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April 09, 2025
House Approves Bill To Restrict Nationwide Injunctions
The House voted 219-213 on Wednesday to approve a bill curbing nationwide injunctions, a move the Trump administration has thrown its support behind after district court judges paused or halted many of the administration's initiatives over the last few months.
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April 09, 2025
Split 11th Circ. Denies Rehearing In Ga. Tech Title IX Case
A sharply divided Eleventh Circuit refused Tuesday to grant a full-court rehearing of a panel decision ending a sex discrimination suit from Georgia Tech's longtime women's basketball coach, prompting a rebuke from the court's Democratic-appointed judges who said the court has "just failed to learn the lesson" that educators deserve a right of action under Title IX.
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April 09, 2025
Revived Burger King No-Poach Case Survives Dismissal
A Florida federal judge Wednesday denied Burger King's bid to toss proposed class action claims over the fast-food chain's past use of no-poach provisions in its franchise agreements, finding the workers' antitrust and fraud claims could proceed.
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April 09, 2025
Ga. Hospital Faces Suit Over Toddler's Death From Ant Bites
The parents of a Georgia toddler who allegedly died from an allergic reaction to ant bites have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Piedmont Healthcare Inc. and others, claiming their daughter died "needlessly because of sub-standard medical care" she received after being rushed to the hospital.
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April 09, 2025
Atlanta Gas Light Co. Sued For $150K Over Cable Damage
Atlanta Gas Light Co. was sued by a Colorado-based telecommunications company in federal court Tuesday over allegations that it did more than $150,000 worth of damage to a fiber optic cable system the company maintains in DeKalb County, Georgia.
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April 09, 2025
Justices Urged To Look At Fed. Circ. Ax Of $13M IP Verdict
A patent-holding company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision that threw out a $13 million jury verdict against NCR Corp. in a suit accusing it of infringing two payment processing patents.
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April 09, 2025
Ga. Beverage Co. Worker Says Pregnancy Got Her Fired
A former operations manager for a Georgia commercial beverage service company sued the company for pregnancy discrimination Tuesday, making good on an alleged invitation by her boss to "file a claim" if she had a problem with her abrupt firing last year.
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April 09, 2025
ChatGPT Output Can't Be Defamation, OpenAI Tells Ga. Court
OpenAI LLC this week told a Georgia state court that its product ChatGPT did not defame a talk radio show host because its warnings that ChatGPT output was not factual "were repeated, prominent, clear, and specific" and the output claiming he was a defendant in a suit was not presented as actual facts.
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April 09, 2025
Ga. Law Firm Accused Of Botching Suit Against Home Depot
A former client of a Georgia personal injury law firm has sued it and its lead trial attorney for allegedly mishandling her underlying premises liability suit against Home Depot, including by doing "very little to pursue" her claim for two years.
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April 09, 2025
Mortgage Lender Misclassifies Underwriters, Worker Says
A mortgage lender unlawfully classifies underwriters as exempt from earning overtime pay despite their job duties not falling under the requirements to warrant exemption, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in Georgia federal court.
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April 08, 2025
Georgia Day Trader Settles SEC's Manipulation Suit For $1.5M
A Georgia-based day trader has agreed to pay over $1.5 million to end a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming that he was central to a scheme to manipulate trading prices for certain issuers via false rumors he distributed on his financial media network.
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April 08, 2025
Nokia Says Hisense TVs Rip Off Its Video Tech
Chinese consumer technology firm Hisense was slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit from Nokia Technologies, alleging it sold millions of products that infringe Nokia's video processing innovations while refusing to negotiate a standard licensing agreement.
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April 08, 2025
Porsche Seeks Toss Of Taycan EV Defect Suit
Porsche Cars NA Inc. has asked a federal court to dismiss nearly all claims brought against it in a proposed class action alleging the carmaker failed to disclose or adequately repair a defect in its Taycan electric vehicles for the model years 2020-2024.
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April 08, 2025
Amec Unit Can't Escape 'Vexatious' Biofuel Plant Suit
A Georgia federal judge has refused to release energy construction giant Amec Foster Wheeler from claims that it performed subpar work on two Peach State biofuel plants and cost its operator $250 million, ruling Monday that a prior effort to force the contractor into arbitration doesn't count as a duplicative action.
