Georgia Bill Seeks to Limit Sovereign Immunity
UPDATE: This post is updated below. State and local governments enjoy the protection of sovereign immunity. It may be waived only by a constitutional amendment
UPDATE: This post is updated below. State and local governments enjoy the protection of sovereign immunity. It may be waived only by a constitutional amendment
The recent case of Fulton County v. Soco Contracting Company, Inc. addresses two very interesting questions for local government attorneys. First, can a county ordinance
The Georgia Supreme Court sent an intergovernmental dispute over taxation of alcoholic beverages back to the lower court. This case arose out of a dispute
This post was written and edited by Chadd Reynolds and David Cook. A few months ago, a decision by the Supreme Court of Georgia in
In a very well-reasoned opinion, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the denial of a contractor’s unwritten-contract claim against a county based on sovereign immunity.
This blog post was written by Chadd Reynolds and David R. Cook. A recent Georgia Court of Appeals case highlighted the extent to which city
AHC Attorney David Cook recently participated in a panel discussion at the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia regarding highway construction issues for engineers.
When a cleaning contractor failed to pay its employees for cleaning services at a university, its employees sued the Board of Regents (BOR), asserting various
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