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- Smyrna Fire Lieutenant Prevails in Disability Case
- PCW Obtains Over $1,000,000 Verdict for Car Crash
- Another PCW Victory for Whistle-Blowers
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- Whistle-Blower Paid $280,000 Thanks to Parks, Chesin & Walbert
- From Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas to Gretchen Carlson, Roger Ailes: Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
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- 5 of the Most Common Mistakes Employers Make
- Healthcare & Retirement: Differences Between Georgia & Other States
- Sexual Harassment: Blurred Lines
- Whistleblower Win: Changes That Go Ch-Ching
- Sexual Assault Cases: Biased Against Male Students?
- After Orlando: What Georgia Employers Should Know About Gun Laws and How They Could Change
- The Equal Pay Act: What Has It (Really) Achieved?
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- Employment Rights: Minimum Wage for Fast Food Employees
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- Deflategate is Over!
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- How Voting ID Laws Could Impact the General Election
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- What the Timothy Foster Case Means for Discrimination Law
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- NFL Players Sue Attorneys Who Allegedly Got Them a $1 Billion Settlement
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- A Diverse Court for a Diverse Citizenry
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- What You Should Know About Georgia’s Voter Lawsuit
- What New York’s Family Leave Policy Means for the US
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- 9 Old, Ridiculous Georgia Laws
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- Unions Strike against Verizon
- Forgetting to Log Your Time Off During Summer Vacation: What Could Go Wrong?
- E-Verify: Federal Eligibility for Employment Explained
- Your Guide to Choosing an Attorney
- Demand Letters: How to Handle Them
- Georgia and the Religious Freedom Bill: Employment Discrimination and Big Business Opposition
- Working While in Grad School: Getting Your Employer to Pay
- Jury Selection & the Ross Harris Trial
- Diversity, Workplace and the Law: Winning Business
- UnitedHealthCare Insurance Exchange Exit Unlikely to Change Employers’ ACA Compliance
- What We Can Learn From Celebrities’ Social Media Blunders
- Did Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association Kill Union Fees?
- Background Checks: How Far Can Georgia Employers Go?
- China and the US: Their Legal Influence on One Another
- Speech and Public Comment in School Board Meetings
- What all Employees Can Learn From the Panama Papers
- The Use of Medical Marijuana and Employment Law
- The Ross Harris Trial: What We Can Learn About Employment Prospects for Felons
- Surprising Settlements: McDonald’s, Erin Andrews & DeKalb County
- In the News: The Gender Wage Gap
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- Dr. Luke in the Limelight: Music Producers & Employment Law
- Can I Get Fired Over a Tweet? What NOT to Say on Social Media
- In the News: Kesha’s Employment Lawsuit
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- I Need to Take Medical Leave: What Should I Do?
- Can I be Forced to Pay for a Work-Related Educational Event?
- Working for the Government: Discrimination Laws
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- Politics: Can My Boss Make Me Contribute to a PAC?
- Georgia Legislature Considers New Anti-Discrimination Law
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- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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- Sick and Fired: Medical Leave Does Not Always Protect Your Job
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- Whistleblower Protection: An Overview of Federal and State Law
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- Fulton County Pays $18 Million for Employment Claims
- Paid Family Leave: Not Just for Mothers
- Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies Experience Qualifications Required of Expert Witnesses in Medical Malpractice Cases
- Court Rules Business Trade Names May be Misappropriated in Georgia
- PCW Files Suit Against City of Atlanta
- Court of Appeals Allows Enforcement Against State of Terms Outside Written Contract
- Court of Appeals Clarifies Damages Required for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim
- Drafting an Enforceable Liquidated Damages Clause in Georgia
- Court of Appeals Clarifies Procedural Hurdles to Whistleblower Protection Under TPFCA
- Georgia Supreme Court Expands Definition of Parties at Fault Under Apportionment Statute
- What Obama Administration’s Expansion of Overtime Means for You
- Supreme Court Finds Officer Entitled to Official Immunity for Off-Duty Dog Bite
- Georgia Supreme Court Broadly Construes the Term “Pending Investigation” in Blow to Open Records Requests
- Appeals Court Upholds Salary Win for Fulton Public Defenders
- Whistleblower Update: Court of Appeals Focuses on Pretext Before Prima Facie Case
- Supreme Court Enforces Prior-Leave Requirement for Suing Court-Appointed Receivers
- Discrimination Based on Genetic Information? There’s an Act for That
- Update: SCOTUS Rules Abercrombie & Fitch “Look Policy” Violates Title VII
- Eleventh Circuit Holds State Whistleblower Laws Preempted by National Bank Act
- Court of Appeals Distinguishes Between “Tiers” of Immunity for School Districts
- Denial of Unemployment Benefits Violated Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
- Eleventh Circuit’s Limitation on Enforceability of Non-Recruitment Covenants
- Can I be Fired for Having My Wages Garnished?
- The Abercrombie & Fitch “Look” Doesn’t Include a Hajib
- Charging Orders May be Issued Against Member Interest in Non-Party LLCs
- Attorneys Claim Pay Violates Fulton County Civil Service System
- Can I be Fired for Serving on Jury Duty?
