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Georgia Passes Tort Reform Package Signaling Important Shift in Future Litigation

Georgia has enacted the most comprehensive tort reform legislation the state has seen in nearly 20 years. Passed during the 2025 Georgia legislative session, the legislation impacts multiple aspects of Georgia tort...more

PFAS Update: Litigation Trends - Motions to Dismiss

Marketing campaigns describing products as “green,” “natural,” and “clean” have become increasingly popular as companies seek to attract environmentally conscientious consumers. With a simultaneous increase in public...more

Georgia Appellate Court Signals Adoption of Federal Precedent for State Pattern Jury Instructions

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently considered a challenge to Georgia’s preponderance-of-the-evidence pattern jury instruction, which is based upon a repealed version of Georgia’s prior evidence code. Reading from the...more

PFAS litigation update: The risks of consumer product marketing claims

As general awareness of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) has continued to rise in recent years, courts have experienced an increase in civil lawsuits alleging false and misleading advertising in corporate...more

Georgia Supreme Court Takes Aim at Premises Liability & Apportionment

The Georgia Supreme Court recently decided important premises liability questions and found landowners liable for injuries to persons on their property caused by third-party criminal assailants....more

PFAS Update: Litigation trends in PFAS consumer product litigation from 2021 to 2022

In recent years, the topic of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) has become well-known to the general public. State and federal regulators have implemented new regulatory standards for PFAS in groundwater, drinking...more

Georgia Supreme Court Finds “Apex Doctrine” Factors Are Entitled to Consideration

The Supreme Court of Georgia recently issued a decision on whether the Apex Doctrine - a theory under which high-ranking corporate executives and government officials may not be compelled to sit for depositions if they lack...more

The Supreme Court of Georgia Sheds New Light on Apportionment of Damages

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued another decision in its recent line of cases opining on the scope and availability of Georgia’s apportionment statute - O.C.G.A. § 51-12-13. This latest decision, Alston & Bird, LLP v....more

Georgia's Apportionment Statute in Product Liability Lawsuits

The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision impacting all product liability cases in Georgia by finding that Georgia’s apportionment statute—O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33—applies to claims for strict product liability, and as...more

Georgia Passes Legislation Creating Immunity for COVID-19 Liabilities

On June 26, 2020, and in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Georgia’s Legislature passed the “Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act” (the “Act”). The Act provides Georgia businesses with certain defenses...more

Georgia Passes Hate-Crimes Legislation

On June 23, 2020, the Georgia Legislature passed a closely watched hate-crimes bill -- House Bill 426 (“HB 426”). Georgia is currently one of only four states in the U.S. without such hate-crimes legislation....more

6/26/2020  /  Hate Crimes , Pending Legislation

Three Recent Cases Highlight Risks of Using Claims Of “Fresh” In Advertising

In this post, we take a look at three recent decisions in which food industry defendants were accused of falsely advertising their food products as “fresh”. As discussed in our prior post, a clear-cut, consensus definition...more

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