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March 15, 2007 | Daily Report Online

TROUTMAN SANDERS partners W. Brinkley Dickerson Jr. and Andrea M. Farley advised CompuCredit Corp. on its acquisition of two separate auto-loan assets in California.CompuCredit on Feb. 2 purchased ACC Consumer Finance LLC of San Diego. In a related move, CompuCredit the same day acquired a $195 million auto loan portfolio from Patelco Credit Union of San Francisco.

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October 17, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] world of bankruptcy law is about to be turned upside down. A federal law that goes into effect today will discourage many people from filing for bankruptcy protection and could force many lawyers to drop the practice of consumer bankruptcy law. The new law also is tougher on corporations, and Delta Air Lines probably benefited by filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this month.

By Andy Peters

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October 24, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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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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August 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Opening arguments are scheduled for Monday in Gwinnett County in one of two suits filed by former equity partners of the firm that became the Atlanta office of Balch Bingham. The former partners say that Balch is not paying their fair share of the equity they cashed in when they departed.Balch denies the allegations in court filings and says the former partners have been paid appropriately.

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August 10, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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August 12, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] Justice Department need look no further than its own files as it reviews Georgia's new voter identification law. In 1994, the DOJ reviewed a similar law in Louisiana and rejected it. The federal government is examining Georgia's new voter ID law because the Voting Rights Act requires federal approval of any changes to voting procedures in states that previously discriminated against black voters.

By Andy Peters

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March 06, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff Reporter If tests had found a little more lime in the pavement on two South Georgia highways, the state and a private road-paving company could have prevented a very expensive dispute.The Georgia Department of Transportation and Douglas Asphalt Co. of Douglas, Ga. have accumulated more than $4 million in legal expenses in a fight over the road-building substance that started two years ago and has no end in sight.

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March 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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January 23, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] its legalistic sound, the debate over eminent domain is an ideal election-year issue, allowing politicians to present themselves as standing up for the people against bullying local governments.Dozens of Georgia lawmakers have eagerly embraced the cause, introducing eight bills and resolutions to limit governments' power to condemn private property.

By Andy Peters

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