A family lawyer who worked in Athens, Ga., is among three members of a theater group who were killed at a picnic on Saturday. Police are hunting for the suspect,…
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by a Georgia death-row inmate who claims the Eighth Amendment bars his execution because he is innocent.
A Georgia lawyer accused of masterminding a $28 million real estate Ponzi scheme that duped 125 investors was charged today with one count of wire fraud in a case that…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether winning lawyers may be awarded enhanced fees under a fee-shifting statute because of good performance and a good result.
A more than 500-attorney Indianapolis-based law firm is opening its first office in the Southeast, raiding two partners from the Atlanta office of Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein to establish a…
An assistant district attorney in Georgia has resigned after his arrest on charges of public intoxication and theft of services stemming from an alleged drunken tussle with a hot-dog vendor.
The federal Food and Drug Administration has opened a criminal investigation into a closely held Virginia-based company that has been blamed for a salmonella outbreak that allegedly sickened more than…
After jurors failed to agree on the death penalty for convicted courthouse shooter Brian Nichols, several Georgia lawmakers got behind proposals to end the requirement for unanimity.
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