Georgia’s latest tort reform measure was touted as a “hard-fought, carefully crafted compromise by parties on all sides,” between plaintiffs and defense attorneys brought by bill sponsor Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Valdosta, before the Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Feb. 6. “I wish I could tell you it’s a bill that,…

A wave of ailing large companies is giving the French legal market a timely lift— not just in restructuring, but also in M&A and litigation, Paris-based lawyers tell Law.com International. With M&A activity in a rut, these multibillion-euro French companies in need of restructuring, some of which recently saw their…

Smith, Gambrell & Russell is combining with Jacksonville-based boutique ABL Law, adding to the Atlanta-based firm’s growth over the years. ABL Law’s attorneys specialize in litigation and general counsel work, which entails serving as in-house counsel for companies that don’t have general counsel. As the firm remains on the lower half of…

A $1 million jury verdict was reversed by the Iowa Supreme Court, which concluded an employee’s suit for illegal wage discrimination based on sex and wrongful retaliation lacked substantial evidence. The court held in a Feb. 2 decision that the record didn’t contain substantial evidence of an illegal pay practice, with the employer, Des…

With statistics showing crime rates dropping across New York City, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark says she’s going to continue to prioritize addressing violent crime during her third term in office. “I want to continue the hard work that I’ve done over the last eight years to keep the Bronx…

Pennsylvania’s largest law firms are building, experimenting with, and training attorneys around generative AI programs, looking to add efficiency throughout internal firm operations. In a Law.com project looking to assess generative AI usage across the Am Law 100, 41 firms offered their insights into the new technology, ten of which have roots…