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Judge: Davis failed to prove innocence
A federal judge in Savannah on Tuesday ruled against Troy Davis' claims that he is innocent of the 1989 murder for which he's been sentenced to death.The decision came nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the request Davis' supporters had been making for years: ordering a judge to review what they say is evidence showing that Davis did not murder Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail.Bankers move to dilute overhaul at Senate
Four Wall Street lobbyists and about a dozen lawmakers huddled over eggs and bacon at Tortilla Coast restaurant on Capitol Hill on Dec. 2 to discuss legislation aimed at strengthening bank regulation. The meeting between fiscally conservative House Democrats and lobbyists for the largest U.S. financial firms turned tense, with a lot of finger-pointing, recalled one attendee.Paulk suit gives clues to fate of cases against Long
Despite the flurry of news reports about them, the suits alleging that DeKalb County megachurch pastor Eddie Long coerced young men into sexual relationships are in the earliest stages of litigation.But some clues about how the cases may fare in the legal system can be found in the matter of the late Earl Paulk, who led a different DeKalb megachurch and also was accused in DeKalb County State Court by a former congregant of sexual coercion.Coke rallies to highest price since 1999
Coca-Cola Co. investors are paying more for protection against stock declines than ever before, increasing options bets against the world's largest soft-drink maker after it rallied to the highest price since 1999. Coca-Cola's skew, which measures how much puts cost relative to calls, climbed to a record on July 1, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Jackpot: Lawyers earn fees from law they wrote
LOS ANGELES AP - Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found.Fed chief looks for new formula to ease system out of crisis
The event was a 2002 conference at the University of Chicago to celebrate the Nobel laureate Milton Friedman's 90th birthday. When Ben Bernanke rose to speak, he said that the Federal Reserve, of which he was then a governor, had come around to Friedman's view that the central bank's blunders were to blame for the Great Depression.Commercial Real Estate: The race for space
Word of the good deals in Atlanta's commercial real estate market seems to be drifting through the balmy air. That's partly why so many law firms have been arriving at Doug Guedry's door, inquiring about space in a new high-rise building he leases. "They walk building to building to see the properties," he says.Panelists debate costs and value of arbitration
Arbitration can be expensive and time-consuming, in-house counsel and arbitrators said at a panel Monday. But when the stakes are high, they agreed, it's worth it."Arbitration, like litigation, is never going to be inexpensive," said John Hinchey, a neutral for JAMS. "This is essentially civilized warfare, except we do it in dark suits, and generally there is no blood.Jackson had long history with estate executor
LOS ANGELES AP - A week after Michael Jackson died, his longtime lawyer and friend, John Branca, arrived at a meeting with the singer's family. He carried the pop star's will, and with it, the news on who would benefit from the King of Pop's estate."It was very difficult," Branca recalled. "There were a lot of family members there, his sisters and most of the brothers and his mother, Katherine.Trending Stories
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