Featured Image: In this 2014 file photo, as President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton mark the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program, hundreds of new volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Ed. note: This article was originally […]
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A national service response to a national disaster
Faris Albakheet, left, of Busboys and Poets, and Robert Laster of Saval Foodservice, distribute free food to restaurant industry workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic at Fourteenth and V Streets Northwest in Washington, D.C., on April 17. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) By AnnMaura Connolly and Eric Tanenblatt, Dentons Ed. note: This article was originally published in […]
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Status of Executive Orders in Georgia
By Eric Tanenblatt, Samuel Olens, Dan Baskerville, Sharon Gay, Edward Lindsey, Ceasar Mitchell and Crawford G. Schneider On March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Since that time the virus has exploded in the United States leading to four federal relief bills and a litany of executive orders on the state level. Georgia, home to […]
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Georgia COVID-19 Update
By Dentons As of April 2nd 2020 the State of Georgia has 5,444 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and has suffered 176 deaths. Last week, Governor Kemp issued a state-wide stay at home order via Executive Order to Ensure a Safe and Healthy Georgia. This most recent executive order rescinds and replaces the executive order issued on March […]
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the US
By Dentons United States COVID-19 (Coronavirus) hub: As COVID-19 continues to develop in the US and globally, governments, industries, and clients continue to adapt to the emerging challenges. Dentons has formed a multi-disciplinary COVID-19/Pandemic Client Special Situations Team (PSST) in the US to facilitate, accelerate and proactively support client service. Our full team can be […]
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the US – Policy and Government Update
By Dentons In response to the evolving COVID-19 epidemic, Dentons US has launched a cross-practice COVID-19 special situations team to help navigate this fast-moving situation, drawing on the full scope of our global legal, policy and innovation capabilities. Below please find links to a recorded webinar about the US government’s response to COVID-19. During the […]
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Georgia Political Primer
By Dentons Despite the absence of state and federal elections this year in Georgia, political theater has been active in our state of late and will be heating up even more in the next few weeks. This political primer will quickly catch you up on the latest Georgia political news in anticipation of Dentons’ Georgia […]
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What law firms can learn from the NFL
By Sharon A. Gay, Office Managing Partner, Dentons This fall I want to highlight something outside the usual legal realm: How the NFL—and the Pittsburgh Steelers no less—have played a key role in making Dentons a nationally recognized leader in diversity. You may have heard of the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which was created by the late […]
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Needed: Smart Governance
By Samuel S. Olens and Crawford G. Schneider The minds of entrepreneurs, technologists and new wave urbanists are consumed with the future of “Smart Cities”. However, too often, visions of Smart Cities are disassociated from the citizens themselves. That said, it is indisputable that modernizing the digital, physical and social infrastructure of a community can result in widespread […]
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Dentons adds former Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell
By Dentons Atlanta Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the arrival of Ceasar C. Mitchell Jr. as a partner. Mitchell, who is immediate past President of the Atlanta City Council, joins the Firm’s award-winning Public Policy practice, where he will play a national leadership role in Dentons’ Local Government Solutions group, an interdisciplinary service focused […]
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Georgia 2019 legislative recap
This post originally appeared on Denton’s Soapbox Blog By Eric Tanenblatt, Edward Lindsey, Dan Baskerville, Elmer Stancil and of Dentons At midnight on Tuesday, April 2, the 2019 Georgia Legislative Session came to a close. After hundreds of bills were introduced in both the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, the select few […]
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What’s Ahead For Autonomous Vehicle Test Driver Regs
Ed. note: This article was originally published in Law360 and may also be found on Dentons’ Driverless Commute blog. Autonomous vehicles are layered with complex, still-emerging technology. As a result, what makes driverless cars tick is a mystery for virtually the entire public. That dynamic itself shouldn’t be all that’s concerning: We routinely interact with technology […]
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Atlanta CLE Seminar and networking reception for In-House Counsel
Dentons will host an Atlanta CLE Seminar and Networking Reception for In-house Counsel on March 19. The CLE event will discuss topics including: lawyers and the media, state attorneys general investigations, cybersecurity and privacy, and employment law. Dentons will be hosting a networking reception for attendees immediately following the program. Attendees can earn up to […]
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US Policy Scan 2019
After two years of Republican control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, many wait with bated breath for the 116th Congress to commence. Democrats emerged from the midterm elections in control of the House of Representatives, allowing them to block much of President Trump’s agenda and exercise the oversight and investigatory powers […]
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In era of government scarcity, public-private partnerships bridge community needs
By Eric Tanenblatt, Rick Jackson [Ed. note: This article first appeared in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.] Solving problems like poverty, or inequities in housing, education or healthcare, is an expensive undertaking, and the gap between what’s required and what’s actually available, especially from public resource pools, is dramatic and widening. With every passing day, the social and […]
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Dentons approves Hawai`i combination expanding its presence in Pacific
Dentons becomes the first multinational law firm with a substantial formal presence in Hawai`i and reinforces its standing as a Pacific powerhouse through combination with Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing May 21, 2018 — Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, today announced that it voted to formally combine with affiliate firm Alston Hunt Floyd […]
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In giving back, businesses should ask: What Would Bernie Do?
By Eric Tanenblatt When Rick Jackson, who parlayed a fractious adolescence in foster care to become one of Georgia’s most successful businessmen and most dedicated philanthropists, approached me last year to join in launching a first-of-its-kind corporate charity initiative to help local businesses find creative ways to give back, I enthusiastically agreed. goBeyondProfit, as Rick pitched […]
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Dentons appoints Atlanta policy professionals to global and local leadership posts
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the elevation of members of its award-winning Public Policy practice to leadership positions. Eric Tanenblatt, former chief of staff to then-Governor Sonny Perdue (R-GA), now US Secretary of Agriculture under President Donald Trump, and longtime strategist who served in three Republican presidential administrations, has been named chair […]
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Preparing for our electric, autonomous future
By Eric Tanenblatt Truly autonomous vehicles—that is, those not requiring drivers—will be freely navigating public roads in Georgia this year, marking the culmination of nearly two centuries of research and development of internal combustion engines and machine learning. Finally, for the first time in the history of the gasoline-powered engines, these recent developments in artificial […]
