate candidate requests, ranging from Am Law 50 firms to boutiques.Expense Planning In 2021 Is A Moving Target For Midsize Firms
Last year's unexpected profit jumps from expense savings won't last. But it's unclear when normal activities, and expenses, will resume.US Judge, Tossing Case, Says 'Hidden Predator' Sex Abuse Claims Against Priest Were Filed Too Late
A federal judge in Atlanta said a man's claims of sexual abuse by a priest more than 20 years ago missed the deadline established by Georgia's 2015 Hidden Predator Act.Uncertainty Swirls Over Law Firm Budgets, as Lawyers Face 'Critical Unknowns' in 2021
For law firms, key questions remain over when litigation activity resumes and how much expenses increase as business activity returns to in person.What Pandemic-Era Changes Are 'Here to Stay' for Law Firms?
With regard to billing, "Changing some of those formats is something that we really needed to do, and this has helped us adopt that more quickly," one midsize firm leader said.Trending Stories
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