UPDATE: City of Atlanta’s COVID-19 Shut-Down Order Revised to Allow All Construction to Proceed
3/25/20
By: Jake Carroll
The Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Inc. reports that a corrected executive order has been issued by The Office of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms designating all construction as “Essential Infrastructure.” The original executive order limited “Essential Infrastructure” …
City of Atlanta’s COVID-19 Shut-Down Order Impacts Certain Construction Projects
3/24/20
By: Jake Carroll
Executive Order Number 2020-21 (“Shut-Down Order”) was issued by Kiesha Lance Bottoms, the Mayor of Atlanta, on March 23, 2020 at 8:49PM. Atlanta’s Shut-Down Order is more restrictive than similar orders seen in Florida (with broader exceptions …
1/10/20
By: Sara Brochstein
The City of Atlanta Police Department has announced that its officers will no longer engage in vehicular pursuits while it takes time to review its pursuit policies. This decision comes in the face of recent deadly crashes …
City Hacks – Atlanta’s 2018 Cyberattack and the Growing Need for Cyber Liability Insurance
2/12/19
By: Matthew Weiss
Already a growing area of liability insurance for businesses, the importance of cyber insurance for local governments came to the forefront last March when the City of Atlanta suffered a malware attack in which its computer networks …
Georgia Court of Appeals Concludes the Term “Affiliate” is Ambiguous
2/4/19
By: Jake Carroll
In Salinas v. Atlanta Gas Light Company,[1] the Georgia Court of Appeals’ recently examined whether Georgia Natural Gas (“GNG”) and Atlanta Gas Light Company (“AGLC”) were “affiliates.” Both AGLC and GNG were owned and controlled, …
Smart Cities Face Hacking Threat
8/15/18
By: Ze’eva Kushner
As you sit in traffic, frustrated and wondering why the city or municipality cannot do something to ease congestion, know that a city’s use of internet-connected technology to make your commute better may also invite hackers to …
2/12/18
By: Jan S. Sigman
Many homes built in the metro Atlanta area in the past 20 years are located in subdivisions that have a homeowner’s association (HOA). In 1994, Georgia adopted the Property Owner’s Association Act. If an HOA elects …
Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal – Civil Liability Next?
4/2/15
By: Wayne S. Melnick
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, a Fulton County Superior Court jury handed down guilty verdicts to 11 of the 12 defendants charged in the notorious Atlanta Public Schools (“APS”) cheating scandal in which educators and administrators …
