/georgia?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Georgia Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:11 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371280 In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:45:36 +0000 /georgia/articles/2370813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2370813 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart dismissed most of the 50 petitions for inter partes review addressed in her latest decisions over discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:59:50 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372533 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into how law firms are winning the succession game, and the Trump administration's efforts to cut red tape for data center projects. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:48:43 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372241?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372241 A Delaware bankruptcy judge refused to move the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of dorm operator Corvias Campus Living-USG LLC to Georgia, entering an order Friday denying a bid by the University System of Georgia's board of regents to relocate the proceedings. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:26:13 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372232?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372232 The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action against Luli Fama and various social media influencers for failing to disclose the influencers' endorsements of the brand's swimwear products were paid, saying the lower court rightly found the plaintiff failed to allege fraud with the necessary particularity. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:26:14 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372304 The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:57:27 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371209 The Ninth and Eleventh circuits in August will hear from employers fighting trial court decisions refusing to kick proposed class actions alleging ERISA violations into individual arbitration. Here's a look at four coming oral argument sessions that should be on benefits lawyers' radar. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:29:44 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372499 A Georgia man was convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns and claiming a $3.4 million tax refund from the Internal Revenue Service, crimes that could bring 170 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /georgia/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:48:26 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372179 The majority of a Washington, D.C., lawyer ethics panel has called for the disbarment of Jeffrey Clark, a White House official and ally of President Donald Trump, over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:26:12 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372379 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announce megamerger plans, Palo Alto Networks acquires identity security company CyberArk, Brookfield buys British life insurer Just Group, and Duke Energy sells its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution business to Spire Inc. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:12:37 +0000 /georgia/articles/2372234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2372234 A widow is not entitled to innocent spouse relief from tax debt she shared with her husband because the underlying income belonged to her, the Eleventh Circuit said, affirming a U.S. Tax Court ruling and skirting an additional challenge to job protections for judges. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:26:28 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371720 A divided Eleventh Circuit on Thursday granted a Georgia man whose horses were seized by Atlanta-area authorities a fresh shot at amending a lawsuit over the seizure, with the majority saying the lower court wrongly found that amending the suit was futile under the Fifth Amendment's takings clause. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:37:20 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371684 A commuter who filed a personal injury lawsuit against an Atlanta-area bus company two years and two days after she was injured did not run afoul of Georgia's statute of limitations, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday, saying the law gives plaintiffs additional time when the last day would technically fall on a weekend. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:09:54 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371462?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371462 The Eleventh Circuit has sent back to lower court a Miami man's suit claiming that American Airlines illegally benefited when using a Havana airport he says the Cuban government stole from his family in 1959. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:54:54 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371435 The U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Stanley v. City of Sanford that protections under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act don't extend to retirees potentially limits liability by giving employers additional support to challenge complaints, and highlights the need for proactive policy management to mitigate risk, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:17:20 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371131?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371131 The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that an individual fighting removal after being convicted on state drug charges has the burden of proving the law they were convicted under is broader than federal law to avoid deportation. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:12:53 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371379 A Georgia federal judge won't dismiss the bulk of a proposed class action alleging that Mercedes-Benz Group AG sold vehicles with defective wooden trim veneer that cracked after extended use, leaving 11 of the 18 counts in the amended complaint alive. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:42:07 +0000 /georgia/articles/2343351?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2343351 Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:57:41 +0000 /georgia/articles/2371358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /georgia/articles/2371358 Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Percy Bady has sued TRIBL Records, performing artists Todd Galberth and Brandon John Peavy, as well as two music publishers and a music producer, for allegedly infringing his song "I'm Free" with recordings and performances of the song "Fill the Room."