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November 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

April 13, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Correction appended: See below for a correction to this story.By Andy Peters, Staff ReporterIf a federal bankruptcy judge decides in the coming days that a pilot strike at Delta Air Lines Inc. has irreparably crippled the carrier, companies that Delta owes money to, such as The Boeing Co., IBM and Michelin North America Inc.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

October 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Powell Goldstein partner Louis C. Spelios was lead counsel to the world's largest carpet maker, Shaw Industries Group Inc., on its agreement to purchase a South Carolina maker of hardwood floors.Shaw Industries last month said it will acquire the Anderson Family of Companies, which makes hardwood floors under the brand names Appalachian, Virginia Vintage and Biltmore Estate.

By Andy Peters

3 minute read

October 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Conversations with an Atlanta financial services lawyer and three Georgia bankers reveal a complex response to the U.S. Treasury's plan to buy equity stakes in American banks to spur the economy.One banker can't wait for the capital infusion, while another has no interest whatsoever. A third hasn't made a decision yet.

By Andy Peters

4 minute read

January 29, 2009 | Daily Report Online

When a real estate developer dropped out of a military housing project in Texas, McKenna Long Aldridge partner G. Scott Rafshoon's client stepped into the void.Balfour Beatty Communities LLC last month closed on a $142 million deal to acquire a project to privatize housing at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

By Andy Peters

8 minute read

October 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Correction appended: See below for a correction to this story.Troutman Sanders Partner D.C. "Chip" Presten III is legal representative to former Georgia-Pacific CEO A.D. "Pete" Correll and other investors raising money for a private equity fund, according to a filing with the Georgia Secretary of State's office.

By Andy Peters

3 minute read

July 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Nine Am Law 100 law firms, including Atlanta's Kilpatrick Stockton, Alston Bird and Troutman Sanders, were among the firms involved in the sale of The Weather Channel to a partnership between NBC Universal and two private equity funds.Landmark Communications Inc. of Norfolk, Va., said in January that its Atlanta-based cable-television network was for sale.

By Andy Peters

8 minute read

March 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

There's more than one way to deliver steaks, spoons and strawberries to restaurants.There's the Sysco Corp. way, in which dozens of regional food service distributors are owned and managed by a central office in Houston. Sysco describes itself as the largest food service distributor in North America.Then there's the UniPro Foodservice Inc.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

May 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The recent run by Radiant Systems Inc. to gobble up its re-sellers in the U.S. and abroad has meant a steady stream of work for DLA Piper partner Michael E. Rubinger.Radiant, of Alpharetta, makes point-of-sale systems that process retail transactions at restaurants, movie theaters, stadiums and other locations. Radiant also makes the software that runs the units.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

October 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Judge Robert J. Castellani's retirement from the DeKalb County Superior Court bench has drawn a quartet of contenders vying to fill the slot.All four candidates want to improve or expand the court's activities affecting couples and families, whether through better technological access to family-law documents, increased counseling opportunities in divorce situations or improvements to the domestic violence calendaring function.

By Janet L. Conley and Andy Peters

6 minute read