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April 29, 2025
Examining The EPA's Forever Chemical Plans
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to clarify who is liable for forever chemical contamination and hold polluters accountable, though questions remain as to whether current standards could be loosened and how much help could be needed from Congress.
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April 29, 2025
Trump Executive Order Aims To Defend Police In Lawsuits
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order directing the attorney general to help defend police officers from misconduct lawsuits, including arranging private-sector pro bono aid for them.
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April 29, 2025
North Georgia Healthcare Provider Sued Over Data Breach
A regional healthcare provider and a collections agency have been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that their lax cybersecurity practices allowed hackers to steal the protected health information of patients during a July 2024 data breach.
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April 29, 2025
Justices Scoff At Feds' Defenses In Mistaken FBI Raid Case
Supreme Court justices Tuesday appeared flummoxed by the government's "ridiculous" arguments it should be immune to a Georgia resident's lawsuit over a mistaken FBI raid on her house, but seemed unlikely to issue a blanket ruling on when an officer's discretion trumps their liability for injuries caused by their actions.
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April 29, 2025
Dominican Republic Not Immune In Postal Suit, 11th Circ. Told
A Florida company suing the Dominican Republic over allegations it failed to pay $10 million after breaching a contract to modernize its postal service told an Eleventh Circuit panel Tuesday the country isn't exempt from legal action, arguing the country can be held liable under exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
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April 29, 2025
Ga. Commission To Interview 13 For State High Court Seat
Georgia judges, a law school professor and the general counsel for the Georgia secretary of state are among the 13 applicants selected to be interviewed by the state's Judicial Nominating Commission for a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court.
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April 29, 2025
Ex-Plant Workers Take Aim At Company's Atty Bribe Claims
Two former employees of a plastics manufacturing plant are urging a Georgia federal court to disregard the company's attempt to push liability for an alleged bribery offer sent to their attorney onto a disgruntled former executive rather than the company's current financial director.
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April 29, 2025
Doctors Want Stay Of DQ Bid Amid Spine Center ERISA Deal
Doctors and other former employees of Atlanta-area Polaris Spine and Neurosurgery PC have agreed to settle their ERISA claims alleging the center botched the distribution of their retirement benefits, also seeking a stay of Polaris' bid to have their Holland & Knight counsel disqualified over an alleged conflict.
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April 28, 2025
Ga. Speaker Claims Immunity In Lawsuit Over Lawmaker Ban
Georgia Speaker of the House Jon Burns has asked a federal judge to free him from a lawsuit lodged by the constituents of a lawmaker who was barred from the chamber in January after calling Burns' predecessor "one of the most corrupt Georgia leaders we'll ever see in our lifetimes."
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April 28, 2025
Gov't Reverses Position On Surgery For Trans Prisoners
The Trump administration is rejecting the federal government's previous stance that prison officials are constitutionally required to provide gender confirmation surgery to incarcerated people with gender dysphoria who request the treatment, noting the shift in recent statements to a Georgia federal court.
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April 28, 2025
5th Circ. Grants DOL 30-Day Stay In States' ESG Rule Appeal
The Fifth Circuit on Monday granted the U.S. Department of Labor's request to stay an appeal from Republican-led states in a suit challenging the agency's rule that allows retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, but limited the pause to 30 days.
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April 28, 2025
Trump Must Face Copyright Claim Over Isaac Hayes Song Use
A Georgia federal judge refused to free President Donald Trump from a copyright infringement claim levied against him over his election campaign's use of artist Isaac Hayes' song "Hold On, I'm Coming" at rallies.
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April 28, 2025
Red States Want ACA Trans Health Rule Permanently Off Books
A group of 15 red states that successfully got a Biden-era rule frozen that protected gender-affirming care under the Affordable Care Act have urged a Mississippi federal judge to rule the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services overstepped its authority and cannot require states to allow gender-affirming care for transgender people.
