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November 18, 2025
Trump Can't Revive $475M Libel Suit Against CNN At 11th Circ.
The Eleventh Circuit upheld a ruling Tuesday tossing President Donald Trump's $475 million lawsuit alleging CNN defamed him by repeatedly calling Trump's 2020 presidential election fraud claims a "Big Lie," agreeing with the lower court that Trump failed to adequately allege CNN's "subjective" statements about Trump's conduct were false.
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November 18, 2025
Trump Asks 11th Circ. For Redo On Clinton, DNC RICO Claims
President Donald Trump urged the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to revive his Florida federal lawsuit alleging a racketeering conspiracy between Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee to thwart his 2016 presidential campaign with false Russian collusion evidence, saying the complaint was tossed without giving him another chance to replead.
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November 18, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Adds CSX Tax Legal Leader In Atlanta
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced it has brought on the former assistant general tax counsel of CSX Transportation Inc. as a shareholder in its Atlanta office, strengthening its state and local tax practice.
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November 18, 2025
11th Circ. Won't Weigh Labor Arbitration Bid Until Case Wraps
A longshoremen's union must continue resolving a labor dispute with a cargo unloader in Alabama federal court, an Eleventh Circuit panel said, tossing the union's request for the appellate court to kick the case to arbitration.
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November 18, 2025
Ogletree Lands Ex-Delta Exec To Bolster Aviation Group
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday that it had brought on a former Delta Air Lines Inc. executive as a shareholder in its Atlanta office, adding a new co-chair to its aviation industry practice group.
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November 18, 2025
Atlanta Taps Oversight Board For $5B Redevelopment Push
The Atlanta City Council has voted to establish a commission to weigh the extension of eight existing tax allocation districts, components that Mayor Andre Dickens has banked on using to finance a $5.1 billion revitalization plan.
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November 17, 2025
NetChoice Sues Virginia To Stop Social Media Limits For Kids
A trade group representing Facebook, X and other tech companies on Monday sued the state of Virginia over a new law that limits children's access to social media, its latest lawsuit against state government efforts to reduce online harm to minors.
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November 17, 2025
Jailing People For Unpaid Garbage Fees Illegal, 11th Circ. Told
A group of Alabama residents urged the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to revive their proposed class action alleging a city wrongfully jailed people for unpaid garbage collection fees, saying the complaint was improperly tossed.
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November 17, 2025
GOP States Urge Justices To Clarify Collective Cert. Standard
A coalition of 21 states and two business groups told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that lower courts' allegedly premature certification of collective actions drives up the cost of litigation and forces employers into multimillion-dollar settlements, backing Eli Lilly & Co. in a worker's age bias case.
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November 17, 2025
11th Circ. Says Nonprofit Must Obey Affordable Housing Deal
The Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday that the nonprofit owner of a 192-unit multifamily apartment complex must keep obeying a 31-year-old federal agreement that required it to rent the units to lower-income tenants.
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November 17, 2025
Ga. Staffing Firm To Pay $450K To End OT Suit
A Georgia-based staffing and project management agency has agreed to pay nearly $450,000 to two dozen former workers who accused it of stiffing them on overtime by "slapping a 'salary' label" on their paychecks, according to a deal a federal judge approved Monday.
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November 17, 2025
Search Continues For Missing Dallas Firm Co-Founder In Ga.
Dozens of people are searching the wooded terrain of northern Georgia for Charles M. Hosch, co-founder of Dallas boutique Hosch & Morris PLLC, who has been missing for nearly a week, having last been seen on the Appalachian Trail on Veterans Day.
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November 17, 2025
Georgia Hospital System Says Judge DQ Bid Arrived Too Late
A Georgia healthcare provider said a Florida couple waited too late in moving to have a Georgia federal judge disqualify herself from presiding over their medical malpractice case, accusing them of "judge shopping."
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November 17, 2025
Senior Home Referral Site Must Face False Ad Claims
A senior living placement site must face a false advertising suit filed by a Georgia assisted living home alleging the platform runs on a pay-to-play model, as a federal judge said he wasn't buying Caring.com's defense that its advertising was innocuous "puffery."
