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How Georgia SB68 Streamlines Litigation: What You Need to Know

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Georgia Senate Bill 68, signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp on April 21, 2025, introduces significant changes to the state’s civil litigation landscape. Most notable is the implementation of a mandatory 90-day stay of...more

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Georgia’s 2025 Tort Reform: What Businesses, Insurers, and Litigators Need to Know

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In recent years, Georgia has earned a prominent—and troubling—spot on the American Tort Reform Association’s annual “Judicial Hellholes” list, drawing national attention to the state’s increasingly unpredictable and...more

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Signs Sweeping Tort Reform Into Law

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed sweeping tort reform legislation into law on April 21, 2025. Senate Bills 68 and 69, which narrowly passed the House after receiving unanimous support in the Georgia Senate, were identified...more

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Georgia Passes Tort Reform

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In one of the most closely watched issues before the Georgia Legislature this year, Georgia law has been amended through two tort reform bills, Senate Bills 68 and 69. These bills will impact various aspects of Georgia’s...more

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D.C. Court Finds A Piggyback Statute Of Limitations In Segway-Crash Case

According to court filings, on October 11, 2019, a Segway struck Marilyn Kubichek and Dorothy Baldwin as they strolled along a D.C. sidewalk....more

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Opioids and Common Law Liability for Indirect Economic Harm

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Earlier this month, the Law Court weighed in on a hot-button legal issue—the potential liability of opioid manufacturers for the costs of the drug epidemic. In Eastern Maine Medical Center v. Walgreen Company, the Law Court...more

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‎Latest Federal Court Cases - August 2021 #2

Our Case of the Week this week is a re-write of our Case of the Week on October 5, 2020. The case involves a drug that could be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. A patent covered use of the product for a specific...more

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Illinois Federal Court Determines if Damages Are Too Remote

Foreseeability is a tort concept that tends to permeate several aspects of legal analysis, often causing confusion in litigants’ interpretation of, and courts’ application of, foreseeability to their cases. In Cincinnati Ins....more

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A Discussion on the Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees Decision

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On December 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its decision in Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees, holding that, in order to be liable for deliberate indifference under Title...more

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