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Daily Report Online

'Experience Is Transferable': Law Firms Turn to Legal Staff for Business Development

Arnall Golden Gregory often asks its paralegals and legal assistants to assist in marketing and business development efforts, said marketing director Lisa Vicine.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'A Pretty Big Deal for Plaintiff's Lawyers': Ga. Appellate Court Clears Up Preponderance Standard in Civil Cases

Plaintiff's attorney Ben Broadhead said the old pattern charge "has almost certainly caused countless cases to be decided incorrectly."
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawyers Score $540K in Attorney Fees Against South Florida Luxury Real Estate Developer

"Two million dollars was not a rounding error," Javier Lopez, a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, alleged. "It was a systemic fraud he had perpetrated over and over again against a number of clients that we represent."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'How Is That Not Illegal?': Ga. Appellate Court Eyes Class Certification in Fulton County Tax Dispute

"I've done a lot of class action work and I've never seen a case better suited for class certification. We were shocked when we got the court's email," plaintiff-appellant counsel said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jurors Award $200M Verdict to Clients of These South Florida Attorneys

Boston jurors awarded about $25 million in compensatory damages, $5 million to each of Rita Jones' five adult children, and $150 million in punitive damages to the estate.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

King & Spalding and Alston Land in Top Rankings for US M&A Deal Volume

K&S said its investments in M&A capabilities have "reaped big dividends," as clients continue to partner with them, while Alston said its "diversified roster of clients keeps us active."
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

This Litigation Funder Has Loaned Money To a Growing List of Troubled Firms

When Philadelphia-based Sacks Weston declared bankruptcy in August, it became the latest firm to do business with Virage Capital and then hit the skids.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

'If You Don't Participate, Do You Have the Right to Complain?': Party in Default Asks Ga. to Reapportion $25M Judgment

"You're asking us to do something no court has ever done before," Judge Trea Pipkin said. "[If we do this] we are incentivizing a party to not show up [and] not participate in the system."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Energy Companies Hand Legal Chiefs Expanded Executive Duties

General counsel for two energy companies have received promotions that expand their duties beyond legal and help their utilities achieve ambitious clean energy goals.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Green Energy Financier Hit With an Over $60M Miami Shareholder Lawsuit

"The complaint alleged how rising interest rates exposed incompetence as well as a yearlong coverup," said Sean Burstyn of Burstyn Law.
3 minute read

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