24 CM Law Partners Recognized in the 2025 Listing of Best Lawyers in America®

Best Lawyers®, the only purely peer-review™ guide to the legal profession, announced the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America on August 15, 2024.
Kelly Culhane: Empathy in Action: How Great Leaders Show They Care

Kelly Culhane talks about how leaders can practice empathy and the benefits that empathy can bring into the workplace in Inc. Magazine. Read a snippet from the article below by Sarah Lynch Kelly Culhane: In early 2023, Kelly noticed that one of the firm’s executive assistants was falling behind on her workload. Instead of bluntly […]
CM Law Congratulates Partner Mette H. Kurth On Her Chambers 2024 Ranking

CM Law is pleased to announce that our Partner, Mette H. Kurth, has once again been tapped for inclusion in the prestigious Chambers USA’s 2024 Guide for top lawyers for her work in Bankruptcy (Delaware).
Harvey Linder: Update on the Federal Trade Commission Ban of Non-Compete Agreements

Harvey Linder from the Employment and Labor team at Culhane provides an update on the Federal Trade Commission Ban of Non-Compete Agreements.
Ryan Whitfill: Strategies for Successful Global Expansion of Your Franchise

Ryan Whitfill weighs in on navigating the complexities of international markets when expanding your franchise globally in this 1851 Franchise article. Read a snippet from the article below by Chris Irby Ryan Whitfill: “If you go and start selling franchises in a new market — a new country — and you only find out later […]
Peter Cassat: CDK Global Cyberattacks: What Can CIOs Learn About Single Points of Failure?

Peter Cassat weighs in on the discussion about a recent cyberattack against CDK Global in InformationWeek. Read a snippet from the article below by Carrie Pallardy “I would expect that we would see class-action consumer lawsuits because of all the PII that is in the DMS,” says Peter Cassat, a partner at full-service law firm Culhane and […]
Courtney Lytle Sarnow to Present CLE: Hot Topics in AI Lawyers Should Know

Culhane partner Courtney Lytle Sarnow will present the first session of a CLE entitled Hot Topics in AI Lawyers Should Know: AI and copyright changes, the AI policy act, and rules of professional conduct in use of AI.
Legal Alert: FTC Ban on Non-Compete Clauses

By Harvey R. Linder, Partner, Culhane PLLC. On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule banning non-compete clauses nationwide. (California already has a similar ban in place.) The FTC contends that this protects the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increases innovation, and fosters new business formation. An estimated […]
Anna Brook and Courtney Lytle Sarnow to Present CLE: AI and Fair Use – Analyzing Legal and Ethical Issues Under the Copyright Act

Culhane Meadows partners Anna Brook and Courtney Lytle Sarnow will present a CLE entitled Artificial Intelligence and Fair Use that will address emerging copyright issues relating to the use of generative AI. The CLE will also address legal and ethical issues relating to AI under the Copyright Act.
Grant Walsh Interviewed by Medium: How To Create More Inclusive Workplaces

Grant Walsh speaks on 5 things for creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace and how such an environment is crucial, in Medium. Read a snippet from the interview below by Rachel Kline Rachel Kline: What systems do you have to ensure your workplace is as inclusive as possible? Grant Walsh: “From a diversity and inclusion […]
David Klimaszewski: J&J Lawsuit Asserts Employer Liability for High Drug Costs

David Klimaszewski discusses the Johnson & Johnson employee health plan lawsuit in BioSpace. Read a snippet from the article below by Shawna Williams David Klimaszewski: “You’re suing Johnson & Johnson, and Johnson & Johnson was the party that was hurt most by this, so the lawsuit just doesn’t seem to really make a lot of […]
Courtney Lytle Sarnow in Law360: Calif. Right To Repair Law Highlights A Growing Movement

Culhane Meadows’ Atlanta partner Courtney Lytle Sarnow recently authored an article about California’s new “right to repair” legislation, which has been published by Law360. Here are a few excerpts from Courtney’s article: On Sept. 13, the California Senate passed comprehensive “right to repair” legislation on a unanimous vote. The act was signed by Gov. Gavin […]