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March 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

A PROPOSAL IN the General Assembly to loosen restrictions on billboard companies' ability to cut trees around their signs will hurt Georgia's economic development efforts, according to a Troutman Sanders partner who works on land-use issues.A 75-foot limit would be imposed on the height of billboards, according to two separate bills filed in the state House and Senate.

By Andy Peters

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July 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Clements Sweet, a small firm that represents plaintiffs in workers' compensation disputes and other types of employment litigation, has expanded and restructured in recent months. The changes, however, won't alter the firm's focus, which the lawyers half-jokingly say is to compete with the nonprofit Atlanta Legal Aid Society.

By Andy Peters and Meredith Hobbs

7 minute read

September 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

King & Spalding, looking to beef up its intellectual property and biotechnology practices, hired three attorneys from crosstown rival Kilpatrick Stockton and may be scoping out more hires in those areas.

By Andy Peters

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August 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Correction appended: See below for a correction to this story.JOHN K. HALEY, a real estate closing attorney in Buford, left work July 31 thinking the HomeBanc mortgages he'd closed earlier that day had cleared.That turned out not to be true. Haley was one of dozens of Atlanta-area real estate closing attorneys who received bounced checks last month from HomeBanc Mortgage Corp.

By Andy Peters

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April 20, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff ReporterWarren Buffet continues to add Georgia companies to his burgeoning portfolio.On Monday Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it would acquire Atlanta-based clothing maker Russell Corp. for about $992 million in cash and assumed debt. The deal is subject to approval by Russell shareholders and regulatory authorities.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

January 04, 2007 | Daily Report Online

LAWYERS FROM Morris, Manning Martin figured a bunch of fantasy role-playing game enthusiasts might be the perfect guinea pigs for using computer software to help close a deal.Morris Manning client White Wolf Publishing Inc., based in Stone Mountain, agreed to be acquired last year by an Icelandic company, CCP Games hf.

By Andy Peters

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September 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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May 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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September 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

With the unprecedented upheaval in financial markets causing a near-lockdown in global credit markets, the Daily Report called Chris Molen, a partner with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker in Atlanta, to discuss how the chaos on Wall Street is affecting corporate borrowers. Molen advises clients on financing mergers and acquisitions, asset-based financing, cash flow lending, structured finance and restructuring senior debt financings.

By Andy Peters

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May 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A Fulton County judge has tossed a $2 million legal malpractice verdict after learning that the lawyer-defendant had sued a juror in the case on behalf of a client in 1992.Both the lawyer, Steven K. Leibel of Dahlonega, and the juror, Alpharetta Mayor Arthur Letchas, have said they did not remember the 1992 case during jury selection last year.

By Andy Peters

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