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March 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Republicans Control everything under the Gold Dome, but positions typically espoused by the GOP-making life tough for plaintiffs lawyers or criminal defendants-are struggling.Two-thirds of the way into the 2009 General Assembly, one component of Gov. Sonny Perdue's call for broader tort reform has been scaled back, and the other part has been rejected in committee.

By Andy Peters

9 minute read

June 08, 2007 | Daily Report Online

THE COST OF THE STATE'S defense against a legal attack on how it funds public schools has crossed the $1 million mark.According to records provided by Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker's office, Sutherland Asbill Brennan partners Rocco E. Testani and Alfred A. Lindseth have billed the state $1,054,834 in fees and expenses for work performed since April 15, 2006.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

May 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A lawyer for retired Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Travis Hall said he has settled a fight with a former supplier to Hall's weight-training equipment company that was trying to collect more than $300,000 from him.Late Thursday afternoon, one of Hall's lawyers, Jefferson M. Allen, told the Daily Report about a tentative settlement agreement in which Hall will pay the supplier $316,931.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

October 11, 2010 | Daily Report Online

About 13 months before Alston Bird partner Michael L. Brown filed a notice of appearance in DeKalb County Superior Court that he would defend a former DeKalb school superintendent against criminal racketeering charges, the county hired a subsidiary of Parsons Corp. to oversee its school construction program.That deal between DeKalb schools and Parsons came back to haunt Alston on Oct.

By Andy Peters

8 minute read

September 25, 2009 | Daily Report Online

As the Legislature begins to consider revisions to Georgia's 38-year-old code of laws for juveniles, lawmakers will find themselves fielding requests from groups who want to add reforms to the proposed 200-plus-page law. Many lawyers believe that the juvenile code, which became law in 1971, has been changed so many times in the past four decades that it's now extremely difficult to read and understand.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

December 31, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Anthony A. Alaimo, the senior judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia whose rulings led to sweeping prison reforms in Georgia, died Wednesday in Brunswick at age 89."He was the greatest judge from that greatest generation, and we just won't see someone like him forever," said U.S.

By Andy Peters, Alyson M. Palmer and Greg Land, Staff Reporters

7 minute read

May 04, 2006 | Daily Report Online

ARTHUR BLANK or another Atlanta businessman could still end up with the Atlanta Braves - but they will probably have to wait at least a year.Liberty Media Corp. appears to be the leading candidate to acquire the Braves from Time Warner Inc., according to local and national media. The transaction would involve a swap of assets-Time Warner would receive a large amount of its stock that Liberty Media now owns, plus cash and other assets.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

November 10, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Thirteen new legislators under the Gold Dome next year will be lawyers, with the rookies coming from a range of practice areas. One practices securities litigation at a large firm. Another is a former federal prosecutor who's now a partner at a large firm. There also is an in-house corporate counsel, a former magistrate court judge, a human resources director and a host of small-town solo practitioners and small-firm lawyers.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

October 24, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Editor's note: Attorney General candidate Perry J. McGuire met Monday with Daily Report publisher Steve Korn, editor in chief Ed Bean, managing editor Jonathan Ringel and reporter Andy Peters. The Daily Report will feature an interview with Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker on Wednesday, followed by an interview with Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Carol W.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

August 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A Gwinnett County judge has ordered a former executive of an Atlanta financial services firm to pay about $1.8 million for giving himself unauthorized payments, stealing trade secrets and destroying evidence.Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Thomas N. Davis Jr. issued the judgment against Aaron Prisco on July 22. The award of $1,762,608 includes $500,000 in punitive damages and $320,000 in attorney fees and expenses.

By Andy Peters and Greg Land

7 minute read