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December 18, 2006 | Daily Report Online

OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING the case files of 2-year-old Nateyonna Banks, who police say was killed last month by her mother, are scrutinizing the role of child advocate attorneys who represented the deceased girl in court.Nateyonna Banks died on Nov. 9 as a result of head injuries sustained in her southwest Atlanta home, according to state Department of Human Resources documents.

By Andy Peters

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July 05, 2007 | Daily Report Online

A BASEBALL BAT to Kilpatrick Stockton partner Lynn E. Fowler's head wasn't necessary for him to understand private equity funds are interested in the issue of "carried interest."But he got the verbal equivalent during a recent roundtable forum with some private equity fund managers. Fowler had intended to discuss the legal issues surrounding the tax treatment of transaction costs, such as legal fees, in an acquisition.

By Andy Peters

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August 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

HE WON'T BE SINGING a duet of "Bein' Green" with Kermit the Frog, but Arnall Golden Gregory partner Frank N. White has otherwise gotten up close and personal with the world of Jim Henson's Muppets.White was pro bono counsel to the Center for Puppetry Arts on the organization's agreement to be custodian of and display puppets and other memorabilia from the collection of the Jim Henson Foundation.

By Andy Peters

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May 01, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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July 13, 2007 | Daily Report Online

A GROUP OF LAWMAKERSand community activists wants Douglas County District Attorney J. David McDade punished for distributing to state legislators a videotape showing sex acts in his efforts to block legislation that could have set free Genarlow Wilson.The group is using as ammunition a statement made late Wednesday by U.S. Attorney David E.

By Andy Peters

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February 15, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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April 13, 2010 | Daily Report Online

State Sen. Preston W. Smith went out with a bang after being stripped of his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday morning. During a 30-minute address to the full Senate in which he made analogies to pimps and prostitutes, the Rome attorney and Republican said he was demoted as the committee's chairman as punishment for his vote against a hospital bed tax.

By Andy Peters

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July 21, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy PetersSupreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. won glowing reviews from attorneys with Georgia connections on Wednesday. Two Democrats and one Republican all spoke highly of Roberts, a longtime Supreme Court advocate who has spent the past two years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

By Andy Peters

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February 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

The publisher of the Savannah Morning News and The Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville, Fla., hired Chicago law firm Neal, Gerber Eisenberg to explore strategic options.Morris Publishing Group LLC made the announcement Wednesday in a regulatory filing. The Augusta-based company hired the law firm and investment bank Lazard Freres Co.

By Andy Peters

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November 15, 2007 | Daily Report Online

It is possible for Georgia to play nice with its neighboring states, according to Kilpatrick Stockton partner William R. "Robbie" Poplin Jr.Poplin was lead counsel to the South Carolina State Ports Authority on an agreement it reached with the Georgia Ports Authority and the Georgia Department of Transportation to develop a multibillion-dollar container port on the Savannah River.

By Andy Peters

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