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Discovery Goes Forward in Morgan & Morgan Malpractice Suit as Savannah Judge Mulls Arbitration

"This is an important issue," said Richard Robbins of Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, an attorney who specializes in legal malpractice. "When you have firms like Morgan & Morgan, with a heavy volume of cases, putting arbitration provisions in their agreements, attorneys want to know how that will play out in real life."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Lawyers Get $13.75M Settlement for Feds, Patient in Cologuard Kickbacks Suit

"I feel proud that we were able to obtain it for Dr. [Niles] Rosen and the American taxpayers, but I believe that it could have been more had he not had to deal with the advisory opinion that was issued very late in the case and shortly before trial, which directly impacted our claims," said plaintiff attorney Brandon Peak of Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell in Columbus, Ga.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Legal Marketing Pros Point to Specialized Training and Experience in Business Development Departments

Marketing staff at law firms typically take on tasks that require specialized training and experience, several professionals noted.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court of Appeals to Weigh Interpretation of Probable 'Drafting Error' in State Apportionment Statute

Appellants say the way things are now greatly diminishes a defendant's incentives to settle because they risk being found liable for a higher portion of attorney fees.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Adams and Reese Folds Minority Fellowship After Blum Targets 3 More Law Firms

Hunton Andrews Kurth and Winston & Strawn also received letters from the American Alliance for Equal Rights this week.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Three Florida-Rooted Am Law 200 Firms Achieved Mansfield Certification for Diversity

Holland & Knight has been on the list for six years, and the firm was joined this year by Greenberg Traurig and Greenspoon Marder. But Akerman, certified last year, was absent.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Remember Why You Wanted to Be a Lawyer': LGBTQ Jurists Give Advice on Facing Adversity in the Courts

"I think a part of what people in the LGBT community did after marriage equality was say 'OK, we're done' and check out," family law practitioner Bary Hausrath said. "We need everybody to check back in with great urgency."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

11th Circ.: Contempt Conviction Against Nonparty Requires Proof of Aiding and Abetting Bound Party

"So had the government believed it had the goods, the government certainly had a good-faith basis to advocate for the district court to find Robinson in contempt of the 2017 injunction because she allegedly aided and abetted someone or some entity in privity with a bound party. But it did not do that."
5 minute read

Law.com

North Carolina Democratic Party, DNC Allege 'Perverse' Assault on Voter Registrants in Federal Lawsuit

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

These Southeast Law Firms Achieved Mansfield Rule Certification

Simon Malko of Morris Manning said the Mansfield certification process "provides us with an intentional and measurable framework that helps us increase accountability and track progress."
5 minute read

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