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Fulton County Judge's Failure to Instruct Jury Leads to Overturning of Former Atlanta Attorney's Murder Conviction

"[T]he harm from the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the defense of accident was compounded by the trial court's express instruction that the jury must 'disregard' that accident was a key legal principle," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson said.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Remand To State Court Granted by Connecticut Judge in Wrongful-Death Suit Stemming From 2021 Colorado Mass Shooting

"We are pleased this case will be sent back to the state court where it belongs," plaintiffs counsel said. "We look forward to proving our case that Ruger's illegal marketing and sale of a short-barreled rifle made the King Soopers shooting possible."
4 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Vacates Attorney's Sanctions for Presumed Use of Public Records

"She was seeking through her Petition to vindicate her right to the public records," Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Usman said. "In general, this is the definition of a proper purpose, and there does not appear to be any dispute that Ms. Reguli genuinely wanted to obtain these public records which she reasonably believed she had a legal right to access."
5 minute read

Law.com

Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: Louwee Guevarra, VP and CTO at Kloves

Kloves VP and CTO Louwee Guevarra discusses the nuances involved in getting various vendor platforms, many of which utilize their own LLM and generative AI engines, to play nice with each other.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Set to Define When Words Exchanged by Counsel May Be Defamatory

The plaintiff-appellee, Armin Oskouei, an orthopedic surgeon, filed libel and slander complaints against defense attorney Zach Matthews of McMickle Kurey & Branch, alleging the latter said the plaintiff-appellee "is performing illegal surgeries," "is a back-alley doctor" and "a crook and a fraud" to a member of opposing counsel in an underlying dispute.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Stretched to the Limit, GCs Turn to Legal Ops as Escape Valve

GCs see adopting technology and more efficient processes as crucial to freeing up their time so that they can stay on top of risk management and strategically advise fellow colleagues and the board, FTI Consulting and Relativity say in a report.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

To Improve Law Firm Culture, Let Authenticity Fly

We hear a multitude of ideas and solutions for attracting and retaining lawyers and business professionals in today's ultra-competitive environment. Tellingly, when surveying the landscape of a multigenerational workforce operating in a mixture of hybrid and remote work, authenticity is essential to workplace satisfaction and loyalty.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Netflix Legal Ops Chief Exits, Says She'll Take Operations to New Heights

"If I sound defiant, it's because I am," Jenn McCarron wrote. "I cannot and will not accept the status quo. The stakes are too high, and our industry will get left behind if we do."
4 minute read

Law.com

When Drinking to Escape Has You Trapped: A Look at Alcohol Use in the Legal Profession

It is not exactly news at this point that alcohol use in the legal profession is pervasive and frequently unhealthy or problematic. What is less well known is why, exactly, that is the case.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

How Overseeing Legal Operations Has Affected How Steve Mahieu of Kraft Heinz Looks at Litigation

"Having visibility to hourly rates, spend by matter, and other financial metrics across the department has given me a greater appreciation for the need to focus our resources on the most impactful matters to the company."
6 minute read

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