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July 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Public opinion on ethanol producer First United Ethanol LLC of Pelham has been on a roller coaster ride, according to the company's outside general counsel, Patrick N. Millsaps. First, said Millsaps, folks thought the southwest Georgia farmers and other investors launching the company were crazy to make ethanol from corn-in the middle of cotton and peanut fields.

By Andy Peters

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September 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

In assessing the recent damage on Wall Street, both John McCain and Barack Obama have placed the blame on a lack of government regulation. While neither candidate has mentioned it by name, at issue is the Glass-Steagall Act, which regulated investment banks from 1930s until Congress repealed the law in 1999. In a CNBC interview Tuesday, U.

By Andy Peters

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March 22, 2007 | Daily Report Online

PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS have been on a tear in recent years, buying up scads of companies across all industries. But these big funds have eschewed the auction model of acquiring assets.Now a client of Troutman Sanders partner Terry C. Bridges is exploiting an innovative technique, called a go-shop provision, that's emerging as an alternative to auctions.

By Andy Peters

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October 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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April 06, 2007 | Daily Report Online

ATLANTA LAWYERS on Thursday remembered Leeza R. Cherniak as a criminal defense attorney who was committed to representing all clients, regardless of their economic or social standing."She didn't see a difference in people based on their economic status," said attorney Colette Resnik Steel. "That's why she never refused a case when she was called upon by the court.

By Andy Peters

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August 09, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] should be plenty of work for lawyers now that a federal judge has ruled that thousands of children in state foster care are entitled to an attorney.But who will represent the children and how much the government can pay remain open questions-ones that may lead to some legislative dj vu.

By Andy Peters

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July 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

When a judge approves a police request to destroy seized property because the owners of the objects haven't made a claim for their return within 90 days, the judge doesn't want to find out later that some of the property was needed in an upcoming trial.But that situation occurred in the case of Omar Kyhan Miller of Norcross.

By Andy Peters

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August 21, 2006 | Daily Report Online

At a time when takeovers by private equity funds increasingly make headlines think of last month's $21 billion leveraged buyout of hospital chain HCA Inc. by a team of funds, lawyers like King Spalding's Kathryn M. Furman are increasingly in high demand.Furman's transactional law practice touches an array of corporate legal issues.

By Andy Peters

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May 11, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff ReporterFamily ties seem to count at some Georgia companies.A review of proxies filed in the past year by publicly traded companies headquartered in Georgia reveals that more than a dozen pay six-figure salaries to the sons, daughters, in-laws, stepchildren, brothers, sisters, cousins and spouses of company executives and directors.

By Andy Peters

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September 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

The Atlanta Public Schools has reached a $180,000 settlement with the former head of the school district's largest teacher union.The Atlanta school board approved the settlement last month. The teacher, Lynda Wolfe Smith, had sued the school district when it refused to let her withdraw a request to retire. Smith's lawyer, Clements Sweet partner Michael E.

By Andy Peters

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