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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 21 - February 2025

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With fewer fireworks than many expected, Governor Brian Kemp’s comprehensive tort reform legislation achieved passage by a comfortable margin in the Georgia State Senate on Friday. Garnering a 33-21 vote mostly along party...more

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Legal Update for Special Education Law – Case Law Update

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Commonwealth Court Rules Sexual Abuse Provision of Government Immunity Under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act Is Limited to Persons Under the Age of 18 - W. on behalf of S.W. v. Pittsburgh Pub. Sch., 327 A.3d 340...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 9 2022

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The General Assembly got back to work on Tuesday with a slate full of committee meetings to advance bills and resolutions through the legislative gauntlet. But before legislators receded into the meeting rooms in the State...more

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Bow-wouch: A Word on Special Protections against Municipal Tort Liability

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When performing governmental functions, municipal agencies are immune from tort liability for negligence unless it is shown that there was a “special relationship” between the plaintiff and the agency at the time the claim...more

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Anti-SLAPP Motion May Not Be Based on Speech Activities Merely Incidental to Asserted Claims

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An anti-SLAPP motion was properly denied because the claims for damages arose from breach of contract and tort actions, not from any protected First Amendment activity. Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, LLC v City of...more

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What Is Government Doing to Protect Businesses Against COVID-19-Related Tort Liability? A National Overview

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Our Litigation and Legislative & Public Policy Groups provide an overview of the current landscape of federal and state efforts to protect businesses (beyond those at the epicenter of the pandemic response) should they find...more

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Georgia Law Shields Businesses from COVID-19 Liability

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Georgia recently became the ninth state to shield businesses from liability stemming from COVID-19.  Governor Brian Kemp signed the new law, the Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act, on August 5, 2020, and the new...more

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Florida Real Property & Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 26

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Liu v. Securities And Exchange Commission, Case No. 18–1501 (2020). Equitable relief, including disgorgement, is permissible under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U. S. C. §77a et seq., so long as it does not exceed a...more

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Limitations and Notice Requirements for Tort Claims Against Government Entities

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Alabama - Source of Government Immunity - - Claims against State: Ala. Const. art. I, §14. ..State is immune from tort actions. ..Bars (1) claims against the State, (2) claims against a State agency, (3)...more

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