FDIC Continues to Pursue Directors and Officers
9/4/12
By: Ben Mathis
The FDIC continues to file a number of claims around the country against directors and officers of failed financial institutions. Recent decisions in Georgia, however, have raised the bar in holding that the business judgement rule requires …
2012 Election Cycle: Major Business Concerns Include Immigration, Baseless Lawsuits
8/27/12
By: Kelly Morrison
The Eleventh Circuit recently weighed in on Georgia’s controversial Immigration Reform Act, restoring a provision which allows police to verify the immigration status of criminal suspects failing to produce appropriate identification. This mirrors the U.S. Supreme …
SEC Pays First Whistleblower Under Dodd-Frank
8/23/12
By: Ben Mathis
The SEC announced that it has paid $50,000 in the first whistleblower bounty. This program is a year old program and was authorized by the Dodd-Frank financial reform act. Is it the first of more to come? …
ADA Lawsuits Plaguing Property Owners
8/14/12
By: Ben Mathis
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which covers “public accommodations,” is not widely known to the general public. Property owners, however, are becoming too familiar with its requirements as they confront an avalanche of …
Federal Court Changes Liability Standard for Georgia's Directors and Officers
7/30/12
By: Mary Anne Ackourey and Kelly Morrision
In the wake of the mortgage housing crisis, more banks have failed in Georgia than in any other state. A reflection of this troubling statistic is that a number of cases have been …