• August 21, 2024 | Law.com

    FTC's Ban on Noncompete Agreements Struck Down on the Eve of Implementation

    "This means in essence that, unless a federal appeals court reverses Judge Brown's decision—and we are admittedly only at the end of one phase of the likely three-phase judicial process as appeals are next—the FTC's noncompete rule will not take effect on Sept. 4," employment lawyer Mark S. Goldstein said.

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  • July 24, 2024 | Law.com

    Things Could Get Confusing After Dueling Rulings on Noncompetes

    "Come September, if this situation persists, there will be garden-variety, noncompete employment cases in courts across the country where defendants, whether employees switching companies or companies hiring employees in the face of noncompetes from their prior job, will likely assert that the FTC is a defense to the enforcement of a noncompete," attorney John Siegal said.

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  • July 24, 2024 | National Law Journal

    Dueling Decisions Could Create Confusion Regarding Noncompetes

    "The issue's going to have to be litigated, not just in the handful of cases directly challenging the [Federal Trade Commission's] authority but in commercial and employment cases in courts all across the country," attorney John Siegal said.

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  • P&D Ole Times, LLC v. McCray

    Publication Date: 2023-10-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Tate, Andrew Zemany, (Tate Law Group LLC), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1192

    Court reverses denial of a restaurant's summary judgment motion in a slip-and-fall case because injured plaintiff failed to exercise reasonable care for his safety

  • Mayorga v. Benton

    Publication Date: 2022-08-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Grunberg, Nicole Wade, George Wilson, (Wade, Grunberg & Wilson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Clayton, Leah Parker, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Scott, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0316

    Court reverses dismissal of emotional distress claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim by a father in a same-sex marriage whose daughter committed suicide

  • December 23, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

    Ex-Nokia In-house Lawyer's Discrimination Claims Survive in Part

    The lawyer sued her former employer in July 2019, alleging she was passed over for a promotion, in favor of a younger man with less managerial experience.

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  • City of Savannah v. Brantley et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Herman, (Savannah City Attorneys Office), Savannah, Colin McRae, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, Christopher Smith, Patrick Barkley, (Hunter, Maclean, Exley, & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, W. Stillwell, (Brooks Stillwell LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Shipley, John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, Richard Middleton, Richard Harrison, (The Middleton Firm, LLC), Savannah, for appellee. Thomas Bass, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1604

    In Personal Injury Action, Trial Court Erred in Denying City's Summary Judgment Motion on Sovereign Immunity Basis

  • Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. CW Masonry, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Jones, John Schultz, (Bush Reed Jones & Leeper PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bill Crecelius, (Bill W Crecelius Jr. P.C.), Johns Creek, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0583

    Court enters summary judgment in favor of an insurer in an indemnity agreement under a performance and payment bond

  • January 15, 2015 | Legal Times

    Feds Take Pro-Israel Group's IRS Suit to DC Circuit

    The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging a Washington federal trial judge’s ruling to keep alive a suit that a pro-Israel advocacy group brought over alleged Internal Revenue Serv

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  • January 14, 2015 | Legal Times

    Feds Take Pro-Israel Group's IRS Suit to DC Circuit

    The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging a Washington federal trial judge's ruling to keep alive a suit that a pro-Israel advocacy group brought over alleged Internal Revenue Service discrimination.

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