Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates
P.C.
75 Ponce De Leon Ave NE Ste 101
Atlanta,
GA 30308(470) 294-1674
www.garymartinhays.com
By Aleeza Furman | December 23, 2024
Judge Alan Hertzberg rejected the defendant's bid to compel arbitration in a putative consumer class action.
By Jon Cochran | December 23, 2024
This article is the first in a two-part series intended to de-mystify the attorney transition process and give both departing lawyers and their firms concrete pointers on how to ethically navigate attorney transitions.
By Erika Page and Tracy LaLonde | December 20, 2024
Federal employment litigation is on the rise. A key factor driving this increase may be the growing lack of employee engagement, as workers feel more disconnected and dissatisfied with their employers. This disengagement led employees to be more proactive in gathering concrete evidence for discrimination and retaliation claims. Employers must prioritize fostering engagement to reduce the risk of costly litigation and protect their bottom line by decreasing turnover, increasing productivity and loyalty, etc.
By Edward T. Kang | December 20, 2024
While vigorous efforts have been made to push the courts to interpret the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) with an increasingly broad preemptive scope, effectively overriding state laws designed to regulate arbitration, recent decisions underscore that courts are not willing to uphold arbitration agreements when fairness and justice might be compromised. Legitimate concerns surrounding arbitration are prompting more judicial scrutiny—a trend worth examining.
By Riley Brennan | December 19, 2024
"The parties' disagreement is understandable given that the jurisprudential landscape with respect to whether Ms. Canaan must plead harassment that was severe-or-pervasive or severe pervasive-and-objectively-offensive is murky, in part because one of several statutes may be applicable to allegations of harassment depending on the bases for the purported harassment, e.g., sex, race, etc." U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy wrote in the matter captioned Canaan v. Carnegie Mellon University.
By Daniel J. Siegel | December 19, 2024
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses are not often the fodder of columns, but this is an exception. Particularly since the pandemic, it has become, shall we say, looser and doesn’t always meet its goals. Not that it ever had; it’s just worse now.
By Aleeza Furman | December 17, 2024
“The award of $16 million in non-economic damages by the jury was especially egregious and obviously a direct by-product of the improper jury verdict slip, as well as confusion, mistake, and misunderstanding regarding the court’s instructions to the jury relating to damages," the defendants argued in a post-trial motion.
By Matthew B. Weisberg | December 17, 2024
What are my immediate obligations as a suspended attorney?
By Will Sylianteng | December 13, 2024
How do you—as a litigator—handle the questioning of an undocumented witness at a deposition, hearing or trial? Initially, if you are in the position of defending or producing the witness, one of the skills that is not taught in law school has to come into play—empathy.
By Michael T. Korns and Anna R. Hosack | December 13, 2024
In Crawford v. Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of state preemptive firearm laws that prohibit municipalities from passing local gun regulations.
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