/pulse/georgia-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Georgia Pulse Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:58:19 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370318?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370318 Three attorneys sanctioned for judge shopping while challenging an Alabama statute that criminalizes gender-affirming care have asked the Eleventh Circuit to clear their names, castigating the process that led to their censure as "so extraordinary as to approach unprecedented." Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:22:52 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370538?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370538 In-house lawyers increasingly are having conversations about their compensation packages, with more than half of corporate legal department respondents saying in a recent survey that they had negotiated their pay in 2024 or 2025, according to findings released Tuesday by a legal executive search firm. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:14:19 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370629 A Georgia Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' prosecution of President Donald Trump and others in an election interference case told the state's Supreme Court that her bid to escape its subpoena for her to testify before the committee seeks "to reward her stonewalling" and "delay tactics." Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:35:23 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370549 After moving into the Atlanta market via a merger with real estate boutique Miller Lavoie LLP, Maynard Nexsen PC is already looking to grow the new office and hit the ground running in its latest Southeast location. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:43:49 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370184?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370184 We co-founded The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators to connect leading trial lawyers, litigation experts and academics, and our experience has shown that embracing opportunity, responding fearlessly to market realities, and relentlessly defining the organization’s culture have all been integral to success, say Stéphane Bonifassi, Lincoln Caylor and Elizabeth Ortega. Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:14:07 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370174?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370174 Legal experts are weighing in on comments OpenAI Inc. CEO Sam Altman made during an interview last week about ChatGPT exchanges not having legal privilege, saying information put into the publicly available chatbot are discoverable during litigation. Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:40:11 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370082?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2370082 Several states are making information about their Supreme Court justices' finances and potential financial conflicts somewhat more accessible, according to a new report. Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:37:34 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369870 Some law firms find that people are the hardest part of their business to modernize, not technology and processes, according to staffing agency Forrest Solutions Legal's 2025 Future of Work Survey Report. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:50:05 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369624?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369624 As the volume of sanctions orders resulting from attorneys' use of faulty citations blamed on artificial intelligence continues to rise, federal judges are beginning to pivot from financial sanctions to more creative means of disciplining lawyers, including targeting their professional reputations in ways that could really hurt. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:54:37 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369410 Jones Day and DLA Piper lead this week's edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit overturned a more than $125 million judgment against Medtronic's CoreValve unit for infringing a Colibri Heart Valve LLC patent. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:53:35 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369377?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369377 An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared all but certain Friday that it would revive a Georgia attorney's race bias suit against the state's bar association, calling a federal district court's dismissal of her claims that the bar has a two-tiered disciplinary system "indefensible." Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:24:51 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2359531?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2359531 A few key trends have arisen in partners’ lateral movements in the first half of 2025, reflecting a legal market defined by macroeconomic uncertainty, shifts in firm structures and rising scrutiny of firm affiliations, say legal recruiters at Macrae. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:26:58 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368994 Wiley Rein LLP's work on a $3.1 billion satellite provider merger and Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and Motley Rice LLC securing lead counsel roles in a proposed class action lead this edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 10 to 25. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:55:21 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2369028 The legal industry had another busy week with more in-house moves, government attorneys returning to the private sector and office openings. Test your legal news savvy here with ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:24:16 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2362990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2362990 Hours after a federal jury in Manhattan returned a mixed verdict in a sex trafficking case against Sean "Diddy" Combs, Molly Parmer, a Georgia defense attorney and TikTok content creator with more than 94,200 followers, posted a video outlining what he could expect in terms of sentencing. ¼«ËÙÈü³µ spoke with Parmer about her practice and how she turned her solo firm, Parmer Law, into a space for online court observers. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:18:29 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368716?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368716 Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has announced that an experienced media and entertainment attorney who was a touring musician before entering the legal field has joined the firm from Chicago boutique Mandell Menkes LLC. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:02:45 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368494 Greenspoon Marder LLP has brought on a former solo practitioner as a partner in its Atlanta office, adding an attorney to its entertainment and sports and corporate practices who brings more than 30 years of experience in private practice, as well as in-house and public sector roles, the firm announced Wednesday. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:01:28 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2366412?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2366412 The set of client service-related behaviors corporate clients demand from their law firms has dramatically shifted, creating a shakeup at the top of this year's BTI Client Service A-Team ranking released Thursday. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:43:45 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368279?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368279 The ranks of nonequity partners may be growing, but a recent report found many partners stating confusion about how attorneys can advance to the next level and ambiguity about whether the tier should be expanded. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:09:55 +0000 /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368077?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2368077 FisherBroyles LLP has added a former partner at U.K.-based law firm Gunnercooke LLP to its Atlanta and Detroit offices, bringing on an attorney who has guided U.S. and international clients on legal matters, including international business expansion, immigration and dispute resolution.