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Latest News in Georgia

  • October 15, 2026

    11th Circ. Nixes Fla. Manslaughter Sentencing Enhancement

    The Eleventh Circuit vacated a seven-year sentence for a man who pled guilty to illegal possession of a firearm, finding a lower court incorrectly factored in his prior conviction for attempted manslaughter as a crime of violence.

  • October 15, 2026

    Norfolk Southern On The Hook For $1.6M In Age Bias Suit

    An Alabama federal judge entered final judgment Thursday in favor of a former longtime Norfolk Southern worker who claimed the Atlanta-based company and two subsidiaries violated federal age discrimination law by forcing him out of his job, cementing a jury's $1.6 million verdict for the worker.

  • October 15, 2026

    SEC's Insider Trading Duty Rule May Face Loper Bright Test

    In U.S. v. Jennings, pending in New Jersey federal court, the defense has an opportunity to challenge the rule defining the boundaries of the misappropriation theory of insider trading under Loper Bright, as the only litigated case testing the rule's limits relied on Chevron deference, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • October 15, 2026

    11th Circ. Backs Allegiant Win Over Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit refused to reopen a Black former Allegiant Airlines employee's suit alleging she was fired for complaining to the CEO that white colleagues were harassing her and making racist jokes, finding she only contacted the executive after she was caught lying about an altercation with a co-worker.

  • October 15, 2026

    Mayflower Can't Escape Punitives In Fatal Crash, Judge Says

    Moving and relocation company Mayflower Transit LLC may face punitive damages in a lawsuit over a 2022 highway crash that killed a woman and her child, a Georgia federal judge ruled, but any award will be capped at $250,000.

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