Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will be the keynote speaker at the University of Georgia School of Law's commencement on May 21, college officials announced Wednesday.
About 220 students are expected to graduate this year.
Reed, who graduated from Howard University, is a former partner in the Atlanta law firm Holland & Knight. LAURA DIAMOND
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Georgia has joined other states and the U.S. government in reaching a $44.3 million settlement with the pharmaceutical manufacturer EMD Serono Inc., the state Attorney General's Office said Thursday.
The agreement settles allegations that false or fraudulent claims for the drug Rebif, which treats multiple sclerosis, were submitted to the Medicaid program. From 2002 through 2009, according to the allegations, EMD Serono paid inducements to health-care professionals to get them to prescribe Rebif. Under the agreement, Georgia will receive $399,412. BILL RANKIN
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The state will add 15 parole officers Friday to help supervise 22,000 ex-cons after a training class graduation Friday. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles said it has about 300 officers. That is a caseload of 73 parolees per officer in a state with one of the highest incarceration rates in the nation. The board said it uses a "balanced approach of surveillance and treatment intervention" to try and stop the offenders from offending again. Graduation is 10 a.m. at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. Information at www.pap.state.ga.us. STEVEN VISSER
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