Andy Peters

February 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

COLLEGE STUDENT Edward Chapman hopes his recent ethics complaint against Gov. Sonny Perdue and Rep. Larry O'Neal forces them to testify under oath about their involvement in a tax law that passed last year.What no one knows for certain, however, is whether that's possible. It's also unclear whether Chapman would have a right to appeal to a superior court if his complaint is dismissed.

By Andy Peters

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February 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

In the race to remain competitive, companies are constantly trying to find new sources of capital. One source of cash that companies are increasingly tapping, Smith, Gambrell Russell partner David J. Burge said, are the real estate assets listed on their balance sheets.Last month Burge advised one of the largest makers of frozen pizzas, Schwan Food Co.

By Andy Peters

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October 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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October 12, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] many senators, Saxby Chambliss remains noncommittal in his opinion of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.But Chambliss said he had his mind made up when consulted by White House adviser Karl Rove about who should fill the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "I said you need to appoint Larry Thompson," said Chambliss, Georgia's senior senator and a Republican.

By Andy Peters

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October 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

CAPITALIZING ON the increased interest in nuclear power, Troutman Sanders partner John T.W. Mercer assisted client Wisconsin Energy Corp. in nabbing top dollar for a nuclear plant in the utility's home state.On Oct. 1 Wisconsin Energy closed on the sale of its Point Beach nuclear plant to FPL Group Inc. of Juno Beach, Fla.

By Andy Peters

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June 02, 2010 | Daily Report Online

In a test for similar cases pending in Gwinnett County, a State Court jury awarded $317,002 to a north Georgia couple last week to compensate them for injuries caused when the husband's leg was trapped under his Yamaha off-road vehicle.An attorney for the plaintiffs, C. Andrew Childers of Childers, Schlueter Smith, said the Gwinnett case is one of the first to reach a verdict among product-liability cases against Yamaha in the U.

By Andy Peters

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April 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Correction appended: See below for a correction to this story.A GEORGIA AIRLINE that specializes in transporting military troops looked to Powell Goldstein partners for advice on being bought by another air-transport firm.G. William Speer, along with partners Thomas R. McNeill, Suzanne J. Roberts and Richard L. Arenburg, are advising a special committee of directors at World Air Holdings Inc.

By Andy Peters

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October 03, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] C. "Bubba" Head warned his client, state Rep. David B. Graves, that playing the legislative-immunity card to fight a DUI charge could backfire and destroy his political career.Graves, a Macon Republican, on Friday withdrew the immunity argument from his defense of a Feb. 15 DUI charge in Cobb County.

By Andy Peters

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September 24, 2008 | National Law Journal

One of hundreds of lawyers who crammed into courtrooms Friday for a hearing on Lehman Brothers Holdings' effort to sell some of its big assets says the eight-and-a-half-hour session held a series of surprises. According to attorney Darryl S. Laddin, no appraiser testified in court about how much Lehman's assets were worth, nor was any appraisal filed with the court. And even more extraordinary to Laddin, the terms of Lehman's $1.5 billion sale of assets to Barclays kept changing throughout the evening.

By Andy Peters

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October 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

While the government is set to spend billions for stock in nine of the country's largest financial institutions, attorneys for smaller banks are scrambling to find out whether their clients can or should take advantage of the Treasury Department's plan to buy into other banks."We think that every bank should at least take a look at it," said Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough partner J.

By Andy Peters

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