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Georgia Tech prof reaches settlement with regents
A Georgia Tech electronics professor, who sued the Board of Regents after being suspended and arrested in connection with allegations that he conspired to funnel about $2 million in school funds to a company he co-owned, has reached a settlement with the state that will pay him all of his back pay, benefits and legal fees, and may return him to his duties as a tenured professor.Obama: Default may 'unravel' global finances
President Barack Obama said failure to raise the U.S. debt ceiling by early August might disrupt the global financial system and plunge the nation into another recession. If investors "around the world thought the full faith and credit of the U.S. was not being backed up, if they thought we might renege on our IOUs, it could unravel the entire financial system," Obama said on Sunday's "Face the Nation" program on CBS.Atlanta Firms Raising Cash for Tsunami Relief
John SutterSpecial to the Daily ReportSome of Atlanta's major law firms have hosted auctions, matched donations and even put their day-care centers to work to benefit victims of December's South Asia tsunami. Children in the day-care center of Alston Bird used their time one day last week to paint pictures, string beads into bracelets and bake cookies and cakes to sell for donations.Justices question 'very, very, very high' fees
The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are all lawyers, but most showed little empathy for their fellow attorneys on Wednesday as they debated whether legal fee awards can be enhanced for superior performance or exceptional results under a federal fee-shifting statute. The justices heard arguments in Perdue v. Kenny A.Freeh report highlights serious governance lapses at Penn State
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Panel: Facebook off-limits in divorce
The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld a judge who pulled the plug on a warring couple's Facebook fights. Judge Christopher J. McFadden's (above) opinion gives new guidance to parties in the digital age: Courts can stop divorcing spouses from trashing each other online.Former partner sues Holland & Knight
THE END OF JOHN K. WEIR'S CAREER at Holland Knight arrived on his Connecticut doorstep the Saturday morning of Nov. 16, 2002, in an express mail envelope. The enclosed memo from firm General Counsel L. Kinder Cannon stated that Weir, a partner at Holland Knight and its New York predecessor for more than 20 years, was expelled from the firm retroactive to Nov.High court upholds key part of Obama health law
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.Trending Stories
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