A Georgia immigration attorney shot her husband and a 51-year-old woman who apparently worked in her Gwinnett County law office at around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, authorities say, before driving…
A Duluth, Ga., attorney disbarred in 2009 was arrested Friday morning on charges that he covered various personal expenses by misappropriating as much as $1.5 million from real estate closings,…
A South Georgia judge has been issued a private reprimand concerning a May 2011 incident in which he was charged in the town of Leslie with driving under the influence,…
Attorneys defending a man accused in a death-penalty case of murdering a police officer are seeking the recusal of the Georgia judge overseeing the case, arguing that he can’t be…
A lawyer admitted in Georgia and South Carolina is facing the loss of law practice privileges in both states after pleading guilty to 11 misdemeanors in a case concerning contraband…
Georgia jurors in an Internet defamation case last month ignored a request to award $48,000 each to a lawyer and her husband. Instead, they awarded a total of $900,000 in…
A Georgia judge is reportedly facing an ethics investigation after the district attorney reported a bizarre courtroom incident last week involving a gun and an unusual offer to an alleged…
Jury selection began yesterday in the Georgia trial of a former general counsel and CEO in the U.S. headquarters of Glock Inc. He is facing theft and racketeering charges after…
Two Georgia judges who pleaded guilty in a criminal misconduct case have benefited from a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the reach of the honest services law.
Counsel for some of the defendants in complex nationwide litigation concerning claimed defects in ASR hip implants marketed by a unit of Johnson & Johnson are asking a Georgia judge…
The Georgia Supreme Court today struck down a state law that restricted advertising assisted suicides, on the basis that the regulation violates free speech rights.
The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a man with HIV is entitled to a hearing on whether he can legally be denied a job as…
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