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Trisha Renaud [email protected] A Fulton judge has refused to dismiss a libel suit against McKenna Long Aldridge, but the Georgia Court of Appeals has decided to hear the firm's appeal.The libel dispute began last year after Atlanta securities broker John Keller sued McKenna Long then Long, Aldridge Norman and former partner Terry R.Judge Arrington recalls ugliness of 1997 mayoral campaign
The Daily Report continues its three-part series of excerpts today from Fulton Superior Court Judge Marvin S. Arrington Sr.'s new book, "Making My Mark," published by Mercer University Press. In today's excerpt, Arrington recalls his unsuccessful 1997 campaign for Atlanta mayor, a race won by Bill Campbell with the support of former Mayor Maynard Jackson.Dedication to detail defines a career
Editor's Note: Randolph Thrower is the second of three Georgia legal icons the Daily Report news staff selected as our "Legal Legends." On Friday, read about the career of 11th Circuit Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch.At 95, Randolph W. Thrower has seen his share of the foibles and failings of humankind. In nearly seven decades spent practicing law, he's gone head-to-head with a U.Prosecutors say a video store clerk's tip was key to foiling Fort Dix terror plot
FORT DIX, N.J. AP - One drove a cab, three were roofers. Another worked at a 7-Eleven and a sixth at a supermarket. Their alleged plot to attack Fort Dix was foiled by another blue-collar worker: a video store clerk.Six foreign-born Muslims were accused Tuesday of planning to assault the Army base and slaughter scores of U.Ex-death row inmate in SC walks out a free man
GREENWOOD, S.C. AP - Edward Lee Elmore glanced at the ceiling when a judge asked him if he was sure he wanted to plead guilty to the murder he has spent decades denying. He whispered to his lawyer, who had told him "freedom is justice," and then looked toward the heavens again."Yes sir," he said quietly.Civil litigators are settling in for the long haul
Anyone who hoped that commercial litigation might help law firms weather the recession was surely disappointed last year.That's judging by the recoveries Daily Report affiliate VerdictSearch counted among its Top 100 Verdicts of 2009. Commercial verdicts, including breach-of-contract recoveries, fell from $1.4 billion in 2008 to $421 million last year.Trending Stories
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