In the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting that left 58 dead, Emory Law Professor Frank Vandall suggests some ways to prevent such tragedies. "There are steps that can be taken short of the confiscation of guns," he writes for the Daily Report.
"Nathan Deal is considering vetoing House Bill 859, the 'campus carry' bill, because of its impact on mothers and children in college day care centers and high school children who attend college classes," Emory Law Professor Frank Vandall writes for the Daily Report. "There are 10 other reasons he should."
The Georgia Legislature recently passed a bill that permits carrying guns in restaurants, churches and school parking lots. The "Safe Carry Protection Act" allows individuals to carry firearms almost anywhere in Georgia, Emory Law Professor Frank Vandall writes in the Daily Report. "As long as the proprietor does not forbid it, firearms may be carried in restaurants, bars and churches. Firearms are prohibited within 150 feet of a polling place, on the premises of a nuclear power facility, inside state mental health facilities, and inside a school building," Vandall writes.
In December, Volkswagen announced Ken Feinberg will administer an alternative dispute resolution program related to charges the automaker cheated on its emissions reporting. "What's strong about Feinberg's program is that it's economically comparable to what someone would get through litigation, where at least 25 percent of the money goes to an attorney," said Emory Law Professor Frank Vandall, who specializes in product liability litigation. "And it can take 10 years before you get a penny."
A medical malpractice battle erupts in Georgia again.
Legislation that would scrap the current litigation-based system for resolving medical malpractice claims in Georgia would replace it with a government bureaucracy that would drive up costs, the bill's opponents said Wednesday.