/georgia?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Georgia Copyright 2025 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:17:13 +0000 /georgia/articles/2357607?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2357607 Sysco will pay a little over $20,000 to resolve a former employee's lawsuit accusing the food product distributor of failing to pay him for off-the-clock work and miscalculating his overtime wages, according to a filing Wednesday in Georgia federal court. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /georgia/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:25:24 +0000 /georgia/articles/2357430?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2357430 The Georgia affiliate of student and military housing provider Corvias filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday saying an unsustainable contract with Georgia's public universities has left it unable to support its $532 million in debt. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:44:25 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356768 The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a ruling from the state's intermediate appellate court in a case over whether a notice of claim against the city of Atlanta was properly served according to state law, finding that it was. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:17:20 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356761?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356761 The Supreme Court of Georgia has vacated a $1 million award of nominal damages to a woman who was injured at a Walmart store, ruling that the verdict violated the intent of nominal damages to represent a "trivial sum" for plaintiffs. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:15:13 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356774 The Supreme Court of Georgia has tossed a ruling that sovereign immunity can shield a local housing authority from a shooting victim's lawsuit, saying Tuesday that lower courts had wrongly extended the state government's immunity to a city, and from there to the authority. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:01:39 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356876 CoastalSouth Bancshares Inc., the bank holding company for South Carolina state-chartered commercial bank Coastal States Bank, on Tuesday announced the launch of its initial public offering with plans to raise $58.5 million. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:19:37 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356756?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356756 The Supreme Court of Georgia declined Tuesday to consider whether the state's statutory cap on noneconomic damages can be applied to wrongful death suits, staving off for now a push by business lobbies to put a hard ceiling on plaintiffs' recoveries in such cases. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:35:35 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356367 A gaming company and a law firm asked the Eleventh Circuit to reject an insurer's bid to avoid representing the firm in a malpractice case, arguing that if at least one claim in an underlying complaint was covered, the insurer couldn't apply a misappropriation exclusion. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:46:39 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356333?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356333 Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:55:42 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356445 Samsung Electronics America Inc. is back on the hook for a $10 million default judgment won by a Georgia man who alleged one of its batteries exploded in his e-cigarette, after a state appellate panel said Monday a trial court wrongly found the suit should have been filed in a different county. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:51:29 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356419 A Georgia state jury has awarded $2.25 million in a privacy suit accusing a pathologist of unlawfully posting autopsy videos on Instagram of a baby who was decapitated during an allegedly botched delivery. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:08:54 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356149?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356149 An Atlanta-based provider of healthcare benefits, payroll and other human resources functions for small businesses, was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that it failed to properly safeguard the personally identifiable information of its customers during a 2024 data breach. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:06:26 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356440 A social media director at DraftKings has agreed to delete alleged trade secrets from his personal ChatGPT account, which his former employer, rival PrizePicks, alleged he stole before changing employers. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:27:39 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356163?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356163 Aflac Inc. was sued Saturday in Georgia federal court over allegations that it failed to safeguard the personally identifiable information and protected health information of its customers during a recent data breach. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:16:53 +0000 /georgia/articles/2355939?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2355939 A Georgia family hoping to safeguard its $2.5 billion punitive damages verdict against Ford Motor Co. has urged a federal judge to reject the auto giant's bid to introduce interviews it says will show jurors were aware of a prior verdict faulting the company for similar rollover deaths. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:15:30 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356421 The governors of the State Bar of Georgia have proposed creating a Senior Lawyers Division within the organization to offer professional support and camaraderie to Peach State attorneys ages 55 and up. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:53:19 +0000 /georgia/articles/2356403?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2356403 Isaac Hayes' estate, which is suing President Donald Trump and his election campaign over their use of one of the late soul legend's songs, has urged a Georgia federal court to reject a conservative group's bid for attorney fees after its dismissal from the lawsuit, saying the complaint is not frivolous. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:10:16 +0000 /georgia/articles/2351799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2351799 In light of various federal circuit court decisions and an executive order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy now may be on the verge of changing decidedly in favor of marijuana users' gun rights, and could foreshadow additional marijuana-friendly reforms, says Jacob Raver at Dentons. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:38:13 +0000 /georgia/articles/2353396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2353396 District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.