Ga. Judge Denies Early Exit In Protester's Defamation Suit

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge has denied Atlanta's ex-police chief's bid to escape a defamation suit from a protester who says he was falsely accused of being a violent gang member, ruling that the suit sufficiently substantiated that the chief deliberately lied in public statements.

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McGuireWoods Atty Fined Over Citation Errors In BoA Suit

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge has slapped a McGuireWoods LLP attorney with a $1,500 fine for using incorrect citations in a brief lodged in a recently dismissed mortgage suit against Bank of America.

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Atlanta Shouldn't Escape Age Bias Suit, Judge Says

By Kelcey Caulder

A suit from an ex-building inspector against the city of Atlanta alleging his boss denied him a promotion because of his age can continue, a federal judge said, finding that a jury needed to weigh his claim that his boss told him someone younger was wanted instead.

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Ga. Justices OK Voluntary Suspension Of Ex-County Solicitor

By Emily Sawicki

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday approved a voluntary 12-month suspension of a former county solicitor who admitted to stealing taxpayer dollars, with the suspension period backdated to begin June 2025, when the attorney voluntarily ceased practicing.

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Ritz-Carlton Looks To Toss Trafficking Suit Against Ga. Hotels

By Kelcey Caulder

The Ritz-Carlton asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to toss a lawsuit claiming it and other Atlanta hotels knew about but failed to prevent sex trafficking occurring at their properties, arguing it didn't knowingly benefit from the alleged trafficking.

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Aviation Co. Says Jet Operator Owes $33M For Deserted Deal

By Hayley Fowler

An on-demand aviation company said a private jet owner-operator in North Carolina owes it upwards of $33 million after allegedly bailing on a contract to provide chartered planes ahead of a peak private travel window.

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Partnership Fights Axed $60M Tax Break For Conservation Gift

By Anna Scott Farrell

A partnership challenged the IRS' denial of its nearly $60 million tax deduction for protecting forestland and other open space in Georgia, telling the U.S. Tax Court the land could have been used for valuable granite mining before the partnership stopped it from being developed.

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11th Circ. Rejects Asylum Despite Guerrilla Group Threats

By Hailey Konnath

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to upend a decision denying asylum for a Colombian mother and son who were attacked and repeatedly threatened by a violent guerrilla group, ruling that the mother hasn't shown that the Colombian government permitted the group's actions.

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Eversheds Sutherland Names Atty Trio To Leadership Posts

By Emily Johnson

Eversheds Sutherland has named the U.S. co-head of its litigation practice to serve on the firm's U.S. executive committee, while also elevating partners in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., to help lead the firm's litigation and capital markets practices.

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'Get Over' Yourself, Ho Says To Judges' Independence Worry

By Lauren Berg

U.S. Circuit Judge James C. Ho snapped back at colleagues on the bench who have raised the alarm over threats to judicial independence, writing in an article that those complaining judges "need to get over themselves" and stop bowing to the "cultural elites" who oppose the Trump administration.

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Trump Announces First Judicial Picks Of 2026

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening his first judicial nominees of 2026, a slate of four district court picks for Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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Halligan Ordered To Explain Why She's Still Listed As US Atty

By Hailey Konnath

A Virginia federal judge Tuesday ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain why she was still identifying herself as a U.S. attorney despite another judge's order finding that the former insurance lawyer hadn't been properly appointed and was serving illegally on an interim basis.

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Judgeship Nomination Not Renewed Amid Fla. Charity Probe

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of John Guard, senior counselor to the attorney general of Florida, for a Middle District of Florida federal judgeship, has not been renewed for the new session of Congress after he came under scrutiny in a criminal probe regarding a charity connected to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Atty Apologizes For ChatGPT-Hallucinated Citations In Briefs

By Elliot Weld

A patent attorney has apologized to a Kansas federal judge for submitting a court filing with case citations hallucinated by ChatGPT, calling the experience "shameful and embarrassing" and saying he was in a poor mental state at the time due to his mother and aunt being hospitalized and dying shortly after.

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Texas Justices Erase ABA Approval In Bar Admissions

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order ending a longstanding rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the state bar, with the court giving itself the authority for accreditation.

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WH Says Judge Can't Pursue Immigration Contempt Probe

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration has once again told the D.C. Circuit that U.S. District Judge James Boasberg lacks the constitutional authority to open a contempt probe into the government's removal of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants against his emergency order in March, calling the investigation an "unprecedented criminal fact-finding inquisition."

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Judiciary Advisers Predict Clashes Over AI, Remote Testimony

By Jeff Overley

The federal judiciary's policy advisers appeared divided Tuesday over efforts to align procedural rules with digital age technology and preferences, and they predicted a torrent of impassioned input if they open up their delicate internal debates to the entire public.

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Girardi Keese CFO Must Use His Own Atty For Chicago Appeal

By Lauraann Wood

Girardi Keese's former financial chief cannot have counsel appointed to help him challenge the Illinois sentence he is serving alongside his 10-year California sentence for helping Tom Girardi steal millions from clients because he isn't pursuing the appeal in good faith, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

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National Judicial College Names Idaho Law Dean As President

By Jake Maher

The National Judicial College has named a new president and chief executive officer, selecting the dean of the University of Idaho College of Law to become the first woman to hold the position.

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