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A pro-Israel foundation has demanded a Georgia federal court sanction a Palestinian-American former Emory University professor who said the foundation was complicit in her ouster from the school, arguing the professor and her attorney have baselessly blamed "an imaginary Jewish conspiracy" for her firing.
A Georgia federal judge gave little indication Thursday of whether she would halt the bottomless fundraising privileges of one of the frontrunners in the Peach State's Republican gubernatorial primary, but opined that the advantage appeared "unfair" to one of his top rivals, the state's current attorney general.
A longtime Georgia attorney, who served as chair of Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles and previously served as a district attorney, was sworn in this week as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
The majority of surveyed attorneys feel ready to meet client demands regarding artificial intelligence, according to survey results released Thursday by legal professionals network Best Lawyers.
A Las Vegas-based production company has hit a Las Vegas attorney with a malpractice suit for allegedly giving poor legal advice in its deal to build a basketball facility in Atlanta, which led to it being sued for over $5 million in cost overruns.
Morris Manning & Martin LLP is facing allegations of racketeering and tax fraud in a suit brought in Georgia state court by three investors that names a number of professional services firms.
A Georgia state appeals court has upheld a jury's defense verdict in an auto collision suit even though an alternate juror was mistakenly allowed to participate in deliberations, saying the alternate's presence didn't have any real effect on the outcome.
State bar associations and state supreme courts have to reimagine the rules governing the unauthorized practice of law if artificial intelligence is going to help close the justice gap, according to a new paper out Wednesday.
A mall and its tenant told a Georgia federal judge that they have jointly dismissed their claims over an unpaid rent dispute, ending their motions including the mall's bid to have Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP disqualified from representing the tenant due to an alleged conflict of interest.
U.S. law firms leased 5.9 million square feet in the first six months of 2025, the most active first half since 2018, according to a report released Tuesday by real estate services company Savills.
The board of directors for Atlanta's transit authority has named its chief legal counsel to serve as interim general manager and CEO following the retirement of his predecessor, a move that comes as the transit authority prepares for the city to host some World Cup games in 2026.
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones hit back Monday at Attorney General Chris Carr's suit alleging state fundraising laws have given Jones an edge in their upcoming contest for the state governorship, accusing his Republican primary rival of flip-flopping on a law that Carr himself has defended in court on numerous occasions.
Now-shuttered LabMD Inc. and its CEO are pushing back against a bid from Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and a legal nonprofit to have a malpractice suit in Georgia federal court tossed, saying they haven't abandoned the case but rather were delayed in pursuing arbitration because they were searching for "competent counsel."
A Georgia federal judge has denied Burr & Forman LLP's bid to escape a lawsuit accusing the firm of being party to a massive healthcare fraud scheme, ruling that it must largely face malpractice and breach of fiduciary claims from a pair of bankruptcy trustees.
Nonprofit legal education organization AccessLex Institute announced Monday an updated version of its Helix Bar Review to prepare test-takers for the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, which is set to debut in July 2026.
Watstein Terepka LLP has added to its Atlanta office the assistant litigation deputy for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, strengthening its legal ranks with an attorney who also brings experience as a federal prosecutor and as a litigator in private practice.
Cozen O'Connor leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Sixth Circuit determined that an employer can only be held liable for a customer's harassment of an employee if the company intended for the misconduct to happen.
As she steps into her new role as president-elect of the American Bar Association ahead of a one-year term as president that will begin next summer, Barbara J. Howard told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview that defending democracy and the rule of law remains top of mind.
Atlanta-based law boutique Wiggam Law LLC has brought on a retired senior counsel at tax law boutique Asbury Law Firm, adding an attorney who previously led Ernst & Young's tax controversy practice for the central and southeastern U.S. and served as a trial attorney for the IRS, the boutique announced Friday.
U.S. law firms saw, on average, modest demand growth and solid revenue increases during the first six months of 2025, outpacing expense growth, according to the results of a midyear survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
As major law firms step back from certain pro bono work amid the Trump administration's campaign against BigLaw, the nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government is deploying what its leaders say is an untapped resource in high-impact litigation: small firms, solo practitioners and retirees.
The legal industry had another busy week as the president of the American Bar Association began her term and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
A Georgia federal judge has dismissed a former secretary's pregnancy discrimination suit against a county and the chief judge of its juvenile court, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation that found the secretary didn't prove that her pregnancy led to her being fired.
A former client of Herman Jones LLP urged a Georgia state appeals court to overturn a trial judge's decision to send a lawsuit over legal fees to arbitration, arguing that if the law firm wanted to stay out of court, it should have filed an arbitration demand, not a lawsuit.
Law firm attorneys are finding it challenging to advise in-house counsel on risks associated with artificial intelligence tools when companies are taking different approaches to rolling out the technology and the regulatory landscape is continually evolving.
Not only can effective mentorship have a profound impact on women and people of color entering the legal field, but it also benefits mentors and the legal profession as a whole, creating a true win-win situation for all involved, says Natasha Cortes at Grossman Roth.
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The MarkLaw firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.