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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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March 24, 2006 | Daily Report Online

A TEAM FROM POWELL GOLDSTEIN helped the owners of a newly formed bank in the North Georgia mountains reach an agreement to sell their bank to a fast-growing Mississippi financial company. NBC Capital Corp., headquartered in Starkville, Miss., said on Tuesday that it agreed to pay $22 million in cash and stock to acquire Seasons Bancshares Inc.

By Andy Peters

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March 13, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff Reporter Mike Berg thought the state's new public defender system was going to ease the financial burden on Dawson County, where he chairs the county commission.Instead, Dawson County is paying nearly double the $115,000 it paid in 2004 for indigents' legal defense. In 2005, the first year of the public defender program, Dawson County increased its funding to $220,000.

By Andy Peters

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December 21, 2006 | Daily Report Online

AMID TALK of a wave of consolidation in the U.S. airline industry, two Smith, Gambrell Russell partners are giving advice to one potential buyer.Smith Gambrell's Howard E. Turner and M. Timothy Elder are advising AirTran Holdings Inc. on its attempt to acquire rival Midwest Air Group Inc.AirTran, the discount carrier that operates out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, on Oct.

By Andy Peters

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