Nov 8, 2024 | Copyright Infringement
Universal Music Group (UMG) has initiated a legal battle against Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore, accusing them of “industrial-scale copyright infringement” in a lawsuit filed on November 4, 2024. UMG, along with ABKCO and Concord Music Group, is...
Oct 31, 2024 | Zoning and Land Use
These are special zoning tools used by the City of Atlanta to add extra rules on top of regular zoning laws. They’re designed to protect certain areas of the city that have unique characteristics or are undergoing significant changes. Types of Overlay Districts...
Oct 28, 2024 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Tyshion Nautese Hicks, of Vienna, Georgia, was just sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a $30 million COVID-19 unemployment scheme. Hicks, along with six co-conspirators, were indicted in 2022 for, amongst other things, conspiracy...
Oct 22, 2024 | White Collar Crime
On October 17, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing of several executives and a corporation involved in what it described as a conspiracy related to price-fixing, bid-rigging, and job allocation in the ready-mix concrete industry in the Savannah,...
Oct 22, 2024 | Health Care
The DOJ announced that a Wisconsin federal jury has indicted Lakia Jackson, former owner of We Care Services, for her role in an alleged health care fraud and kickback scheme related to prenatal and childcare services provided to low-income women. According to DOJ,...
