The struggle between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and business taxpayers regarding the discovery of tax accrual work papers is not a new battle. The IRS, seeking a road map of the corporation’s vulnerable tax positions, argues that tax accrual work papers are prepared for ordinary business purposes and
Over the past few years, there has been a minor renaissance in the use of common law actions, especially public and private nuisance, to address environmental problems not being adequately addressed by public law, such as climate change and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Ever since the explosion of public
As the dust of the Bush administration’s war on terror settles, casualties are starting to appear on the legal battlefield. The United States’ human rights reputation and the Supreme Court’s international influence lay wounded in the wake of U.S. policies that flouted international law by advocating torture,
Since September 11, 2001, several hundred individuals have been convicted of terrorism related charges. Of these convictions, over 80% resulted from a plea of guilty. It is surprising and counterintuitive that such a large percentage of these cases are resolved in this manner, yet, even when prosecuting suspected terrorists caught
The relationship between terrorism and international criminal law has provoked a good deal of discussion in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City and at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A particularly challenging issue pertains to whether terrorism is an international crime
According to one recent survey, almost 60% of employees who leave their jobs take company data with them. Indeed, technological advances have made it easier than ever for employees to walk out the door with confidential information: “The digital world is no friend to trade secrets.” Companies’ data loss prevention
In June 2009, Israeli forensic science researchers published a ground breaking study that put credence to the possibility of creating artificial Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) that can fool current forensic testing procedures. The researchers asserted that anyone with the proper equipment and basic understanding of molecular biology could create artificial DNA
“This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ innocent.” Justice Scalia may already be well known for a strict approach to statutory
The purpose of this Act is to revise Georgia sex offender laws to promote the isolation of dangerous sexual predators from the public and ensure that they are adequately monitored in a manner that is constitutional. The key focus of the Act is to ensure the law properly directs resources
The bill would have adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence, reorganized Georgia evidentiary rules where not displaced by the Federal Rules, and made other necessary corrections to the Code to incorporate the new structure of the evidence Code.
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The bill would have prohibited an abortion provider from performing an abortion: with the intent to prevent a child from being born based on the color, race, or gender of the unborn child; when the abortion provider knows that the mother is seeking the abortion based on the color, race,
The Act prohibits all drivers from using text-based communications while operating a motor vehicle on any public highway in the state. The Act provides for acceptable text-based communications for public safety workers and similarly situated individuals, as well as for all drivers in certain circumstances. A violator of the Act’
The Act provides for crime victims’ rights in Georgia and creates substantive mechanisms for directing agencies to carry out these victim’s rights. These include the right to be present and heard in the sentencing phase of a criminal proceeding against the accused, including proceedings in juvenile court. The Act
The Act requires food processors to maintain food safety plans and conduct tests on their food products before sending them into commerce and allows the Commissioner of Agriculture to define what standards the food safety plans need to comply with. The Act provides for civil and criminal penalties for violating
The primary goal of this bill was to provide tax relief and create jobs while also encouraging investors to support local business development. The bill sought to accomplish this goal by giving employers a credit against contributions if they hired persons who were receiving unemployment benefits and by providing income
The Act creates the Georgia Workforce Investment Board. The Act provides for the members who will compose the Board, the allocation of funding for the Board, and the powers and duties of the Board. The Act also provides that the Board is established to implement the state workforce development policy,
