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Georgia

Mercer Law School Gets a New Dean

Summary: Mercer University’s School of Law has announced that Cathy Cox will be joining the school as the new dean…

“Upskirting” Is Legal in Georgia

Summary: A Georgia man's upskirting conviction was overturned on a technicality.  For women, the threat of predators filming their private…

Texas Judge Blocks Obama’s Transgender Public School Bathroom Policy

Summary: A U.S. Judge issued a nationwide injunction to halt enforcement of Obama's transgender public school bathroom guidelines. A Texas…

Feel Free to Snap Photos Up Ladies Skirts in Georgia

Summary: Due to a technicality in the wording of a law in Georgia, taking photos up a woman’s skirt in…

Lawsuit: Sperm Bank Misled Families to Think Felon’s Sperm Was Designer

Summary: Parents sue a sperm bank for misleading them to think their chosen donor was a healthy genius, not a…

6 Best Cities for Law Students to Live

Summary: Kaplan released its list of the top cities for law students to live. Prospective law school students and potential…

Hollywood Stars Threaten to Boycott Georgia if Alleged Anti-Gay Bill Passes

Summary: Georgia is facing outside pressure to can its latest legislation that would allow religious groups to exclude those with…

Supreme Court Shuts Down Alabama’s Attempt to Take Away Gay Parental Rights

Summary: Alabama was refusing to give a lesbian woman parental rights over the children she legally adopted with her partner…

Law Firm Caught Running Lawsuit Mill

Summary: After being caught spitting out debt collection lawsuits with little to no evidence, a Georgia law firm has agreed…

The Urgent Need to Close America’s Justice Gap

Summary: While many lawyers are helping the the poor with legal services, there is still much work to be done…

Congrats July 2015 Georgia Bar Passers

Summary: Georgia has released the list of names of applicants that passed the July 2015 Bar Examination. The unofficial list…

Georgia to Execute First Woman in Seventy Years

Summary: Despite three previous execution dates, this one is going to stick for Kelly Renee Gissendaner to be executed in…