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Willie Gary Loses Support Fight
Steven H. [email protected] Fulton County judge has ordered prominent trial lawyer Willie E. Gary to pay his former paramour $6 million in child-support payments.Gary, who claimed in court papers to have a net worth of $60 million, had former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell by his side through most of the depositions and March's trial.Womble,New MinorityFirm LaunchAlliance
Meredith [email protected] Carlyle Sandridge Rice is partnering with a new Atlanta boutique of eight African-American lawyers to address client concerns for more racial diversity. Lawyers at four-month-old Molden Holley Fergusson Thompson Heard and Womble Carlyle hope the increase in diversity that the alliance offers clients will bring in more business for them both.Capmark Financial files for bankruptcy protection
CHICAGO AP - Capmark Financial Group, one of the largest U.S. commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt, becoming the latest casualty in the still turbulent U.S. real estate market.Capmark has been hurt by rising losses on mortgage loans, and has had to foreclose on properties such as the Equitable Building in Atlanta because borrowers were not able to make loan payments.A Wink, A Smile: How Gold Club Defendants Bonded With Jury
R. Robin [email protected] the Gold Club trial, a juror wrote former club owner Steven E. Kaplan to tell him the child she had conceived during the trial was a boy. "I guess his middle name will have to be Steven," wrote juror Tiffany Felker, an Atlanta second-grade teacher who was an alternate on the panel.Galleon Group to shut down hedge funds
BOSTON AP - A hedge fund company whose manager is criminally charged in an insider trading case has told clients it's shutting down its funds, after investors pulled out millions in the wake of the allegations.A letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press said Galleon Group LLP plans "an orderly wind down" of its funds while it explores "various alternatives for its business.
Lawyer advertising restrictions sought by state bar
The State Bar of Georgia will ask the Georgia Supreme Court to approve rule changes regulating legal ads, receivership procedures and client solicitations, which the bar's Board of Governors agreed to last weekend during the annual meeting in Savannah.
Savannah DA Toppled Boss To Win Top Prosecutor Job
Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap is a career prosecutor who beat an incumbent—and her former boss—to win election to the job she started in January.Three from Bockhop Fill Arnall Golden's Patent Prosecution Gap
Julia D. [email protected] 18 months after losing its patent prosecution team to Holland Knight, Arnall Golden Gregory has hired three registered patent attorneys from the five-lawyer Bockhop Reich.Former name partners Bryan W. Bockhop and Lance D. Reich joined Arnall Golden as equity partners last week, bringing Li K.Mirant agrees to $9.7 million settlement with workers
MIRANT CORP. has agreed to pay $9.7 million to former employees who blamed huge retirement plan losses on the energy marketer's investment of retirement funds in its own stock. The settlement agreement was reached on behalf of "several thousand" Mirant employees who contributed to the energy marketer's employee savings plans between Sept.Courts crack down on certifying classes
Across the country, defense lawyers in antitrust and securities class actions have stepped up efforts to decertify class cases, or moved to prevent certification in the first place, boosted by a spate of sympathetic appellate rulings.Corporate victories as recently as January in the 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and earlier in the 2nd and 5th circuits, have made it tougher for securities and antitrust suits to survive as class actions.Trending Stories
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