- September 14, 2025Many local government attorneys assemble each year at the Institute for City and County Attorneys, in Athens. I provided an…
- February 21, 2023A bill introduced in the General Assembly would modify the authority of state and local governments, as well as school…
- September 7, 2022Effective July 1, 2019, consultants who advise or assist local governments in developing specifications or solicitation requirements must enter an…
- November 14, 2021A long-running dispute between a landowner and a municipality has escalated to the Georgia Court of Appeals and in the…
- November 4, 2020Many of our clients have inquired about what they should do when an employee contracts Covid-19. While the answer is…
- May 16, 2018The following is part one of a two part series originally published online in School Construction News on Wednesday, 25 April…
- April 4, 2018In the final hours of Sine Die, the Georgia Legislature passed House Bill 995. This legislation, which is currently awaiting…
- January 17, 2018UPDATE: This post is updated below. State and local governments enjoy the protection of sovereign immunity. It may be waived…
- June 20, 2017Yesterday the Georgia Supreme Court just addressed the presentment requirement -- the 12-month deadline to present a claim to a…
- April 15, 2017The Georgia Court of Appeals recently addressed the requisite notice of zoning proceedings that ultimately requested in a zoning decision. …
- January 25, 2017The following article was first published by Chadd L. Reynolds in the Division of Government Construction's September 2016 Newsletter for…