Ga. Businesses 'Over The Moon' With Tort Reform Proposals

By Chart Riggall

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled a long-awaited tort reform package Thursday that, if passed, would limit businesses' premises liability, limit plaintiffs' attorneys' rhetoric around damages and require increased disclosures for third-party litigation funding, among a slew of other proposals.

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Reed Smith Debuts In Atlanta With 37 Attys From 2 Firms

By Emily Johnson

Reed Smith LLP has launched its first office in Atlanta with a 37-attorney team composed of lawyers coming aboard from Morris Manning & Martin LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP, the firm announced Thursday.

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Circle K Gas Franchise Hit With Data Breach Class Action

By Kelcey Caulder

Gas and convenience store chain Circle K was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that it failed to adequately safeguard the sensitive personal information of its employees during a May 2024 data breach.

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Topgolf Underpays Its Servers, Class Action Says

By Kelcey Caulder

Sports entertainment chain Top Golf USA Inc. and two affiliates were hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations they improperly claimed a tip credit that lowered employees' wages to below the statutory minimum.

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Peruvians Tell High Court Smelter Lawsuit Should Proceed

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Peruvian nationals suing U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert's The Renco Group Inc. for allegedly poisoning them with toxic chemicals from a smelting and refining complex in a rural part of the country are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let their litigation move forward.

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11th Circ. Revives Wage Suit From Biz Owners' Fla. Worker

By Rae Ann Varona

The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday revived a Florida domestic worker's lawsuit accusing his former employers of refusing to pay him overtime wages, saying in a published opinion that the employers shouldn't have gotten a summary judgment win in light of conflicting evidence concerning the worker's regular hourly rate.

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Series

Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

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Goldstein Case Raises The Stakes For A DOJ Office In Tumult

By Phillip Bantz

The bombshell tax-crimes case of U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein landed at a U.S. Department of Justice outpost in Maryland that has been plagued in recent years by botched cases and internal strife — pitting a beleaguered U.S. attorney against a pair of former Donald Trump attorneys itching for a fight.

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Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash

By Rachel Rippetoe

Three attorneys who are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., are being remembered by their colleagues and mentors as "brilliant," "funny" and "passionate" young lawyers who each had bright futures ahead of them.

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Analysis

Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

By Katie Buehler

A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

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Trump Administration Fires Jan. 6 Prosecutors, Reports Say

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Department of Justice's new leadership on Friday terminated more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal cases regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, and also began probing potentially thousands of FBI agents who worked on similar investigations, according to news reports.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Escape OneCoin Conviction At 2nd Circ.

By Rae Ann Varona

The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a former Locke Lord LLP partner's conviction and 10-year sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the multibillion-dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme, rejecting the attorney's contention that a sole cooperating government witness' perjury and other purported errors warranted reversing his punishment.

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Jackson Lewis Reelects Chair Amid Leadership Changes

By Xiumei Dong

In its latest leadership shake-up, Jackson Lewis PC has reelected its firm chair and managing principal for a second term, while also implementing a leadership restructuring that includes the reorganization of its practice groups and the appointment of several new national heads.

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Ex-Holtzman Vogel Attys Join Musk Lawyer For New GOP Firm

By Daniel Connolly

Chris Gober, who has represented Elon Musk and other high-profile Republicans, announced the hiring of four attorneys from conservative law firm Holtzman Vogel as he works to expand his small firm and turn it into the "premier Republican political law firm."

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Dinsmore & Shohl Grows In Fla. With Tampa Boutique Pickup

By Madison Arnold

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced Friday that it plans to merge with boutique firm Shankman Leone in Tampa, Florida, adding a 10-attorney team to its ranks.

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Proposed DC Anti-Harassment Rule Sparks Familiar Debate

By Alison Knezevich

A proposed change to the D.C. Bar's ethics rules that's aimed at combating harassment and discrimination in the legal profession is stirring a First Amendment debate, echoing controversies seen in other jurisdictions.

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Another Oklahoma Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Gregory Frizzell of the Northern District of Oklahoma has informed the president he will take senior status in March, making him the second judge from the state to make such an announcement in recent days.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The battle over corporate diversity issues weaved its way throughout this past week's news and this roundup, including 19 Republican attorneys general threatening Costco over its policies. And a new survey shows general counsel trying to cut costs, but also saying they will increase the work they send to outside lawyers in 2025.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen another claim by Woodford investors against Hargreaves Lansdown in the widening £200 million ($248 million) dispute over the fund's collapse, a solicitor barred for his role in a suspected advance fee fraud face action by a Swiss wholesaler, and The Resort Group, which markets investments in luxury hotel resorts, hit with a claim by a group of investors. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

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