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Eversheds Sutherland's Atlanta-based longtime U.​S. leader, Mark Wasserman, has also joined a consulting firm after four decades… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/10/southeast-rooted-law-firms-add-environmental-litigation-expertise-in-atlanta-grow-west-coast-presence/

Paul Koster, a professor at Emory University School of Law, says clarity is more important than fluidity in legal writing. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/10/the-difference-between-good-and-great-legal-writing-can-be-measured-in-milliseconds/

The California Court of Appeals upheld a 2024 ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl tossing negligence and public nuisance… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/school-districts-lose-appeal-against-meta-tiktok-snap-and-youtube-over-social-media-addiction/

"This was not one mistake or one meeting. It was a pattern, corrupt in its design and repeated at each step, with the purpose of putting a $20 billion… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/10/south-ga-residents-raise-civil-rico-claims-against-ai-data-center-development/

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The firm has boosted headcount and revenues in Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Indianapolis. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/taft-names-4-new-leaders-for-growing-midwest-offices/

Settlement administrators, banks and fintech companies moved to dismiss novel racketeering and antitrust claims over alleged profits from class action funds, arguing… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/05/settlement-administrators-banks-seek-dismissal-of-racketeering-suits/

K&L Gates, Clark Hill and Lewis Brisbois have all added leadership roles in Atlanta. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/three-national-firms-look-to-southeast-for-newest-c-suite-leaders/

By being aware of these ethical guardrails, lawyers whose firm is closing its doors have a road map for moving forward. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/the-ethics-of-law-firm-dissolutions/

Litigators have reached a $27.​5 million settlement following the repeated sexual assault of a minor that generated a contested $29.​4 million jury verdict in 2024. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/hotel-sexual-abuse-case-settles-for-275m-following-294m-jury-award/

The group, led by E-discovery pioneer Patrick Oot, will also give Nelson Mullins a new Kansas City office, its 30th in the U.​S. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/nelson-mullins-hires-8-litigation-partners-from-shook-hardy-expanding-mdl-capabilities/

Uber is asking the Fourth Circuit to overturn a sexual assault verdict based on what it calls a “radical liability theory. Plaintiffs defend the verdict… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/09/verdict-winner-defending-common-carrier-ruling-uber-is-a-taxi-company-with-an-app/

It could take years for the state legislature to recover from the drop, plaintiff's attorney Andrew Ashby of Ashby Thelen Lowry told Law.​com www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/06/number-of-lawyers-in-ga-legislature-hits-record-low/

The former executive director of the Arkansas Supreme Court's Office of Professional Programs is facing 65 counts of tampering with bar exam results. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/06/ex-arkansas-official-faces-charges-over-tampering-with-bar-exam-results-/

The Supreme Court of Georgia could soon clarify the limits of trial court judges' inherent authority to control courtroom proceedings by imposing… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/06/17m-challenge-ga-supreme-court-weighs-when-trial-judges-may-strike-defense-pleadings/

Group includes five shareholders, two counsel and two associates in New York City, New Jersey and St. Louis. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/05/nine-lawyer-labor--employment-team-joins-maynard-nexsen-from-constangy-in-midwest-and-northeast/

Supreme Court of Georgia justices weighed whether a landlord's contractual right to enter a premises without notice equated to retention and control… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/05/does-a-landlords-right-to-enter-mean-control-georgia-supreme-court-weighs-140m-case/

Additionally, Maynard Nexsen shareholder Caroleene Dobson was elected Alabama's Republican secretary of state. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/04/attorneys-with-ties-to-big-law-help-lead-first-democratic-sweep-of-georgias-top-elected-jobs-in-36-years-/

State Rep. Tanya Miller made Georgia history last night as the first woman of color to ever hold the position of attorney general, defeating former state Sen. Brian… www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/04/lawyers-react-tanya-miller-elected-as-gas-next-attorney-general/

Georgia voters elected Richy Braun as Atlantic Judicial Circuit district attorney, and Miller will become the state's first female attorney general. www.​law.​com/dailyreportonline/2026/11/04/georgia-election-results-tanya-miller-makes-history-in-ag-race/