Written by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Daily Report | Nov 8, 2016 | News
As the country votes for a new president after a bitter campaign that focused heavily on the power to fill an opening on the U.S. Supreme Court, Gov. Nathan Deal is about to fill three positions on the Georgia Supreme Court. The governor will soon appoint justices to fill two […]
Written by Arielle Kass - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Oct 27, 2016 | News
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that a referendum to create the City of South Fulton can stay on the ballot, denying a request for a temporary restraining order that would have put a stop to the election. Eleanor Ross, a judge in Georgia’s Northern District, said John Davis, the […]
Written by Geoffrey A. Cooper - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Oct 17, 2016 | News
Roswell Mayor Jere Wood has been involved in lawsuits before, but this time he’s suing his own city. Wood filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court last month against the city and council members over whether he’s allowed to renovate his property in the city’s historic district. Earlier this […]
Written by Elly Yu - WABE | Sep 9, 2016 | News
A Fulton County judge ruled on Thursday that Atlanta’s recent annexations of several neighborhoods in unincorporated South Fulton are not valid. Atlanta annexed five neighborhoods in the area earlier this year – neighborhoods that could become part of a different city: the city of South Fulton. In November, voters in the […]
Written by Arielle Kass - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Sep 8, 2016 | News
A Fulton County judge has overturned the recent annexations of five South Fulton neighborhoods into the city of Atlanta, saying the city’s process was flawed. Atlanta had rushed the annexations in an attempt to expand its borders before residents in unincorporated Fulton County vote this fall on whether to form […]
Written by Kali Hays - Law360, New York | May 12, 2016 | News
An Atlanta investment advisory firm under investigation by federal authorities for its work on behalf of a number of Georgia-based public pension plans is suing a New York law firm for $12 million over claims of legal malpractice. On May 5, Gray Financial Group and its principals, Laurence Gray and […]
Written by Carolina Bolado - Law360, New York | May 10, 2016 | News
Law360, New York (May 9, 2016, 10:04 PM ET) — BizJet, a U.S.-based unit of aircraft maintenance company Lufthansa Technik AG, was hit Monday with a $6 million suit in Florida federal court claiming the company lied about its ability to service a Rolls Royce aircraft engine and did a “shoddy” job on […]