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April 08, 2025
Drew Eckl Takes Breakaway Firm Dispute To Ga. High Court
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP told the Georgia Supreme Court that Burke Moore Law Group LLP — started by former Drew Eckl partners and others — was wrongly allowed to escape arbitration over fees between the firm and the ex-partners, arguing that Burke Moore implicitly consented to arbitration by participating without objecting to jurisdiction.
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April 08, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Brings Back Former CLO In Atlanta
Eversheds Sutherland has brought back the former chief legal officer and corporate secretary for heavy construction materials manufacturer Argos North America Corp., strengthening its corporate practice with an attorney having experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, the firm announced Tuesday.
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April 07, 2025
Snyder's-Lance Looks To Ax Proposed Class Wage Claims
The company that makes Snyder's pretzels asked a North Carolina federal judge Monday to deny a Pennsylvania employee's bid to represent a class of workers from 12 states in a wage lawsuit, arguing she can't sue under the laws of the 11 states she doesn't live or work in.
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April 07, 2025
Ga. Management Co. Fired Worker Over Tremors, Suit Says
Crisp Inc., an Atlanta-based business management company, was sued Monday in federal court by a former client success manager who alleged she was fired for asking to work from home due to psychogenic tremors.
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April 07, 2025
Insurer Settles Ga. Motel Shooting Coverage Suit
StarStone National Insurance Co. has settled a coverage dispute with a Georgia motel over whether the insurer was obliged to defend the establishment from a negligent security claim brought by the family of a man robbed and murdered on the premises five years ago, the company said Friday.
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April 07, 2025
Judge Ends Mercedes Wheel Suit, 'Wondering' What Defect Is
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC defeated a putative class action Monday claiming the company used defective wheels that caused customer tire blowouts, as a Georgia federal judge said the "shapelessness" of the suit left him "wondering what defect is even being alleged."
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April 07, 2025
AGs Announce $335M Opioid Deal With Mylan
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday said her office and those of other states reached a $335 million deal with Mylan to help combat the opioid crisis.
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April 07, 2025
Nelson Mullins Team Joins Duane Morris In DC, Atlanta, Miami
Duane Morris LLP announced Monday that it is expanding its corporate practice by bringing in a team of five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP transactional attorneys — including two partners — in its Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Miami locations.
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April 07, 2025
Ga. Appeals Court Rips Judge For Denying Recusal Bid
A Georgia Court of Appeals panel on Monday stripped a child custody case from a Fulton County judge after finding he improperly denied a mother's recusal motion instead of referring it to another jurist.
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April 04, 2025
Real Estate Recap: 'Gold Card,' ESG, Tokenization
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the latest EB-5 investment rush, the tightrope real estate companies are walking with environmental, social and governance factors, and how tokenization can apply to the real estate sector.
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April 04, 2025
Bayer Wants Supreme Court To Review Roundup Litigation
Bayer subsidiary Monsanto has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Missouri jury's $1.2 million award to a man who claimed that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, arguing that courts are split on whether federal law preempts state failure-to-warn claims like the claims in this case.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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How Changes In State Gift Card Laws May Affect Cos. In 2025
2024 state legislative movements around the escheatment of unused gift card balances and consumer fraud protections should prompt issuers to consider whether changes in company domicile or blanket cash-back policies are needed in the new year, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Expect Continued Momentum For Nuclear Power In 2025
With increasing electricity demand, growing interest in carbon-free energy and recent policy initiatives favoring atomic power, the future is looking bright for the U.S. nuclear energy industry — and the imminent switch of administrations in Washington is unlikely to change that, say attorneys at Venable.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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The Justices' Securities Rulings, Dismissals That Defined '24
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 securities rulings led to increased success for defendants' price impact arguments, but the justices' decisions not to weigh in on important issues relating to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's pleading requirements may be just as significant, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.
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Ledbetter's Legacy Shines In 2024 Equal Pay Law Updates
The federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act turned 15 this year, and its namesake's legacy is likely to endure in 2025 and beyond, as demonstrated by 2024's state- and local-level progress on pay equity, as well as several rulings from federal appellate courts, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.
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When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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How White Collar Defense Attys Can Use Summary Witnesses
Few criminal defense attorneys have successfully utilized summary witnesses in the past, but several recent success stories show that it can be a worthwhile trial tactic to help juries understand the complex decision-making at issue, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog — For Now
While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements — paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.