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Georgia Senate Passes Tort Reform Bill

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On March 21, 2025, the Georgia Senate passed S.B. 68, which contains numerous provisions affecting civil lawsuits in Georgia. The provisions include limits on the amounts plaintiffs can recover for medical expenses,...more

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Louisiana Legislature Makes Substantial Changes to Litigation Procedures

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On June 11, 2021, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law Act 176 making substantial changes to Louisiana’s procedural rules governing answers and the taking of default judgments, which take effect on January 1,...more

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New Illinois Law Allows Prejudgment Interest On Damages In Certain Lawsuits

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An amendment to the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure provides that for all actions brought to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death, prejudgment interest of six percent will begin to accrue on the date the...more

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Writing for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, David C. Henderson and Matt Ritchie Analyze Amendments to the Massachusetts Equal Pay...

David C. Henderson and Matthew Ritchie, partners in Nutter’s Litigation Department, authored an article that analyzes the Attorney General’s guidance on a 2016 amendment to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA) that will...more

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The Alabama Legislature Solves Problem Created by the Eleventh Circuit

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The Alabama legislature recently adopted legislation to prevent class actions in federal court under the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practice Act (“ADTPA”). As reported here last summer, the Eleventh Circuit held in Lisk v....more

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"Inside the Courts: Sweeping Changes Proposed to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"

Significant amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure submitted to Congress in April 2015 could change discovery practices in securities litigation before the end of this year. Absent legislation to reject, modify or...more

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Applying Today’s Statute To Yesterday’s Offer And Sale

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In September 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 538 (Hill) into law. This bill fundamentally rewrote a key anti-fraud provision of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 – Corporations Code Section 25401. At the time, I...more

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