March 11, 2026
Georgia State University violated federal law by putting a now-former civil rights compliance director on a performance improvement plan and ultimately firing her because of the cancer treatments she was undergoing, the ex-director told a federal court.
March 06, 2026
A Georgia-based oil and gas infrastructure firm was hit with a proposed collective action Thursday by a former employee who said the company deliberately misclassified maintenance workers as independent contractors to avoid paying them overtime rates.
February 23, 2026
A Florida hospital sued UnitedHealth Group Inc. and several subsidiaries in Georgia federal court on Friday, saying they didn't live up to their contractual obligations when a 2024 cyberattack left the hospital unable to process payments for weeks.
February 13, 2026
The Georgia Board of Nursing is violating federal antitrust law with a "protectionist" policy that prevents online and out-of-state nursing programs from placing their students at Georgia facilities for clinical rotations, an online college told a federal court.
February 10, 2026
A family-owned cutlery seller told a Georgia federal court Tuesday that a U.S. Bank payment processing subsidiary wrongfully placed it on a list that flags businesses for suspicion of high-risk behavior and terminated its payment processing services without justification.
February 09, 2026
Wellstar Health System and one of its Georgia locations have been hit with a federal lawsuit from a pair of siblings who allege that their father died after a doctor inflicted a "severe injury" to his colon and spleen during a routine colonoscopy.
February 04, 2026
A man who protested the construction of a police and fire training facility in the Atlanta metro area nicknamed "Cop City" has brought a lawsuit in Georgia federal court against Cobb County and two police officers, alleging he was arrested during a 2024 demonstration because of his political ideology and values.
January 23, 2026
An Atlanta-based aerospace and information technology company has been hit with a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court over allegations that it failed to properly calculate pay rates when paying overtime to its air traffic controllers.