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'A Win for All Sides'? Ga. Senator Hails New Tort Reform Bill 'Compromise'

"I wish I could tell you it's a bill that, when I bring it up here, everybody's gonna sing 'Kumbaya' and tell you that it's great. They're not," Georgia Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, said.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Maritime Law Column: The Legacy of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990

"Oil spills in U.S. waters have decreased in both number and volume since OPA's enactment, though major incidents still occur from time to time," writes columnist Keith Letourneau.
7 minute read

The Recorder

UPS Accused of Failing to Provide Suitable Bathroom Facilities, Ways to Dispose of 'Urine-Filled Containers' for Drivers

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Maritime Law Column: A Tale of Two Canals

The simultaneous delays at the Suez and Panama Canals are unprecedented and assuredly will lead to higher transportation costs that will flow down to consumers.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Plaintiff's Attorney: Expect More Trucking Crash Mitigation Technology Failure Lawsuits After $16.6M DeKalb Win

"This is one of the first cases I'm aware of where a piece of technology designed to avoid a crash actually set one up," said plaintiff's attorney Joe Fried.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

How a Pending Georgia Appellate Court Decision Could Affect Railroad Liability (and Insurance Carriers)

How the appellate court falls will determine how far a railroad's duty of care to its customers extends.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Tort Reform on the Agenda as Georgia Lawmakers Prepare for 2024 Legislative Session

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced he would prioritize tort-reform measures in an address to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in August, falling in line with the chamber's policy objectives, which currently include repealing the direct-action statute and premises liability.
6 minute read

Law.com

1st Circuit Affirms Firm's Negligence for Failing to Rely on Its Own Case for Client Advice

"I think this case from the First Circuit stands for the proposition that, in order to comply with the applicable standard of law, at least in Maine, the attorney, generally, is required to take a second look, even if that attorney might believe that the area of question focuses on has already been settled," said Lee H. Bals, an attorney with Marcus Clegg who represented the plaintiff.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Maritime Law Column: Implications of the EU's Emissions Trading System, Fuel EU Maritime Regulation

On Jan. 1, 2024, a large segment of commercial merchant vessels will be subject to an emissions-cap-and-trade system.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

No One's 'Had More Influence': Fried's Drive to Top Truck-Crash Lawyer Started With a Badge

"Police work helped me to grow up and allowed me to see a large cross-section of the population and helped me communicate with this group, from a person having a kid take their mailbox down to someone taking their last breath after taking a bullet to the chest," said Joe Fried, a partner with Fried Goldberg in Atlanta. "Everything [from] … the homeless to the richest people in the county."
9 minute read

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