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		<title>Legislature quickly overturns Supreme Court decision, barring assignment of legal malpractice claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I wrote about a Georgia Supreme Court decision that left a lot of uncertainty about which legal malpractice claims could be assigned to people or companies other than clients.
Most states do not allow assignment of legal malpractice claims to others for substantial public policy reasons related to protection of the attorney-client ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/legislation/legislature-quickly-overturns-supreme-court-decision-barring-assignment-of-legal-malpractice-claims.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hearsay rule change in new Georgia Evidence Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most bright middle school students probably have a working knowledge of the concept of hearsay, simply as gossip.  “He said she said” does not mean the statement is true.
Hearsay as a legal rather than merely social concept is part of the law of evidence. The Georgia rule on hearsay will change on January 1st, when ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/uncategorized/hearsay-rule-changes-in-new-georgia-evidence-code.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Georgia really need more than five &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rules?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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Do advocates of more &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rules offer a solution in search of a problem?
Are people unaware of the &#8220;loser pays&#8221; sanctions that are already part of Georgia law?
As discussed in previous posts, Georgia already has five statutory &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rules, four of which passed in tort reform legislation during the time I have been ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/offers-of-judgment/does-georgia-really-need-more-than-five-loser-pays-rules.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rule # 5 &#8211; bad faith, stubborn litigiousness, undue trouble and expense</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brig. Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb, father of Georgia&#8217;s first &#8220;loser pays&#8221; statute&#8221;
The oldest of the five &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rules in existing Georgia law has been in effect for nearly 150 years, having first appeared in the Code of 1863.
That Code was largely the work product of Thomas R. R. Cobb, son-in-law of Chief Justice ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/uncategorized/georgia-loser-pays-rule-5-bad-faith-stubborn-litigiousness-undue-trouble-and-expense.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rule #3 &#8211; fee awards for no justiciable issue, delay or harassment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advocates of tort reform often call for &#8220;loser pays&#8221; legislation. Georgia already has five different &#8220;loser pays&#8221; rules. In earlier posts I have discussed OCGA § 9-11-68, enacted as part of tort reform legislation in 2005, which includes both the offer of judgment / offer of settlement rule and the frivolous claims and defenses rule.
O.C.G.A. ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/offers-of-judgment/georgia-loser-pays-rule-3.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NJ suit by spectator against Little League baseball player would be tossed out by Georgia courts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baseball has been called the great American pastime. We all love an occasional trip to Turner Field to watch the Braves, and nothing can compare with family outings to minor league baseball games in smaller cities. I have nothing but pleasant memories of the spring and summer afternoons and evenings rooting for my son in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/tort-reform-in-georgia/nj-suit-by-spectator-against-little-league-baseball-player-would-be-tossed-out-by-georgia-courts.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The learning curve of a bar president</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past 10 days this plaintiffs&#8217; trial lawyer, in the capacity of State Bar of Georgia president, has co-presided over a joint meeting of the State Bar Executive Committee and the Georgia Supreme Court, had a joint press conference with the Attorney General of Georgia and spoke at a lunch meeting that included general ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/truck-wreck-of-the-day/moving-in-different-circles.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Courts as Economic Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the February 2012 issue of the Georgia Bar Journal.
A third of a century trekking between Georgia courts, first in a single rural circuit and then more or less statewide, has made me a minor connoisseur of courthouses, the most visible physical infrastructure of the judicial system. I have tried cases ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/uncategorized/infrastructure-independent-courts-as-economic-infrastructure.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Tough on crime, smart on crime&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Bar of Georgia communications staff will distribute the following article to all Georgia newspapers this week:

Tough on Crime, Smart on Crime
By Kenneth L. Shigley
My first job after law school was as a prosecutor in a rural judicial circuit. Soon after joining the district attorney’s office, I assisted in a death penalty trial for ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/uncategorized/tough-on-crime-smart-on-crime-2.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Only 81 days remain as State Bar president</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shigley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year goes by awfully fast when you&#8217;re working two full-time jobs. With only 81 days remaining in my term as State Bar president, I look forward to the ability to just focus on my clients and my law practice.  For now, however, I find myself working late into the night to catch up on ... <a class="more" href="http://www.atlantainjurylawblog.com/uncategorized/only-81-days-remain-as-state-bar-president.html">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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