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May 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

The Aflac duck sure knows how to take a calculated risk. On Saturday, the obnoxiously loudmouthed fowl debuted in a new television commercial touting not just insurance but also the new Disney-Pixar film "Up," which involves the rather dangerous idea of a flying house. He also graced the car of driver Carl Edwards as it sped around the Darlington Raceway at the Southern 500 NASCAR event the same day.

By Janet L. Conley and Andy Peters

7 minute read

April 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Capital from a client of Locke Lord Bissell Liddell partner Philip A. Cooper may rescue Alabama's Colonial Bank from the doldrums caused by the collapse of the U.S. housing market. In an agreement announced earlier this month, Cooper's client, Taylor, Bean Whitaker Mortgage Corp., would lead an investor group in acquiring $300 million in convertible preferred stock from Colonial BancGroup Inc.

By Andy Peters

8 minute read

August 27, 2008 | Daily Report Online

With more people, cars and schoolchildren than cities and counties can handle, local governments are stretched to the limit trying to deal with growth.To help local governments pay for development, state legislators approved IDDs, or "infrastructure development districts," in which private developers would be able to assess taxes and issue tax-free bonds to build water and sewer lines, schoolhouses, roads and fire stations.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

June 17, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Given how local and state officials have prodded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep more water in Lake Lanier, officials for the corps might have expected a thank-you note for their new plan for the reservoir. But the corps' revised Interim Operations Plan, which increases from 30 percent to 50 percent how much of the lake can supply the area with water during droughts, may just prompt more papers to be filed in the courts.

By Andy Peters

11 minute read

July 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

When Keith M. Harper moved into private practice in 2006 after spending a decade with the Native American Rights Fund, he didn't leave behind his work in the area of Indian law.Instead, Harper, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, jumped headlong into Kilpatrick Stockton's work representing individual Native Americans in their claims that the U.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

February 08, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NEWLY MINTED LAW school graduates aren't the only Georgia lawyers in line for a pay raise.The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved a 5 percent pay raise for members of the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and a 10 percent raise for superior court judges. The increase still must be approved by the full House, as well as the state Senate and Gov.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

November 15, 2007 | Daily Report Online

It's not uncommon for someone leaving his job after 24 years to have a suggestion for those who remain.But the parting words of Judge G. Bryant Culpepper in Macon are the first example of what critics of the state Supreme Court's recent Genarlow Wilson decision said they feared-that the ruling could help a host of criminal defendants.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

October 12, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Sam Olens, the Republican candidate for attorney general, outraised his Democratic rival, Ken Hodges, in the third quarter of the year, but both candidates have raised more than $1.3 million, with Olens maintaining a slight lead in overall fundraising.In judicial races, Supreme Court Justice David E. Nahmias has raised more than his two opponents, L.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

February 02, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Rickety elevators, unpaid investigative lawyers and the possibility of a more expensive bar exam are some of the effects budget cuts are forcing in the judiciary, lawmakers heard last week.The Supreme Court of Georgia is facing a budget cut of $751,023 for the fiscal year that starts July 1. That would represent an 8.5 percent cut from the court's $8.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

September 30, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] C. Batten, who was nominated Thursday by President Bush for a seat on the federal court in Atlanta, said he is not politically active and does not have a political agenda to pursue on the federal bench."I'm honestly not an ideologue, and it would be a mistake for anyone to assume that I am," said Batten, a partner at Schreeder, Wheeler Flint.

By Andy Peters

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