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Recount likely in Fulton Superior race
The race for an open seat on the Fulton County Superior Court was headed for a runoff Wednesday, although there remained a question over who would face the top vote-getter, Kelly Amanda Lee.At midday, the Secretary of State's office reported that Shelitha Renee Robertson was in second place, with 40,042 votes and 22.1 percent, and Clarence R.Deal Watch: Corporate law firms: Fed cuts won't spur work
Atlanta corporate lawyers said they weren't expecting more work to come from the Federal Reserve's biggest interest-rate cut in more than 20 years.On Monday night the Fed lowered its benchmark interest rate to 3.5 percent from 4.25 percent in response to stock markets' dropping around the world on fears the U.S.India, China try to prevent spread of crisis
India and China are accelerating efforts to prop up growth as a global slump threatens the world's fastest-expanding major economies. The Reserve Bank of India on Nov. 1 lowered its benchmark interest rate for the second time in two weeks, and for the first time in 11 years reduced the amount of money lenders are required to keep in government bonds.Democrats push for probe into Bush policies
WASHINGTON AP - President Barack Obama has been reluctant to probe Bush-era torture and anti-terrorism policies, but his Democratic allies aren't likely to let the matters rest."I've always preferred my idea of a commission of inquiry to look at all these issues," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.In The Trenches: Employment litigators are still in demand
Delta decision ends consolidation dream
MORNINGSTAR INC analyst Brian Nelson said the failure of the US Airways-Delta merger probably signals the end of dreams for airline industry consolidation that some on Wall Street hoped to see. Proponents of the merger argued that the best hope for the industry is to contract to a group of three strong carriers that would have the financial strength to withstand cyclical economic turbulence.Jones Day guru trains Chinese judges in new antitrust law
Jones Day antitrust lawyer H. Stephen Harris Jr. estimates that he's been to China at least 20 times in his career, but a trip he took to Shanghai earlier this month was years in the making.Harris, who is based in Atlanta and coordinates the firm's Asia antitrust practice, was invited to Shanghai with three other foreign antitrust lawyers to train Chinese judges how to handle antitrust litigation.
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Republican Lawmakers Aim to Take Back Billions in Trial Fees
Susan [email protected] between trial lawyers and Republicans in Congress are nothing new. From limits on medical malpractice awards to attempts to federalize class actions, the plaintiffs' bar decries the assault on its clients' rights and on its own bank accounts. But in a new twist, some Repub-licans are trying a bold attack that has shocked even the battle-hardened lawyers.Trending Stories
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