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August 23, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] little-debated portion of this year's landmark tort law-one that encourages parties to settle their cases or risk paying the other side's attorney fees-is likely to be rewritten in the 2006 General Assembly.The law's passage was a major victory for the new Republican majority and doctors' groups.

By Andy Peters

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October 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

For the Democrat and Republican lawyers who are organizing teams of attorneys to monitor the upcoming elections, it's all a matter of expectations.On the Republican side, lawyers think that Sen. John McCain has the Peach State essentially locked up. So, rather than deploying a couple hundred lawyers in Georgia to watch for Election Day problems, GOP organizers are asking volunteers to travel to toss-up states such as Colorado and Ohio.

By Andy Peters

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October 22, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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April 04, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff ReporterThe phrase "tort reform" was barely mentioned in this year's General Assembly.Unlike last year, when scores of lobbyists descended on the Capitol to either fight against or push for profound changes to the state's tort laws, the Legislature this year only made the slightest of modifications to tort laws.

By Andy Peters

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June 22, 2006 | Daily Report Online

TROUTMAN SANDERS partner W. Brinkley Dickerson Jr. has two securities offerings on his plate.Dickerson is advising American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. on its $50 million secondary stock offering. American Safety, which is domiciled in Bermuda but has its primary home office in Atlanta, is selling 3.2 million shares at an estimated $15.

By Andy Peters

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February 18, 2010 | Daily Report Online

State lawmakers who pushed the landmark tort reform laws in 2005 are keeping a close eye on the Supreme Court of Georgia across the street, where the justices are expected to rule on three key prongs of those laws by the end of next month.If the court strikes any of the provisions down, tort reform advocates say they want to move quickly to enact a legislative fix.

By Andy Peters

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February 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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January 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Normally a trusts-and-estates attorney, Jones Day of counsel Ralph R. Morrison recently found himself in an unusual situation.The city of Atlanta is buying property in a block-wide corridor that stretches about a mile between Oakland Cemetery and the State Capitol. The city, along with the Atlanta Development Authority, is trying to realize the goal, set in 1974 under then-Gov.

By Andy Peters

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August 25, 2006 | Daily Report Online

GOV. SONNY PERDUE appears to have made some headway with the legal community, but lawyers still heavily favor Democrats when it comes to giving money to gubernatorial candidates.Since January 2005, Perdue has raised $224,462 from lawyers for his re-election campaign, according to disclosure documents. For his entire 2002 campaign, Perdue raised $149,300 from attorneys.

By Andy Peters

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September 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Bolstered by the strength of the Japanese yen compared to the U.S. dollar, Shionogi Co. this week secured a deal to acquire Sciele Pharma Inc. of Atlanta.Sciele tapped its longtime outside counsel in Atlanta, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker partner W. Tinley Anderson III, for advice on the buyout agreement. Shionogi agreed to purchase Sciele for $1.

By Andy Peters

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