In Southern States Chemical, Inc. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc., 2019 WL 5616691, the Georgia Court of Appeals recently held that the Georgia Statute of Repose.

Effective as of March 18, 2008, indemnity provisions in motor carrier transportation agreements are void and unenforceable in the state of Tennessee to the extent such provisions require indemnity for liability for loss or damages resulting from the indemnified party's own negligent acts.

President Bush has signed an Executive Order requiring all federal contractors, as a condition of all future federal contracts, to agree to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system.

This fall the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled against a subcontractor who failed to file an affidavit of non-payment or a claim of lien within sixty (60) days of signing a statutory lien waiver.

In a bold move which puts it in the minority among the federal circuits, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan, has extended the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII to employees who are “related to or otherwise associated with” someone who makes a complaint under this federal law.

The Sixth Circuit recently held in Petty v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville-Davidson County, Case No. 07-5649, that a plaintiff seeking reemployment under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA") is not required to make a showing of discrimination in order to sustain a reemployment claim.

These agreements require employees to bring any claim in arbitration, rather than court, and preclude class, collective or other group actions in any forum.

The FTC's Press Release warned that website claims made by these companies about their CBD-infused products could violate the FTC Act.

In daily negotiations with shippers over transportation contract terms, carriers across the state of Tennessee are routinely required to indemnify shippers for all claims that might arise, even those involving the shipper's own negligence.

Last Monday, in the case of Engquist v. Oregon, the United States Supreme Court declined to extend the protections of the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause to claims by public employees whose allegations are not based upon their membership in a recognized protected class.

The United States Supreme Court issued a decision Tuesday in CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries which holds that Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 unequivocally provides for claims of retaliation to be brought by individuals claiming race and color discrimination.

Acting in response to growing evidence that adequate empirical data for estimating the expected term of stock options would not be timely available for valuation purposes, the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant of Corporation Finance has extended beyond year-end the benefit of its previously announced simplified method for estimating the term of certain options.

On October 31, 2019, the Georgia Department of Agriculture ("GDA") released a newsletter on Georgia Composing Plan to Comply with Federal and State Hemp Guidelines.