Andy Peters

July 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

AMID A SPATE of renovations to car-dealer showrooms on Church Street in Decatur, two of the dealerships recently changed hands. The new owner is one of the largest publicly traded car dealerships in the U.S.Schulten Ward Turner partner Eric L. Weiss was lead counsel on the transaction to Troncalli Motors Inc., which sold its Nissan and Infiniti dealers to Asbury Automotive Group Inc.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

September 25, 2006 | Daily Report Online

PERRY J. MCGUIRE is telling voters that if he's elected attorney general, he personally will handle oral arguments in court for the state's biggest cases-even though he has virtually no experience inside the courtroom.McGuire has blasted Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker, the Democratic incumbent, for having never argued a case during his nine-year tenure.

By Andy Peters

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January 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Nearly four years after the Georgia Legislature and Gov. Sonny Perdue approved sweeping changes to the state's tort laws, the governor is ready to tackle the issue again.The Republican governor said Tuesday that he will have legislation introduced this month on his behalf that would make dramatic changes to how and when lawsuits can be filed in Georgia state courts.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

December 07, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] McKenna Long Aldridge chairman Jeffrey K. Haidet told his wife that he was speaking at a conference for in-house corporate counsel, she asked if he had lost his mind.The fears of his wife-Kathleen G. Haidet, who is also a lawyer-partially came true as Haidet and Kilpatrick Stockton managing partner William H.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

March 29, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff Reporter Correction appended: See below for a correction to this story.Last month's defection of four Chitwood Harley Harnes lawyers to start Motley Rice's Atlanta office has spawned a battle over clients in two securities litigation cases.In a suit against Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., the lead plaintiff replaced Chitwood Harley principal Martin D.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

February 05, 2010 | Daily Report Online

State senators irked by Superior Court judges who have not voluntarily taken furloughs matching those required of all state employees say they are exploring removing judicial positions from court circuits.State Sen. Preston W. Smith, R-Rome, proposed the idea to Hall County Superior Court Judge Kathlene F. Gosselin, who was representing the Council of Superior Court Judges during a budget meeting Wednesday.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

May 03, 2007 | Daily Report Online

A POSSE OF ATLANTA lawyers is wrapping up a deal with the catchphrase, "Welcome to Moe's"Lawyers from King Spalding and Davis, Pickren Seydel, and the Atlanta offices of DLA Piper and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker, worked on both sides of the table in the recent sale of Moe's Southwest Grill to Roark Capital Group Inc.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

May 29, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz has said he wants to take a shot at playing professional golf once his baseball days are finished. Now Smoltz has another reason to work on his putting.Smoltz and some business partners recently acquired Southwest Putting Green Technologies Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., for undisclosed terms, said the buyers' counsel, Lawson Moseley partner William R.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

August 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

In the winter and spring of 1818, a University of Georgia mathematician named James Camak was looking for a sextant and astronomical tables to use in determining where the border between Georgia and Tennessee lay.According to a 2004 article in Professional Surveyor magazine, there was not enough time to buy them from abroad, so Camak reported that in Athens he procured a "very good" sextant "of English construction.

By Andy Peters

13 minute read

June 03, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers hoping for relief from a 567 percent increase in the cost of transmitting trial court records to Georgia appeals courts got mixed news on Wednesday.The state Supreme Court changed its rules to provide an interim solution to the price hike, but the judges of the Court of Appeals rejected a move to change their rules similarly.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read