DuBose Miller, LLC 01/23/2024Daily Report TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA The Atlanta Judicial Commission is now accepting nominations for the position of Municipal Court Judge for the City of Atlanta Municipal Court. Members of the bar may nominate themselves or others,…

Nearly three full years since New York legalized cannabis, a perfect storm of stalled regulation and several rounds of litigation have limited the Empire State to opening 50 storefronts, among the 62 licensed operations that include delivery services and other businesses rolled into medical marijuana facilities. Nevertheless, cannabis lawyers in the…

A federal judge granted final approval to one of the largest settlements involving drinking water contamination: DuPont’s $1.185 billion deal with an estimated 14,000 public water providers across the country. Thursday’s order entered by U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, who is overseeing multidistrict litigation involving PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl…

In an matter of first impression this week, an appellate court for the state of Washington clarified the state statutory definitions to establish the rate of a municipal water supplier must be ”just, fair, reasonable and sufficient.” The three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals Division Three said the legislature intended that Revised Code of…

As Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton grew its relationships with its largest clients, the firm’s gross revenue rose for the 11th straight year in 2023, and its profits per partner shot up by nearly 13%. Kilpatrick CEO Henry Walker, who has led the firm since 2013, said in an interview that its…

Kaplan Hecker & Fink partner Sean Hecker, who represents global law firm Dechert in a RICO lawsuit filed by aviation entrepreneur Farhad Azima, on Thursday urged U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer Willis of the Southern District of New York to dismiss the complaint, arguing that it employed a “somewhat outrageous” theory…