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Monthly Archives: November 2021

Coal Plant Neighbors Say Georgia Power Pollutes Community

Written by Rosie Manins - Law360 | Nov 12, 2021 | News

Law360 (November 12, 2021, 4:35 PM EST) — Georgia Power Co. is accused of negligently building and operating the country’s largest coal power plant, allowing deadly toxins to leach into the nearby environment, according to a trio of complaints recently removed to a Georgia federal court. The Atlanta-based company faces […]

11th Circ. Denies Lin Wood Rehearing In Elections Challenge

Written by Rosie Manins - Law360 | Nov 5, 2021 | News

The Eleventh Circuit has rejected a request by pro-Trump attorney L. Lin Wood for the full court to rehear his case against Georgia election officials over voting rules for U.S. Senate runoff elections in the state. Wood sought a redo after a three-judge panel affirmed in early August a trial court’s ruling that he lacked standing […]

States Seek 11th Circ. Review Of Employer Vaccine Mandate

Written by Rosie Manins - Law360 | Nov 5, 2021 | News

Law360 (November 5, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT) — Georgia, Florida and Alabama led a petition Friday for the Eleventh Circuit to review the federal government’s employer vaccine mandate, arguing it demonstrates the Biden administration’s disregard for constitutional rights. The Southeast states under Eleventh Circuit jurisdiction were joined in the petition […]

SEC Pro Talks Switching To Defense Work With Robbins Alloy

Written by Emily Sides - Law360 | Nov 5, 2021 | News

An Atlanta-based attorney is planning to leverage the nearly nine years he spent prosecuting fraud with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as one of the newest shareholders with Robbins Alloy, where he will lead the firm’s SEC defense practice. On Oct. 1, Joshua Mayes joined Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC in Atlanta […]

T-Mobile Wrongly Denied $11.4M Refund, Ga. Court Told

Written by Maria Koklanaris - Law360 | Nov 3, 2021 | News

— A Georgia trial court erred in deciding that equipment T-Mobile South bought to build a broadband network was ineligible for the state’s high-tech exemption and an $11.4 million tax refund, business groups told a state appeals court. In briefs filed Monday and Tuesday with the Court of Appeals of Georgia, local […]