Nov 11, 2020 | Business Litigation
The Business Court, Georgia’s first statewide in the past 114 years, opened on August 30, 2020. The Business Court is a specialized commercial court created to promote the efficient and predictable resolution of complex litigation. Although lauded as a way to provide...
Aug 31, 2020 | Administrative Law, Business Litigation, COVID-19 Related Law, FINRA
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, courts and arbitration tribunals have been forced to grapple with how to safely conduct hearings while ensuring that the results of such hearings stand up to legal challenges. Back in May, we told you about a challenge to a FINRA...
Aug 12, 2020 | Administrative Law, Business Litigation, FINRA
On July 20, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Notice 20-25, which amends the FINRA rules to require the assessment minimum fees in connection with all expungement requests. FINRA keeps track of broker-dealers’ and registered...
Aug 3, 2020 | Business Litigation
Nearly two years after Georgia voters approved a Constitutional amendment to create a statewide business court, the business court will begin accepting filed cases on August 1, 2020. The court was many years in the making, launched in part by the 2017 Final Report of...
Jul 13, 2020 | Business Litigation
Women of color lawyers are far more likely to leave the profession than their white colleagues according to a recent report by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, Left Out and Left Behind: The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal...
Apr 8, 2020 | Business Litigation, COVID-19 Related Law, Cyber Law, False Claims Act, General
On April 7, 2020, the three United States Attorneys Offices in Georgia, along with the Georgia Attorney General’s Office and the Office of the Governor, announced a new COVID-19 Fraud Task Force, which they say is “aimed at better protecting the citizens of Georgia...
