Daily Report (Georgia)

Credit: kamiphotos/Adobe Stock This article is part of an ongoing series on litigation financiers. Stay tuned for future coverage to see what companies have registered in Georgia. As of Thursday, at least 41 companies have registered as litigation financiers with the state of Georgia, since new reporting requirements went into effect at the beginning of 2026.

Shari L. Klevens (left) and Alanna Clair of Dentons. Courtesy photos Many lawyers tread cautiously—with good reason—around adopting AI into their law practice. Although much ink has been spilled on the fast-growing developments of AI in mainstream business and legal practices, there can still be risks for lawyers in how they use AI. AI programs offer many practical solutions for attorneys looking to improve efficiency, responsiveness and overall client service.

Boz DelMundo (L) Atlanta John Marshall Law School Rising 4L Student; Atlanta John Marshall Law School Law Journal Executive Legislative & Recent Case Summaries Editor, and Katherine "Katie" Holloway Blankenship (R) co-founder of Sanctuary Of The South.

Fred A. Cunningham of Rafferty Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa. Courtesy photo I still think of North Carolina as home. I have practiced law in Florida for decades, but I grew up in North Carolina. My family is there. Many of my earliest memories are there. Like a lot of people who leave home, I still pay attention to what happens back where I started. So when North Carolina just became the first state in the country to effectively ban third-party litigation funding, I took notice.

Sony Music Jermaine Dupri, the Grammy-winning producer and founder of Atlanta-based So-So Def Recordings, sued Sony Music Entertainment in Manhattan federal court for at least $18 million in allegedly unpaid royalties tied to decades of hip-hop and R&B recordings. The July 6 complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York by Brown & Rosen, asserts breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Matthew Richards (from left), Holly Garrison, Scott Masterson and Hamere Weldetsadik of Masterson Trial Lawyers. Courtesy photo The longtime leader of the Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Atlanta office has bid farewell to Big Law to open his own practice. "These are pretty exciting times ...

Credit: kmlmtz66/Adobe Stock The Supreme Court of Georgia could soon decide whether litigators can recover civil damages when competitors allegedly obtain clients through illegal solicitation practices. The high court has agreed to hear a dispute between Gainesville appellant-plaintiff attorney R. Shane Lazenby and appellee-defendants with Cambre & Associates in Tucker.

Richard B. Russell Federal Building, housing the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. Photo: Eden Landow/ Law.com The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The Justice Department served a grand jury subpoena in April seeking the names and personal contact information of county employees and volunteer poll workers.

Georgia Court of Appeals courtroom. Photo: John Disney/ Law.com On Monday, counsel for Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to reconsider a discovery dispute appeal that their client won, arguing that even though the ruling was favorable, the court's opinion was incomplete. "We're quite happy with the opinion, but the case is quite convoluted, and we wanted to make sure the Court did not overlook two ...

Ogletree Deakins co-founder Homer Deakins. Courtesy photo Homer Deakins, co-founder of Atlanta-based labor and employment firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, died Monday at the age of 90. The firm, founded by Deakins, Frank Ogletree, Jimmie Stewart, Peter Nash and Lewis Smoak, grew exponentially under Deakins’ leadership as managing shareholder from 1985 to 2001. “Certainly, within the firm, he was the leader.