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The State-wide Business Court has the authority to hear seventeen types of cases listed in the governing statute, with the powers of a court of equity over all of those case types. If those case types only involve claims for money damages, however, the claim must be worth at least $1,000,000 if it involves commercial real property, or at least ...
The state assembly of Georgia appealed this decision to the United States Supreme Court. Both PRO and the state of Georgia urged the Supreme Court to grant certiorari to the government's appeal; on June 24, 2019, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case (No. 18-1150). [7] [14] [15] [16] The Court heard oral arguments in the case on December ...
The CEO of a daycare business based in Warner Robins pleaded guilty earlier this month to financial fraud after an investigation by the FBI and IRS. Middle Georgia daycare CEO faces $1 million ...
Sears, Roebuck & Company, pleaded guilty to 1 count of fraud. [8] The Trump Organization, convicted of tax fraud, scheming to defraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. [9] Tyson Foods; Volkswagen, pleaded guilty to 3 criminal felonies related to its emissions scandal. [10] Waste Management, Inc
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday for conspiracy to commit health-care fraud in connection with unnecessary lab testing.
The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
In another Supreme Court decision, the high court ruled in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot force plants to adopt state-of-the-art ...
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, Pub. L. 111–21 (text), S. 386, 123 Stat. 1617, enacted May 20, 2009, is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial institutions, mortgage fraud, and securities fraud or commodities fraud.