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April 28, 2025
EPA Touts Intention To Act On PFAS Contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it's planning a series of actions to address pollution from forever chemicals, including the designation of a leader for PFAS regulation and issues at the EPA.
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April 28, 2025
Reed Smith Lands Squire Patton Employment Ace In Atlanta
Reed Smith LLP has added a Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner to its Atlanta office, strengthening its labor and employment practice after opening the office in January, the firm announced on Monday.
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April 25, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Q1 Hospo Deals, Data Center Speculation
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the law firms that guided the largest global hospitality mergers and acquisitions of the first quarter, and how local utilities are attempting to weed out data center speculators.
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April 25, 2025
$2.1B Verdict 'Poisoned' By Omitted Evidence, Monsanto Says
Monsanto has asked an Atlanta-area court to undo a more than $2 billion jury verdict awarded to a man who said his cancer was caused by the weedkiller Roundup, arguing that the award is unconstitutional and that the trial was riddled with inadmissible evidence and false testimony.
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April 25, 2025
Boston Consulting Group Hit With Pregnancy Bias Suit In Ga.
The Boston Consulting Group was hit with a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit Friday from a former payroll worker who alleges her boss told her she "conned" the company by taking parental leave early on in her tenure, only to fire her after she complained about the workplace mistreatment.
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April 25, 2025
Up Next At High Court: Class Cert., Religious Charter Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in five cases this coming week, including in disputes over whether courts can certify classes of plaintiffs when some members haven't suffered an injury and whether students alleging disability discrimination in public schools must meet a higher standard of proof to bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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April 25, 2025
Organ Donor Network Wants Veteran's Waitlist Bias Suit Axed
The United Network for Organ Sharing asked a Georgia federal court to toss a lawsuit filed against it and several university medical schools over allegations that they delayed a Black military veteran's ability to receive a kidney transplant by artificially inflating his kidney function scores.
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April 25, 2025
DOD To Assess Tricare Program Competition In Ga. And Fla.
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded contracts to CareSource Military and Veterans to compete with managed care support contractors in delivering health, medical and administrative support services to eligible Tricare beneficiaries in the Atlanta and Tampa markets.
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April 25, 2025
Ozempic Maker Settles Infringement Claims With Atlanta Clinic
Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical manufacturer behind Ozempic and other weight loss drugs, said Friday it has reached a settlement to end a series of claims that a Georgia anti-aging clinic was using the company's name and reputation to sell off-brand versions of its treatments.
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April 25, 2025
Ga. HOA Not Covered In $10M Dog Attack Suit, Insurer Says
An insurer told a Georgia federal court that it doesn't owe coverage to a homeowner's association in a $10 million suit brought by a woman who said she was viciously attacked by her neighbor's dogs in part because of the association's failure to enforce its covenant on animals.
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April 25, 2025
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Taps Former Prof As Dean
The 11th dean and chief executive officer of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School will be the attorney who previously was executive director of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation for two decades, the law school announced Friday.
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April 25, 2025
11th Circ. Backs FDA In Denial Of Bidi's Vape Application
The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the denial of a marketing application for a tobacco-flavored electronic cigarette made by Bidi Vapor LLC, finding that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in finding that the company failed to show the product would promote public health.
Expert Analysis
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Independent Contractor Rule Up In The Air Under New DOL
In several recent court challenges, the U.S. Department of Labor has indicated its intent to revoke the 2024 independent contractor rule, sending a clear signal that it will not defend the Biden-era rule on the merits in anticipation of further rulemaking, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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Series
Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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Perspectives
The Benefits Of Aligning States On Legal Paraprofessionals
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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Tax Takeaways From Georgia's 2025 Legislative Session
Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland discuss tax-related measures passed by the Georgia Legislature during the session that adjourned on April 4, which included a decrease in income tax rates, an extension of the time in which to a protest tax assessment and cleanup provisions related to launching the state’s new tax court next year.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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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.