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Fulton Tax Suits Highlight Dispute

Written by Fulton County Daily Report | Aug 10, 2014 | News

The legal showdown between the Fulton County Commission and the Georgia General Assembly over the county’s vote to raise property taxes, laid out in two suits challenging the actions, has been simmering since last year when the Legislature voted to cap the tax rate until 2015. On Wednesday, the same […]

Lawyers Key in Nunn Campaign

Written by Firm | Aug 6, 2014 | News

If recently leaked campaign strategy memos are to be believed, U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn is looking to Georgia lawyers as a pillar of her bid for Congress. Names of lawyers from various practice areas are sprinkled throughout the 144-page bundle, which contain documents from staff and consultants outlining the […]

Manget Way treatment home up for BZA vote

Written by Firm | Jun 3, 2014 | News

The legal saber-rattling over the attempt by Center for Discovery to convert a home on Manget Way in Dunwoody into a treatment center for girls with eating disorders ramped up in the last week. The city’s Board of Zoning Appeals was scheduled to hear the appeal Tuesday of Manget Way […]

Judge to order mediation in Ferdinand lawsuit

Written by Firm | Jun 2, 2014 | News

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ordered Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand (above) and County Commissioner Liz Hausmann, who filed a lawsuit accusing Ferdinand of abusing his authority, to try to mediate their dispute. A judge Monday said she was not inclined to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Fulton County Tax […]

Firm Helps Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection Obtain $600,000 Settlement with Publicly Traded Internet Service Provider

Written by Firm | Feb 24, 2014 | Results

We represented the Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection (“OCP”) in its investigation of Windstream Communications, Inc. (“Windstream”) over allegations of false advertising. OCP alleged that Windstream advertised that it would provide certain Internet speeds to its customers that it could not provide and/or guarantee, particularly for Georgia consumers whose network […]

Appeal Set in Dismissal of Class Action for Disabled

Written by Firm | Feb 5, 2014 | News

At issue: Whether Plaintiffs have right to file lawsuit in funding dispute or must work through state’s administrative process An appellate battle is lining up between defense counsel for the Georgia government and plaintiffs lawyers who claim that the state has illegally reduced by millions of dollars in funds for […]

Convenience Stores Sue Over 50-50 Gaming Split

Written by Firm | Oct 31, 2013 | News

A group of convenience store owners are fighting a new state law regulating coin-operated video gambling machines that demands they give 50 percent of the machine’s profits to the machines’ owners. The store owners recently have shifted their battleground, dropping a federal suit and re-filing a similar one in Fulton […]