Cindy Morley

March 20, 2025 • Blog

The ‘well has run dry’: Property owners say Georgia trial lawyers have taken almost everything

By Chris Butler

People in corporate real estate have said that Georgia’s lack of tort reform has made doing business in the state a nightmare.

March 13, 2025 • Blog

Georgia’s ‘Jackpot Justice Juries’ prompt calls for tort reform

By Chris Butler

When criminals commit violent acts on the private properties of business owners, Georgia’s premises liability laws make those property owners civilly liable.

March 6, 2025 • Blog

Georgia landlords say they provide security, but still face legal peril

By Chris Butler

Landlords in Georgia can be held liable if someone commits a crime on their property, even if they provide adequate security.

February 18, 2025 • Blog

TORT REFORM: The Georgia law that business owners hate the most

By Chris Butler

Georgia law can hold a business owner civilly liable for a criminal act that happens on his property, one that the business owner had nothing to do with.

February 6, 2025 • Blog

Clarke County voters beg school board to not opt out of floating homestead exemption

By Chris Butler

More than 60% of voters in Clarke County said yes last fall to Georgia’s new floating homestead exemption, but the school board plans to opt out.

January 29, 2025 • Blog

‘Not allowed to know who is funding the lawsuit’

By Chris Butler

How a new legal scheme threatens Georgia’s economy and even national security.

January 15, 2025 • Blog

Georgia schools spent billions in COVID-19 relief dollars, but on what, exactly?

By Chris Butler

Finding the information about who got what and at what cost is one thing, but trying to understand what it actually was is another thing.

December 4, 2024 • Blog

TORT REFORM: Gwinnett County slapped hard by Georgia Court of Appeals

By Chris Butler

Nuclear verdicts raise the costs to do business, which get passed down to customers, and ultimately force Georgians to pay what is known as a hidden tax.

October 29, 2024 • Blog

Here’s how frivolous lawsuits against truckers hurt everybody, including you

By Chris Butler

Not all lawsuits are frivolous, but those that are raise costs for all truckers, and by extension, every consumer in Georgia.

September 17, 2024 • Blog

Georgia’s childcare providers say out of control lawsuits could put them out of business

By Chris Butler

It’s increasingly difficult for Georgia’s childcare centers to find companies who will insure them.

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