3/26/2025 10:00:41 AM How Boston's Coconut Grove Fire Changed the Law? By Jeffrey Nix The second most deadly single building fire in the history of the United States occurred at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston on...
3/25/2025 12:50:39 PM Corporate Transparency Act Update: Interim Final Rule Spells End of BOI Reporting for US Companies and Persons By Mitzi Hill Jonathan Wilson On March 21st, the Treasury Department issued an “Interim Final Rule” that replaces the regulations formerly governing the Corporate...
3/19/2025 10:30:43 AM What Happens When the Arbitrator Falls Asleep During Your Arbitration? By Jeffrey Nix An arbitration award in the amount of $1.5M was recently enforced by a federal court despite claims the arbitrator slept through...
3/12/2025 11:15:55 AM What is Creating the Huge Garbage Patches in the Oceans? By Jeffrey Nix Five (5) major oceans , the Pacific, Atlantic, Artic, Indian and Southern oceans, cover 72% of the earth's surface. Included within...
2/19/2025 11:00:40 AM The "Cloud" - What is it? By Jeffrey Nix The “cloud” is generally defined as a network of remote third-party computers or host “servers” that provide resources, data, services,...
1/30/2025 4:14:02 PM Joe English Named 2025 Georgia Titan 100 Recipient By Taylor English Atlanta, January 30, 2025 – Taylor English Duma LLP announced today that partner Joe English has been recognized as a 2025 Georgia Titan...
1/22/2025 11:15:04 AM Understanding the "Mitigation of Damages" Doctrine By Jeffrey Nix Claimants who suffer damages due to the acts or omissions of another cannot, in most instances, just sit back and allow such costs and...
1/8/2025 11:05:28 AM Understanding the Connection Between the "Doctrine of Strict Liability" and the Johnstown Flood By Jeffrey Nix “Strict Liability” or SL is a legal doctrine under which an individual or entity is responsible for all damages caused by an act or...
11/13/2024 11:45:18 AM When do Agents Have Authority to Bind Principals to Contracts? By Jeffrey Nix Construction attorney’s deal with construction contracts on a daily basis. We are constantly drafting, editing, negotiating, and...
10/16/2024 10:15:06 AM Should Prevailing Parties in Litigation Recover Attorney's Fees? By Jeffrey Nix Parties who prevail in litigation throughout the US are generally not entitled to recover costs and attorneys fees, unless provided by...
10/2/2024 10:15:59 AM How Baseball Arbitration Found its Way into Resolving Commercial Disputes By Jeffrey Nix In 1973, Major League Baseball ("MLB") established baseball arbitration, or BBA as a unique process for resolving salary disputes between...
9/18/2024 10:00:03 AM So What do Lawyers do Anyway? By Jeffrey Nix This was the question, posed by my 16 year old great-niece, having flown in from Alaska and meeting me for the first time. It was a...