Litigation

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Expert Witness Part of 2005 Tort Reform Law
In Mason v. Home Depot [pdf], the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld the expert witness section (Section 7) of Georgia's 2005 tort reform law. Under this provision, expert witnesses in civil cases are subject to more stringent requirements than...

Man’s Conviction Reversed After Georgia Bureau Of Investigation Agent Testifies About Events He Didn’t Witness
PUTNAM COUNTY, GEORGIA - The Georgia Supreme Court of Georgia unanimously reversed a lower court ruling Monday morning and ordered a new trial for a Putnam County man. The state’s highest court found that the Court of Appeals erred by upholding the admission of opinion testimony by a GBI agent who did not witness events that [...

Meet the Expert on Expert Witness Marketing
My mother Rosalie, the Expert on Expert Witness Marketing, will be speaking at the NADE Conference on April 23 in Austin, Texas and at the FEWA Workshop in Dallas, Texas on December 5...

"Ga. court upholds partial banishment for offenders"
"Ga. court upholds partial banishment for offenders": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "Faced with the question of whether banishment for criminals in Georgia should be banned, the state's top court answered Monday with its own caveat: It depends on how far the ban extends...

Georgia Supreme Court examines banishment punishment
As detailed in this AP article, headlined "Ga. court upholds partial banishment for offenders," the Georgia Supreme Court in this decision today discusses at some length the constitutionality under state precedents of an offender subject to this sentence: ?The Defendant...

Middle District of Tennessee Rule on Rule 26 Expert Reports Criticized by 6th Circuit
In an opinion just handed down by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court criticized the application of the Middle District of Tennessee's Local Rule regarding expert witness reports...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Darvocet
FDA Expert Panel Votes for Ban

GNG Marketing Violations
Georgia Natural Gas to pay customers $2.5 million in settlement.

Pull Vicodin, Percocet
Expert Panel Advises FDA

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million