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The sudden cessation of business activity due to social distancing has put small businesses under tremendous financial pressure.  If many or even most small businesses cannot service their [...]

After different House and Senate bills creating the statewide business court made their way through the legislative process in 2019, the final product passed on Day 40 as HB 239.  Under HB [...]

Cary Ichter was recently selected among America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® for 2019.  Selection to America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved for [...]

In November 2018, Georgia voters approved amending the State Constitution to create a Business Court with statewide jurisdiction.  The General Assembly, however, is still in the process of [...]

In November 2016, the American Bar Association’s Judicial Division Lawyers Conference created a committee (the “Committee”) to study how best to facilitate the use of Special [...]

People principally form corporations or limited liability companies to insulate themselves from personal liability for business debts.  Sometimes, however, courts will hold a corporation or LLC’s [...]

As featured in the January 4, 2018 issue of the Fulton County Daily Report, Ichter Davis successfully persuaded the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to throw out [...]

On March 29, 2018, the Georgia Senate passed HR 993, as amended, and the Georgia House of Representatives agreed to the Senate substitute bill.   As we have commented on here, here, here, and [...]

On March 23, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported HR 993 (the proposed constitutional amendment creating a statewide business court) with certain changes.  Some of those [...]

On February 28, 2018, the Georgia Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Legacy Academy, Inc. v. Doles-Smith Enterprises, Inc.  The opinion is relevant to both franchisors and franchisees [...]