Andy Peters

August 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The economy has hit the skids, but that hasn't meant a decline in work for Joshua M. Kamin. It just gives him an opportunity to occasionally change hats.A real estate capital markets partner at King Spalding, Kamin says much of his practice of late has consisted of visiting with clients to make whiteboard presentations and offer other services that resemble the work of a business consultant or investment banker.

By Andy Peters

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March 10, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Georgia lawmakers are taking a hard look at increasing dozens of court filing fees to raise funds for court operations and help fill in huge gaps in the state's budget.What's likely to be fought over at the state Capitol is whether county governments or the state will control the revenue from these higher fees. One bill, introduced by Sen.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

February 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

August 28, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Slammed by high fuel prices, airlines are tapping the capital markets to boost liquidity. Delta Air Lines was the latest, tapping its entire $1 billion revolving credit facility on Monday. US Airways Group Inc. got in on the act earlier this month, issuing more than 21 million shares of its common stock, raising about $179 million.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

April 23, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Greg Land and Andy Peters

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September 14, 2010 | Legaltech News

Uniform, statewide e-filing rules for court documents under consideration in Georgia allow for unprecedented sealing of court records by litigants, according to a media lawyer. The draft rules may also give too much authority to private vendors to limit competition and raise prices.

By Andy Peters

10 minute read

August 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

THREE KING SPALDING partners recently got an up-close look at how private equity titan Blackstone Group likes to conduct business-super-fast.D. Clayton Howell, Joshua M. Kamin and Mason W. Stephenson were counsel to GE Real Estate on its acquisition of two office-property portfolios from Blackstone, the New York private equity fund that recently held an IPO.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

July 17, 2006 | Daily Report Online

JUDGES' INCREASING LACK of patience with challenges to arbitration rulings appears to have filtered down to the state court level in Georgia.Fulton Superior Court Judge Ural D.L. Glanville last week ordered a plaintiff in a securities-law case to pay the defendants' attorney's fees because the plaintiff filed a frivolous motion to dismiss an arbitration ruling.

By Andy Peters

4 minute read

February 06, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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February 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears and House Speaker Glenn Richardson have agreed that more study is needed on whether graduates of unaccredited law schools should be able to take Georgia's bar exam.But whether Sears and Richardson's accord stops the movement of a bill that would open the bar exam to these graduates remains to be seen.

By Andy Peters

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