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September 06, 2006 | Daily Report Online

AN INDEPENDENT political committee formed to oppose the re-election of Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein has raised more than $256,000 and expects to raise a lot more. The Safety Prosperity Coalition has a fundraising target of between $1.5 million and $2 million, said H. Eric Dial, the group's chairman.

By Andy Peters

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January 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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October 16, 2013 | Daily Report Online

If Shaka Barrett was going to wake early on a Saturday morning when he had come down with a cold, the young people in his classroom were at least going to be quiet and listen.

By Andy Peters | Special to the Daily Report

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August 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

EVEN THOUGH A BANKRUPTCY judge in Delaware this week saved them from financial ruin, real estate closing attorneys said they learned a powerful lesson from the collapse of HomeBanc Corp.-never accept anything but a wire transfer at closing.At least a dozen Atlanta-area law firms received bounced checks from HomeBanc last month, before the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Aug.

By Andy Peters

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October 31, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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July 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

A group of lawmakers and community activists wants Douglas County, Ga., 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.

By Andy Peters

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December 13, 2007 | Daily Report Online

A routine acquisition led King Spalding to become counsel to a Portuguese company on its decision to locate a $100 million manufacturing plant in Georgia.Over lunch this fall at South City Kitchen, King Spalding partner Raymond E. Baltz Jr. learned from two EFACEC Group executives that the company was considering building its first U.

By Andy Peters

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July 06, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The newest member of the state Supreme Court will have two challengers in this year's elections, and numerous lawyers signed up to run for open seats on the state Court of Appeals and Fulton County Superior Court. Qualifying ended at noon Friday.Georgia Supreme Court Justice David E. Nahmias will face challenges from Atlanta litigator L.

By Andy Peters

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January 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

STATE REP. EDWARD Lindsey and Southeastern Legal Foundation director Shannon L. Goessling agreed to disagree on whether Georgia's method of financing judicial elections needs to be changed.Lindsey, a Republican lawmaker from Buckhead, said during a Thursday forum something must be done to fix the rising influence of special-interest groups on judicial elections.

By Andy Peters

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August 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The DeKalb County Superior Court is working to put the vast majority of its civil and criminal case files online, making them available to anyone with an Internet connection-for a fee that is being debated.A new state law raised fees across a wide range of government services and may require the clerk's office to charge $2.

By Andy Peters

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