Law360 Pulse: Georgia Pulse /pulse/georgia-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Georgia Pulse Copyright 2025 蜜桃视频. en-US Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:45:05 +0000 Taylor Duma Leader Departs With 4 Attys For Firm Launch /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347918 Taylor Duma LLP's former managing partner has left with four attorneys to start her own law firm and grow an existing alternative dispute resolution company, the聽second leader in recent months to depart the Atlanta-based law firm, which recently changed its name from聽Taylor English Duma LLP. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:37:43 +0000 Ga. Appeals Court To Review Arbitration Of Firm Fee Fight /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2348111?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2348111 The Georgia state court of appeals on Monday agreed to consider whether a law firm's lawsuit against its former client over legal fees should move forward in the trial court that ordered the case to arbitration, with both sides accusing the other of "gamesmanship." Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:18:39 +0000 The Top In-House Hires Of May /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347947 Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Adobe, Takeda聽Pharmaceutical and Duke Energy. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from May. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:28:34 +0000 Quinn Emanuel Focuses On Building AI-Positive Culture /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2344024?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2344024 While many in the legal industry may be apprehensive about generative artificial intelligence, leaders at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP are working to get the firm's attorneys excited about the technology and willing to experiment with it in their work. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:22:10 +0000 Health Law Boutique Adds Former Amazon Atty In Florida /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347933 A Florida attorney who served in-house at Amazon's One Medical has brought her practice to the newly formed national health law boutique Aligned Health Law LLC, the Atlanta-based firm announced Monday. Fri, 30 May 2025 20:39:42 +0000 Ace Says Ga. Insureds Wrongly Added Atty To Coverage Fight /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347049?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347049 Ace Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has launched a sanctions bid in Georgia federal court against two policyholders and their counsel in a coverage suit, alleging they abused the judicial process by adding outside counsel as a defendant just to defeat diversity jurisdiction and remand the case to state court. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:44:10 +0000 Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347227 Susman Godfrey's selection as the head of multidistrict litigation against Microsoft and OpenAI and Benesch's work on an $800 million public offering on behalf of a longtime client lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 16 to 30. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:37:49 +0000 Stites & Harbison Names Litigator As New Atlanta Leader /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347209 Stites & Harbison PLLC has elevated an experienced litigator聽to helm its Atlanta office, taking the baton from the current leader who guided the office for six years. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:36:36 +0000 Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347099?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347099 Clement & Murphy PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:12:42 +0000 ABA Leader Says Silence 'Not An Alternative' On Trump EOs /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2347076 While American Bar Association President Bill Bay says he's seen no shortage of criticism and even threats for publicly opposing the Trump administration's executive orders targeting law firms, he told attendees at an ABA ethics conference that being silent was not a viable alternative. Fri, 30 May 2025 15:31:59 +0000 New Ga. State Judges Leader Says Bench Is Not About Power /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346873?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346873 Law360 Pulse caught up with the new president of the Georgia Council of State Court Judges, Chief Judge Gregory V. Sapp of Chatham County State Court. Fri, 30 May 2025 13:33:08 +0000 Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346641?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346641 The legal industry ended May with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse鈥檚 weekly quiz. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:48:24 +0000 'Silent Majority' Of GCs Band Together To Protect Rule Of Law /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346733?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346733 A few hundred general counsel have recently joined together in a private, bipartisan group, aiming to rally their collective power, from potentially gathering signatures for future amicus briefs to fielding questions about factors to consider when changing outside counsel, to preserve the rule of law in the wake of the Trump administration's executive orders against law firms. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:38:14 +0000 Ga. Justices Nix Reprimand For Solicitor General Over Theft /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346481?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346481 The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected former Hall County Solicitor General Stephanie Woodard's bid to receive a public reprimand after she pled guilty to stealing taxpayer dollars, finding that the suggested discipline is not enough. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:35:04 +0000 Insurer Wants Firm's $2.6M Malpractice Coverage Suit Tossed /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346157 Berkshire unit National Liability & Fire Insurance Co. called on a Georgia federal judge this week to throw out a law firm's claims that it was hung out to dry by its insurers in a malpractice case, arguing the suit is an impermissible attempt to convert a contract dispute into a negligence claim. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:18:34 +0000 Kilpatrick Tech Ace Returns To Nelson Mullins In Atlanta /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346714 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has brought back a Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP partner to its Atlanta office, strengthening its corporate practice and its tech industry group with an experienced technology and privacy attorney, the firm announced Thursday. Thu, 29 May 2025 16:13:23 +0000 Law Firm Real Estate Report /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346543?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346543 May was a month of new markets for several firms as they made their first entries into a handful of notable U.S. cities. They include Carlton Fields, which expanded into Minnesota with a new Minneapolis office staffed by attorneys formerly with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. And a merger with a Seattle-based firm gave Dickinson Wright PLLC its first office in the Pacific Northwest. Thu, 29 May 2025 13:13:06 +0000 Eversheds, William Fry Call Off Irish Merger Talks /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346703?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2346703 Eversheds Sutherland's Irish office will not go ahead with a discussed plan to merge with Dublin-based William Fry LLP, the two firms said Thursday. Thu, 29 May 2025 11:16:54 +0000 Generating Confidence In A Legal Nonprofit /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2338668?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2338668 I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the聽University of Miami. Wed, 28 May 2025 22:15:53 +0000 Ga. Justices Uphold $1.75M Award, Despite Ex Parte Emails /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2345863?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/georgia-pulse/articles/2345863 The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a $1.75 million arbitration award in a dispute between a medical provider and its contractor, finding the provider was not prejudiced by the contractor's ex parte communications with an arbitrator.