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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 34 - March 2025

Republican lawmakers left the Senate chamber on Friday like victors heading for the locker room, collecting high fives and fist bumps from lobbyists in the hallway on their way to the ice baths. They had reason to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 20 - February 2025

As both lobbyists and legal nerds, our ears perk up when the Georgia General Assembly takes up legislation that directly implicates the workings of the State’s criminal and civil justice systems. So, we’re listening closely...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 4 - January 2025

Evoking Georgians’ soft spot for the All-Star Special, Governor Brian Kemp promoted tort reform as necessary to protect Georgia businesses like Waffle House from being smothered by insurance and litigation costs during his...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 37 - March 2024

Senate committee meetings continue under the Gold Dome as this report is published on Wednesday. With the Senate’s requirement that bills pass out of committee before the chamber convenes for Legislative Day 38, legislators...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 13 - February 2024

This year’s edition of tort reform arrived under the Georgia Gold Dome on Wednesday, bringing plaintiffs’ lawyers and civil defense attorneys to the battle lines while onlookers quietly asked Siri, “what is tort reform?” The...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Dome Report: An Overview of the 2020 West Virginia Legislature

The West Virginia Legislature commences its 60-day regular session on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. This is an election year, which means that of the 134 members of the Legislature (100 Delegates and 34 Senators), 117 of these...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Update on the West Virginia Legislature - The Final Week, Issue 9

We are entering the final week of the 60-day legislative session, which concludes at midnight on March 9. This past Wednesday, we marked crossover day, the last day for bills to advance out of their house of origin if...more

Lathrop GPM

New Political Climate May Lead to Class Action Changes

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The election of a Republican President, along with a Republican U.S. Congress, and the election of a Republican Missouri Governor, combined with a Republican state legislature, are all spurring potential changes on the...more

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