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King & Spalding team assists in Cellu Tissue sale
King Spalding lawyers Alan J. Prince and Anne M. Cox led a 16-lawyer team representing debt-laden Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc. in its agreement to be purchased in a deal worth $502 million. Clearwater Paper Corp., based in Spokane, Wash., in an all-cash transaction will acquire all the outstanding common stock of Cellu Tissue, valued at about $247 million, and assume approximately $255 million of the Georgia company's debt.ADA case on Target site to move ahead
A FEDERAL JUDGE'S decision not to dismiss a discrimination case against retailer Target Corp. for operating a Web site inaccessible to the blind opens the door to Internet-related Americans With Disabilities Act claims. The recent order is believed to the first ruling from a judge that the ADA can apply to the Internet, and lawyers from both sides of the bar anticipate more cases.Time to go back to the drawing board on tax policy
The fix is in. Last week the U.S. Congress passed a $168 billion fiscal stimulus bill, including tax rebates for households and tax breaks for business. President Bush signed it Wednesday. The Internal Revenue Service should start issuing tax rebates to 130 million Americans in May, according to the Treasury. Members of both parties seemed pleased with themselves and their bipartisan effort.
Discovery reform needed to protect plea bargaining process
In a pair of recent decisions - Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye - the U.S. Supreme Court held that criminal defendants have the right to effective assistance of counsel during the plea-bargaining process, the means by which 97 percent of federal cases and 94 percent of state cases are resolved.All her life experience led up to 'dream job'
Her education, work experience and life uniquely prepared Leslie R. Jones for the job she took in October as senior vice president and general counsel of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, a network of hospitals that includes two that the company owns-Scottish Rite in Sandy Springs and Egleston, the pediatric teaching affiliate for Emory University Medical Center-and Hughes Spalding, which the company manages for Grady Health Systems.Grier: 'The public wants you to listen'
It's been more than 10 years since Karlise Yvette Grier worked in a large law firm, and she acknowledges that the lack of "a firm full of partners to serve as a base of support" can make campaign fundraising a bit of a challenge. That difficlulty is reflected in her latest campaign disclosure, which indicates that as of Oct.Readers remember Frank Jones and Neil Williams Jr.
Frank Jones was one of my personal heroes. As a result of his leadership, the vision for a bar center for the State Bar became a reality.DLA Piper snags tech startup team for VC practice
DLA PIPER'S new Atlanta office has added its first practice group - emerging companies and venture capital.DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has lured Jeffrey M. Leavitt from Arnall Golden Gregory and Douglas R. Spear from Morris, Manning Martin to lead the group.DLA Piper opened its Atlanta office three weeks ago with 12 lawyers from Hunton Williams and Jones Day.Cubans' Spy Convictions Tossed as Miami Trial Deemed Unfair
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