News from December 2025
U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia updates local rules effective December 2025
By J. Y. Bender | Dec 1, 2025
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has announced amendments to Local Rules 16.2 and 67.1, as well as Appendix B to the Local Rules, which will take effect on December 1, 2025.
Federal courts implement amended civil, appellate, and bankruptcy rules effective December 2025
By L. N. Nguyen | Dec 1, 2025
Amendments to several sets of federal rules and forms took effect on December 1, 2025.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed after fatal plane crash near Attalla
By L. M. Brittain | Dec 1, 2025
On a November morning in 2023, Charles Walker Pickering, Jr. was piloting his Piper PA-32R-301T aircraft from Tennessee to Alabama when the plane experienced engine failure and crashed near Attalla, Alabama.
Decatur woman sentenced to 30 years for fatal shooting of husband
By A. J. Maloney | Dec 1, 2025
A Decatur woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2022 shooting death of her husband.
Pamela Foohey discusses rising U.S. bankruptcy filings in Newsweek feature
By P. H. Edwards | Dec 1, 2025
Pamela Foohey, a professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, was featured in a Newsweek article discussing the rise in bankruptcy filings among individuals and businesses.