Bills to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse Advance in House and Senate
February 28, 2012
Committees in the House and Senate have unanimously recommended passage of bills designed to reign in the rapid growth of illegal pill mills in
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Sunshine Proposal Clears House Judiciary Subcommittee
February 27, 2012
Today, Chairman Mike Jacobs’ House Judiciary Subcommittee recommended “Do Pass” on HB 397, the proposed re-write of
Iowa and Wisconsin added by Attorney General Olens to List of States Entitled to Georgia's Firearm Permit Reciprocity
February 10, 2012
Attorney General Samuel Olens has announced an addition to
Attorney General Sam Olens Joins $25 Billion Federal-State Settlement with Nation's Five Largest Mortgage Servicers
February 9, 2012
Attorney General Sam Olens formally joined a landmark $25 billion federal-state agreement involving 49 states with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers – Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi and Ally/GMAC – over unacceptable natio
Stone Mountain Speech Pathologist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Stealing Almost $60K from Georgia Medicaid
February 9, 2012
On February 9, 2012, after a three day trial, a DeKalb County Jury found Janine Wright, a speech therapist from Stone Mountain, guilty of defrauding the Georgia Medicaid program.
Georgia Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Government Transparency
February 6, 2012
Today, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the State of
Attorney General Sam Olens Announces Statewide Food Drive Competition Among Georgia Lawyers
February 1, 2012
Today, Attorney General Sam Olens announced that the Office of the Attorney General has joined forces with the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Food Bank Association to launch the inaugural “Georgia Legal Food Frenzy,” a statewide food drive compet
Additional Indictments and Guilty Plea in Case Involving North Georgia Illegal Tobacco Trafficking Ring
January 23, 2012
On Friday, January 20, 2012, Cajetan Fernandes entered a guilty plea in Gwinnett County Superior Court for his role in a tobacco trafficking ring.
Owner of Castle Medical in Cuthbert Sentenced to Prison for Medicaid Fraud
January 12, 2012
Eddie Leon Castleberry pled guilty to one count of Medicaid Fraud (O.C.G.A.§ 49-4-146.1) in Randolph County Superior Court on Wednesday, January 11, 2012.