Lisa Boggs

Corporation and its officers assessed civil penalties of over one million dollars for violations of the Fair Business Practices Act.

Consumer Protection

Bene-Fit Health Products, Inc. (Bene-Fit)—a corporation in the business of selling “magnetic field therapy” products—and its principals were assessed a fine for violations of the Fair Business Practices Act (FBPA).   Bene-Fit and its principals advertised an eight-week delivery time frame with the knowledge that products would be delivered late or not at all and then […]

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Election Law Special Issue

Articles, Court News

The August Election Law Special Issue is the second  of what will be a series of special-issue publications, each focusing in on a single area of interest to administrative law practitioners.  This month’s edition of the Administrative Law Report provides a sampling of decisions, overviewing a cross-section of issues that arise frequently in Elections cases. 

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Deadline for filing challenges to the qualifications of candidates is exactly two weeks from the close of qualifying at 12:00 Noon.

Elections

Petitioner, Justin Chaney, challenged Adrienne Hunter-Strothers’ qualifications to run as a candidate for the Georgia Court of Appeals.  Petitioner filed his challenge at 1:40 p.m. on July 16, 2010, precisely two weeks, one hour and forty minutes after the close of the qualifying period at 12:00 p.m. on July 2, 2010.  As Petitioner had not

Deadline for filing challenges to the qualifications of candidates is exactly two weeks from the close of qualifying at 12:00 Noon. Read More

President Barack Obama eligible for candidacy in the 2012 Presidential Election.

Elections

Plaintiffs alleged that President Barack Obama was not a \”natural born citizen\” of the United States as required by Article II of the United States Constitution and was therefore ineligible to run for the office of President of the United States.  Plaintiffs produced no competent evidence to support their assertion that President Obama was not

President Barack Obama eligible for candidacy in the 2012 Presidential Election. Read More

Senate candidate established residency by demonstrating physical presence in the district and intent to remain.

Elections

The Georgia Constitution requires candidates for State Senate to have been legal residents of the district in which they are running for at least one year preceding the date of the election.  In December 2011, Matthew Laughridge, a Republican candidate for State Senate District Fourteen, established legal residency in that district by demonstrating physical presence

Senate candidate established residency by demonstrating physical presence in the district and intent to remain. Read More

Admission to practice law in another state may fulfill the Georgia Constitution’s requirement that potential judges “shall have been admitted to practice law for seven years.”

Elections

The Georgia Constitution provides that “[a]ppellate and superior court judges shall have been admitted to practice law for seven years.” Secretary of State Brian Kemp challenged Ms. Adrienne Hunter-Strother\’s candidacy for the Georgia Court of Appeals asserting that the valid date for determination of her eligibility was the date of her admission to practice law

Admission to practice law in another state may fulfill the Georgia Constitution’s requirement that potential judges “shall have been admitted to practice law for seven years.” Read More

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