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September 03, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The former Lou Sobh Ford dealership sits in prime real estate on Scott Boulevard in Decatur. Lou Sobh once moved hundreds of Explorers and F-150s from the location, but now the building's roof is collapsing and weeds have sprouted in the parking lot.The Lou Sobh auto dealership is one of many that have fallen prey to the economic recession, according to lawyers who follow the industry.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

October 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Now that an involuntary petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy filed against AtheroGenics Inc. has been converted to Chapter 11 status, interested parties are lining up legal counsel.King Spalding partners James A. Pardo Jr. and Mark M. Maloney are representing AtheroGenics in the matter being heard by Judge James E. Massey in the U.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

September 19, 2006 | Daily Report Online

IN THE YEARS that Thurbert E. Baker has been a leader of the National Association of Attorneys General, he's built up goodwill among lawyers across the country, a position that's also boosted his war chest for this year's re-election campaign.Perry J. McGuire, the Republican challenger to Baker, says that's a problem.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

August 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

4 minute read

April 10, 2007 | Daily Report Online

STATE JUDGES might have to wait until next year for a pay raise.Legislation that would give raises to jurists on the state Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and superior courts passed the state House in February and seemed to be on the fast track. But it now appears to have stalled in the Senate. Further signaling a slowdown, Gov.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

March 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

A study on judicial salaries commissioned by Gov. Sonny Perdue could pour cold water on a push to raise pay for Georgia's judges.Georgia's Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges are paid fairly when compared with what their counterparts make in six other southern states, according to the study's authors at New York employee-benefits consulting firm Mercer LLC.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

May 22, 2006 | Daily Report Online

AFTER SPENDING more than a century in the political wilderness, Republicans now dominate Georgia politics, having controlled the governor's office and General Assembly since 2003. But Democrats still hold some offices, and Republicans covet none more than that of attorney general."The attorney general's office is far and away the most important office that Republicans do not hold," said Holland Knight senior counsel Robert S.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

June 23, 2006 | Daily Report Online

REPUBLICAN PERRY J. MCGUIRE believes he's picking up ground in his challenge to Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker, and McGuire is willing to put $400,000 of his own money into the race to prove it.Poll numbers released by McGuire's campaign this week show that Baker leads McGuire 42 percent to 28 percent. Baker, a Democrat, seeks his third full term as head of the Georgia Department of Law.

By Andy Peters

3 minute read

July 15, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The bitterly contested Democratic primary for attorney general has featured a thorough going-over of candidate Robert B. Teilhet's resume. His opponent, former Albany District Attorney Kenneth B. Hodges III, claims that Teilhet's courtroom experience is paltry compared to the hundreds of cases that he has litigated before judges and juries.

By Andy Peters

12 minute read

June 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A DeKalb Superior Court judge has rejected a request by an abortion clinic to seal a lawsuit filed against the clinic.Northside Women's Clinic said the suit should be sealed because of the potential threat of violence and physical harm to the clinic's doctors and employees. In an oral argument and written pleadings, the clinic's attorneys had repeatedly referenced the recent slaying of a Kansas abortion doctor.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read