The race to replace retiring DeKalb County State Court Judge Wayne M. Purdom will be decided by voters during a runoff election on June 18. (Clockwise, from top left) DeKalb County State Court Judge Wayne M. Purdom, Fulton County Assistant Solicitor General Mecca Anderson, DeKalb County Senior Assistant District Attorney…

On March 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion reversing the dismissal of the three top counts in the indictment of Brian Benjamin, New York’s then-sitting Lieutenant Governor: federal programs bribery (in violation of 18 U.S.C. §666(a)(1)(B)), honest services wire fraud (in…

On Monday, legal tech startup CaseMark AI announced that it raised $1.7 million in a seed funding round led by Gradient Ventures, an investment firm backed by Google, with participation from Cambrian, an investment company started by former Andreessen Horowitz partner Rex Salisbury and the Ride Home AI Fund. CaseMark…

A Miami federal judge approved the first tranche of settlements Monday involving prominent sports athletes who promoted the since-collapsed cryptocurrency platform Voyager, teeing up a global mediation with the remaining defendants, who include an Am Law 100 firm. Adam Moskowitz of the Moskowitz Law Firm in Miami, Florida, and David…

Saul Ewing has snagged two corporate attorneys from Armstrong Teasdale, bolstering its bench in the mid-Atlantic region.  Attorneys Julia Taylor and Michael Petrizzo joined the Philadelphia-founded Am Law 200 firm as partners effective June 3, bringing their clients along with them in the move.

How far does a railroad’s duty of care extend? According to a recent 2-1 Court of Appeals opinion authored by Judge Brian Rickman reversing a trial court’s decision against granting summary judgment in favor of CSX Transportation, represented Daryl Clarida of Macon-based Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, not very. In his…