by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
James Michael Harris sued Lockheed Martin on behalf of the United States, alleging that the Marietta, Georgia company had defrauded the Government. Mr. Harris filed a Georgia False Claims Act case. Lockheed Martin makes aircraft, and it has numerous contracts with the...
by admin | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am a whistleblower lawyer writing about fraud against the United States Government. I am in a series of blog entries about a March 2012 decision in a False Claims Act case that was filed against Lockheed Martin. Judge Nina Totenberg, a judge in the Northern District...
by admin | Mar 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am a whistleblower attorney, and in yesterday’s blog entry, I wrote about a Northern District of Georgia decision in a case against Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin asked the Court to dismiss the lawsuit, but Judge Totenberg refused, and let the case proceed...
by admin | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am an Atlanta, Georgia whistleblower lawyer, handling False Claims Act cases around the country, and today I am writing about a brand-new opinion from Judge Nina Totenberg, one of our newer judges in the Northern District of Georgia. Judge Totenberg has a False...
by admin | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am a whistleblower lawyer representing whistleblowers who know about fraud against the Government, and who are bringing suits under the False Claims Act. Recently the Justice Department and members of Congress held a joint celebration to mark a very important...
by admin | Mar 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I handle cases as a Smyrna premises liability lawyer, and I have been blogging about lawsuits involving the liability of landlords and property owners here in Georgia. Lawsuits over the liability of land owners or property managers are called “premises...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have started a series of legal blog entries about Georgia premises liability law. As I explained in my last post, under Georgia law, a property owner “is not an insurer of the safety of the guests.” At the same time, however, the owner does have a duty...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
When it comes to a lawsuit for Georgia wrongful death damages, the Georgia statute has created a potential conflict between the decendent’s spouse and the deceased’s children. Despite the conflict, the courts have held firm to their decision to enforce the...
by admin | Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
On January 15, 2012, I posted on “Who Can Bring a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Under Georgia Law?” In that blog entry, I talked about Georgia wrongful death law. I mentioned that the courts “strictly construe” the Georgia wrongful death statute...
by admin | Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Blogging to you from Atlanta, Georgia, I have been writing a series on “jurisdiction” as it is applied under Georgia law. My most recent two entries have been about the concept of what minimum contacts a non-resident must have with the State of Georgia...