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March 01, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MCGUIREWOODS partner William B. Marianes thinks his client can lead the Shoney's breakfast bar back to glory. Marianes and fellow McGuireWoods partner Andrew J. Cataldo were lead counsel to Atlantan David Davoudpour's Royal Hospitality Corp. on its purchase of the Shoney's restaurant brand from Lone Star Funds, a Texas private equity firm.

By Andy Peters

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December 28, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] the Republican-controlled General Assembly convenes on Jan. 9, it's expected to revisit a hard-fought issue from last session: voter identification.A federal judge ruled in October that the law requiring voters to show photo IDs could not be enforced because it is like a poll tax, which is unconstitutional.

By Andy Peters

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April 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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April 15, 2010 | Daily Report Online

A House of Representatives committee this week approved a budget that would cut spending by millions of dollars throughout the state judicial branch. The spending cuts would entail eliminating jobs, forgoing salary raises and shutting down courts' committees.Separately, the Georgia Senate on Wednesday approved a measure that would raise the base fee for civil filings in superior and state courts by $125 per filing.

By Andy Peters

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August 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

In his second opportunity to appoint a justice to the state Supreme Court, Gov. Sonny Perdue picked David E. G. Nahmias, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.Nahmias, a 44-year-old Atlanta native, was selected from a group of nine candidates submitted to Perdue in June by the Judicial Nominating Commission, following the group's vetting of 38 candidates who were nominated by the public.

By Andy Peters

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October 12, 2006 | Daily Report Online

ALSTON BIRD partner Teri L. McMahon helped one of her firm's private-equity fund clients, Cravey, Green Wahlen Inc., complete the sale of an Atlanta staffing agency.Cravey Green, of Atlanta, last week sold its EmployBridge Holding Co. to another private-equity fund, J.W. Childs Associates L.P., Boston. Terms of the deal, which included debt financing by J.

By Andy Peters

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January 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

GOV. SONNY PERDUE on Wednesday asked lawmakers to give Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker $2.4 million to hire 20 new lawyers and other staff, granting some of Baker's requests to help build the state Law Department. Perdue also asked the Legislature to approve the creation of a $2.15 million Governor's Litigation Fund.

By Andy Peters

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October 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

The state of Georgia will be seeking a temporary injunction in one of three cases that comprise the so-called water wars between Georgia, Florida and Alabama, which has lasted nearly 20 years with no end in sight. The state wants to stop the release of water from Lake Lanier to help downstream species of mussels and Gulf sturgeon, saying that the water is needed for Georgians. But a law professor says getting around the Endangered Species Act, or the "pit bull of environmental law," will be tough.

By Andy Peters

8 minute read

October 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Despite complaints about potential conflicts of interest, a King Spalding environmental litigator who has been nominated to lead the state's environmental regulatory agency likely would not need to recuse from some hotly contested matters concerning King Spalding clients.Gov. Sonny Perdue on Monday picked King Spalding partner F.

By Andy Peters

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December 13, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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