By: Joseph A. White Anyone who follows the news knows that Facebook can be used as a weapon for bullying and harassment—with occasionally...

A high school student who posted a photo of herself in a bikini and shared it with her “friends and friends of friends” had no legitimate...

By David S. Fried Teen drivers account for only 6.4 percent of all motorists on the road. They are, however, responsible for 11.4 percent...

By David S. Fried The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently finalized a new rule that will require rearview cameras on...

Title VII prevents workplace harassment based on an employee’s race, sex, or other protected status. But the law draws a distinction...

E-mail, texts, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest, blogs and other social media sites are no longer...

In a 10-6 en banc decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently upheld a jury verdict in favor of a male...

On Thursday, November 7, 2013, the United States Senate passed a bill that aims to prevent discrimination against gay and transgender...

By David S. Fried In Ballard v. Chicago Park District, No. 13-1445 (7th Cir. January 28, 2014), the Seventh Circuit said yes. Beverly...

By Joseph A. White The Georgia Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that illustrates how difficult it is for personal injury...

By David S. Fried In an important decision for injury victims, the Georgia Court of Appeals recently softened the requirement that...

By Joseph A. White Last month, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that—absent an express waiver by the patient—confidential communications...

By Joseph A. White The Fourth Circuit recently joined a number of other federal circuit courts (including our 11th Circuit) in holding...

By David S. Fried Various federal laws prohibit the United States’ roughly 5,000 publicly traded companies from retaliating against...

By Joseph A. White Our firm screens hundreds of potential discrimination claims each year. Often, we end up turning away cases because...

By Joseph A. White The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) is a federal law that protects “disabled” workers from employment...

In Georgia, a law firm’s in-house counsel is now entitled to the same attorney client-privilege and work product protections as its...

Effective January 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s amended regulation concerning the employment of live-in domestic service...

In June 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially recognized obesity as a disease. What are the implications of that...

By David S. Fried We’ve written before about Georgia’s ante litem notice requirement. Under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA), an injury...