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November 17, 2025
11th Circ. Says Fla. County Owes For Closing Private Beaches
The Eleventh Circuit ruled on Monday that a Florida county enforcing its COVID-19 restrictions for accessing private beaches counted as taking private properties without just compensation under the Fifth Amendment.
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November 17, 2025
Supreme Court Won't Hear School Loudspeaker Prayer Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of a Florida private Christian school over the state athletic association's decision denying the school the use of a loudspeaker for prayer before sporting events.
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November 17, 2025
High Court Turns Away Ex-Atlanta Atty's Sex Harassment Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a case from a former Atlanta city attorney who said the justices' 2024 Muldrow decision meant she should get another shot at sexual harassment claims against the city and the prominent civil rights lawyer she worked for.
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November 14, 2025
DOJ Targets North Korean IT Job Fraud, $15M Crypto Heist
Four United States nationals and one Ukrainian have pled guilty in federal court to scheming with North Korea to help its citizens illegally secure remote information technology jobs with U.S. companies, the Department of Justice said Friday.
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November 14, 2025
11th Circ. Backs Hate Crime Convictions For Arbery Killers
The Eleventh Circuit has confirmed the federal hate crimes and kidnapping convictions of the murderers of Georgia's Ahmaud Arbery, holding Friday that federal prosecutors had marshaled "substantial evidence" to show the men acted out of racist intent in killing the 25-year-old Black jogger.
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November 14, 2025
How To Kill A Person: A Legal Battle Over Execution Methods
As botched executions pile up and states reach for untested methods like nitrogen hypoxia, prisoners are turning to the courts for a say in how they will die — and are being met with a legal framework stacked against finding execution methods unconstitutional.
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November 14, 2025
Monsanto Settles $2.1B Roundup Cancer Case In Georgia
Bayer AG has agreed to settle a Georgia man's claims that Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weed killer gave him cancer after the company was hit with a nearly $2.1 billion verdict from a state court jury earlier this year, the company confirmed to Law360 on Friday.
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November 14, 2025
Non-Attys Could Help Close Georgia's Civil Justice Gap
Low-income Georgians and rural Georgians face several barriers to accessing legal services, including living in a legal desert, according to a Georgia Supreme Court committee’s report. The panel's proposal allowing "limited licensed legal practitioners" to assist with civil housing and consumer debt matters could improve access to justice across the state.
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November 14, 2025
King & Spalding, Atty Move To End Bias Suit At 4th Circ.
King & Spalding LLP and an attorney who complained that she didn't apply to a summer associate program as a straight, white woman because the firm sought diverse applicants have agreed to end her bias case, according to a filing in the Fourth Circuit.
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November 14, 2025
Union Pacific Shareholders Approve $85B Rail Merger
Union Pacific said Friday that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the company's proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern, part of a deal that the companies say will create the nation's first truly transcontinental railroad.
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November 14, 2025
Prosecutorial Watchdog Takes Helm In Trump Election Case
The Georgia election interference charges against President Donald Trump and others will continue after the head of the state's prosecutorial oversight agency said Friday that for now, he'll take over the case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after multiple outside prosecutors turned down the job.
Expert Analysis
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Home Depot Ruling Tolls Death Knell For 'Silent Cyber'
The Sixth Circuit's recent ruling that Home Depot's insurers did not have to cover costs from a data breach hammered one more nail in the coffin of silent cyber, where coverage is sought under standard property or commercial general liability policies that were not intended to insure cyberattack claims, say attorneys at Zelle.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.
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Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.
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Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer
With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.
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Opinion
Airlines Should Follow Treaty On Prompt Crash Payouts
In the wake of the recent crash of a Delta Air Lines flight during landing in Toronto, it is vital for air carriers and their insurers to understand how the Montreal Convention's process for immediate passenger compensation can avoid years of costly litigation and reputational damage for companies, says Robert Alpert at International Crisis Response.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw
Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.