Atlanta, GA, August 16, 2018—Thomas C. Grant has joined Freed Howard LLC as a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation and Entertainment practice groups. Mr. Grant was most recently a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Atlanta, Georgia. “We are very excited to welcome Tom to Freed Howard,” said Beau Howard, a founding partner […]
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Freed Howard’s managing partner, Gary Freed, participated in the Legal Practice & China Symposium at Emory University of Law on March 2, 2018. Mr. Freed spoke about his experience in serving Asian clients’ legal needs and how Chinese law students could prepare to enter the American legal market. Freed Howard has three Emory alumni actively […]
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The Georgia Dome has been a good neighbor and an iconic piece of the Atlanta skyline for 26 years. We will certainly miss it, but we look forward to many exciting years to come with Mercedes Benz Stadium. As our send-off, here is a video of the Georgia Dome implosion shot from our floor at […]
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State of Confusion The enforceability of class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements is a hotly debated topic that has created not only a circuit split, but an ongoing divide in policy between circuit courts and federal agencies. The National Labor Relations Board has long held that such class action waivers are unenforceable, arguing such […]
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Grammar nerds rejoice: a missing Oxford comma played a pivotal role in a recent First Circuit Court of Appeals decision. But don’t break out the Scrabble board and virgin daquiris just yet. The Court’s decision is far from a ringing endorsement of serial commas. In O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy, drivers who delivered dairy products sued […]
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The viability of class and collective action waivers in private arbitration agreements continues to be a hot topic before courts, and until the Supreme Court takes up the issue one last time, your business will have some uncertainty concerning whether these provisions are enforceable. For most employers, the main reason to require employees to arbitrate […]
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2016 has been an amazing year. We started a law firm; did you know?!?! Regardless, we finally had a chance to take a breather and celebrate at the Lawyers Club of Atlanta holiday party last night. Gary and I are both so thankful for the support of our family, friends, and clients. We hope 2016 […]
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Freed Howard LLC is pleased to have joined Central Atlanta Progress (CAP), and to be able to help support its efforts to continue Downtown Atlanta’s development as a vibrant place to live, visit, and conduct business. We’re here every day, in the heart of the Centennial Park District, and so we can vouch for what […]
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For years, attorneys have counseled that the way to prevent costly class and collective action litigation with employees is to require the employees to execute arbitration agreements that only permit individual (as opposed to class) arbitration. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) argues that this violates the employees’ right to act collectively under the National […]
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Freed Howard LLC is excited to announce the hiring of our first associate, Naomi Bryant, and our first law clerk, Mina Zhan. The Fulton County Daily Report was kind enough to mark the occasion with the few column inches of press, for which we are grateful. Feel free to read all about Naomi and Mina’s […]
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