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March 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers try to keep homeland security in forefront

When the Department of Homeland Security first opened its doors seven years ago today, Joe D. Whitley was there as its first general counsel.A former U.S. attorney in Macon and Atlanta who had served as acting associate attorney general under President George W. Bush, Whitley returned to Washington from Alston Bird in the aftermath of Sept.
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October 26, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Judge Won't Nix Prosecutor for Campbell

R. Robin [email protected] federal judge presiding over former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's racketeering trial has rejected a defense request to disqualify lead prosecutor Sally Q. Yates, citing "a strong disinclination" to have her named as a witness in the case. But U.S. District Judge Richard W.
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January 24, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Weaver Outlasts JQC in Battle Over Campaign Speech Rules

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July 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Firms make trek to So Paulo

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November 03, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Politics flunks test as Wall Street predictor

The 2008 presidential election campaign is coming to a close, and for most Americans, it's good riddance. We won't miss you when you're gone. Whether financial markets will be happy with the outcome is a different matter. Everything points to a Democratic sweep of the executive and legislative branches on Nov. 4.
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March 25, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Justices reluctant to extend Sixth Amendment rights

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February 27, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Home Buyers' Suit Boomerangs; Judge Says Caveat Emptor

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January 13, 2003 | Daily Report Online

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September 05, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Georgia tries to appease courts with earlier voter ID efforts

ATLANTA AP - The state of Georgia is hoping to avoid another court order blocking its latest attempt at requiring photo IDs at voting places by working to educate the public sooner about the measure before the year's remaining elections.Opponents of the voter ID law are vowing a fight, and the issue could be headed to the state Supreme Court before Nov.
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July 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Mortgage industry probes grow

Allegations of shoddy accounting and padded bankruptcy claims have grown to such a pitch against the mortgage loan servicing industry and its lawyers that investigations have been launched by the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees and the Federal Trade Commission.The Office for U.S. Trustees currently has 30 cases under review that have not yet been filed.
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