- Supreme Court Clarifies Sovereign Immunity Analysis
- Quantum Meruit is Available Even If Not Requested
- Eleventh Amendment Bars Deputy’s §1983 and ADA Claims
- AGS Office Considers Appeal in Class Action
- Private Process Servers Fight ‘God’ – Like Sheriffs
- Class Action Challenging the State Health Benefit Plan’s Refusal to Provide Promised Benefits Continues
- Employment Discrimination and McDonnell Douglas at Trial
- Are Managers Entitled to Overtime? Five Things to Consider
- Sexual Harassment Complaint Filed Against Macon Occupational Medicine
- Lane v. Franks: The First Amendment Protects Public Employees Who Testify in Court
- Walthour v. Chipio Windshield Repair: Another Blow to Employee Rights
- Two Recent Georgia Supreme Court Decisions on Immunity
- Parks, Chesin & Walbert Wins $4.9 Million Judgment for Employees
- Successful Protest of Georgia State Contract
- The Holiday Nobody is Celebrating
- New Georgia Whistleblower Case
- Presidential Expansion of Overtime Pay
- Supreme Court Expands Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protections
- Important Georgia Supreme Court Decision Regarding Sovereign Immunity
- PCW Prevails in Pre-Award Bid Protest
- Racial Politics at the Heart of Fulton County’s Problems
- What Should I do if I Have a Labor Dispute With My Employer?
- Should I Get Paid to Work Through Lunch?
- Jury Must Decide Meaning of “Repeated” in a Contract
- Am I Entitled to Overtime Pay Even if I’m on a Salary?
- Andrew Coffman Argues Before the Georgia Supreme Court
- Plaintiff Convinces Court of Appeals to Enforce an Agreement That the Plaintiff Refused to Sign
- Supreme Court of Georgia Allows Georgia Whistleblower Protection Act Claims Against County
- The Vanishing Jury Trial in Employment Litigation
- Social Media in Litigation
- Restraints on Physician Competition in Georgia
- ADA Covers Accommodations Not Tied to Essential Job Duties
- Supreme Court Asked to Define “Clothes”
- The Vendor’s Guide to Georgia Procurement Law
- Important Ruling for Contractors Doing Business with the State of Georgia
- Silicon Valley’s Largest Companies Face Class Action Over Employment Violations
- Georgia Court Strikes Down Agency Regulation on Vagueness Grounds
- Does a Georgia Employer Have to Provide Sick Leave to Employees
- I’m a Target of Sexual Harassment, What are My Options?
- What is Equal Pay for Equal Work?
- What the Government Shutdown Means for Your Employment Lawsuit
- What do I do if I am the Victim of Employment Discrimination?
- Board of Regents Protected by Sovereign Immunity for Failing to Confirm Validity of Payment Bond
- Five Things You Should Always Tell Your Employment Lawyer
- First Amendment Protects Act of “Liking” a Facebook Page
- When an Employee’s First Amendment Free Speech can Lead to Termination
- Important Georgia Supreme Court Ruling on Insurance Coverage in Claims Arising from Defective Construction
- When is Retaliation in the Workplace Against the Law?
- Can I be Fired While on Medical Leave?
- Top Five Mistakes Employers Make When Violating Overtime Laws
- Eleventh Circuit Rules for Plaintiffs in FLSA Case
- Employment Law Fact or Fiction?: It Doesn’t Matter Why You are Fired in an At-Will State
- Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Invalidation of Postnuptial Agreement
- PCW Attorneys Win Court Order Requiring Special Election
- PCW Attorney Argues Landmark Case in the Georgia Court of Appeals
- PCW Attorneys Win Landmark Ruling for Disabled Plaintiffs
- PCW Attorney Presents New Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
- Update: Federal Judge Orders Georgia to Provide Deaf with Equal Access to Public Health
- Supreme Court Invalidates Key Provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Reversal Obtained in Georgia Court of Appeals
- Can the Government Discriminate Based on Race or Gender?
- $1.6 Million Awarded in Race Discrimination Case
- You’re About to be Fired
- Defendant Breached Physician’s Contract
- Fulton County Guilty of Race and Gender Discrimination
- Vendor’s Guide to Georgia Procurement Law
- Discrimination Alleged Against Savannah State
- Judge Rules Pike County Can’t Balance Budget by Slashing Salaries, Staff of County Magistrates
- Kingsland Recycling Center Will Remain Open
- Voting Rights Victory
- Police Use of K-9 Violates Civil Rights
- $500,000 Settlement Against the YMCA
- Georgia Found Liable for Discrimination Against Deaf Citizens
- Atlanta Fire Department Found Guilty of Cheating on Promotional Exam
- Jury Awards $150,000 Against Doctor for Defamation
- Jury Awards $360,000 Against Employer for Title VII Retaliation
- Attorney Fees Double Verdict; Plaintiff’s Lawyers Awarded $250K on $110K Verdict
- Former Dekalb Clerk Looks to Oust Successor
- Judge Halts Firefighter Promotions; Plaintiffs Want a Probe Into What They Claim Was a Rigged Test
- Ex-UGA Employee Awarded $1.3 Million
- PSC Chair Faces Residency Challenge; in Testy Exchanges, Lawyers Grill Political Opponents Over Tax Bills and Alleged Delay in Bringing Suit
- Jury Hits Retailer for $350,001; Merchant’s Fight Against Forgery Costs Him $100K in Attorney Fees, $250K in Compensatory Damages and $1 in Punitive Damages
- High Court Ruling Threatens Dekalb Magnet School
- High Court Revives Democrats’ Redistricting Plan; Justices Mull
- Jail Health Care Put on Trial in Case of Strangled Inmate
- Clark Atlanta Settles with EX-GC
- Redistricting Divides U.S. High Court; Justices Wrestle with Competing Interpretations of Voting Rights Act
- City Lost by Not Settling Suit by Firefighter; City Offered $10,000; Jury Awarded Plaintiff $1 Million
- Not Even Parks can Help Gop in Map Fight; Republicans Have Little Recourse, Not Much Hope
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