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Hearings for Mukasey expected to go into legal limits of White House terror policy
WASHINGTON AP - As the chief federal trial judge in Manhattan, Michael Mukasey approved secret warrants allowing government roundups of Muslims in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks.Six years later, the man President Bush wants to be attorney general acknowledged that the law authorizing those warrants "has its perils" in terrorism cases and urged Congress to "fix a strained and mismatched legal system.Pace of deals may drop along with stocks
THE STOCK MARKET'S recent downturn could slow the rapid pace of deals in local attorneys' pipelines-or perhaps shift the tide of acquisitions away from private equity funds, two Atlanta lawyers said.The stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average last week had their worst week since March 2003, dropping 4.Mayor's conviction only one problem in Birmingham
Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case
After decades united, partners to disband firm
Two partners' decisions to pursue judgeships and a lease that expires in December have prompted the four partners in Holland Schaeffer Roddenbery Blitch to dissolve the litigation firm founded by Charles M. Kidd in 1971. The firm will disband at the end of the year.David N. Schaeffer is running for an open seat on the state Court of Appeals, and James D.House panel OKs easier death verdicts
A HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE Monday approved by a 7-1 vote to a bill that would change state law to give judges the authority to implement the death penalty if a jury doesn't reach a unanimous verdict.House Bill 185 would end a rule demanding unanimous juries for death sentence, instead allowing judges to sentence someone to death if a jury submits a vote of 11-1, 10-2 or 9-3 in favor of the death penalty.Open records worries stall development bill in panel
State-chartered development authorities want to change Georgia law so they are exempt from rules that require competitive bids to be sought on construction projects. But state Rep. Jill Chambers, R-Atlanta, put a roadblock in front of the idea this week, raising concerns that such a change could put state taxpayers on the hook for authorities' financial liabilities and could provide a way for authorities to skirt state open-government laws.Ex-Mayor Gets a Lawyer-But Not This One, Prosecution Says
R. Robin [email protected] Atlanta Mayor William C. "Bill" Campbell on Thursday accused federal prosecutors of trying to interfere with his choice of defense lawyers. Campbell, indicted on federal racketeering charges last August after a five-year investigation of corruption at Atlanta City Hall, appeared Thursday morning at a hearing before U.Court rolls back campaign spending limits
WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on business efforts to influence federal campaigns.By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said companies can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to produce and run their own campaign ads.UnitedHealth's CEO giveback doesn't sting enough
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