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December 06, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Big effort mounts against records rule

Millions of people may have had their privacy compromised on a downtown San Antonio street in September. Data tapes that hold health information for about 4.9 million people who received treatment or had their tests processed at military facilities in Texas were stolen from a car belonging to an employee of a government contractor.
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February 08, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Judges to Decide Who Speaks for Free Speech

Alyson M. [email protected] full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is preparing to hear arguments next week in a case challenging a Fayette County ordinance that prohibited residents from putting more than one political sign in their yards.Some residents were prosecuted under the misdemeanor law during the 2004 election season, and a federal judge has questioned the constitutionality of the restriction.
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June 15, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Ex-Dewey partner sues firm's former leaders

In a bombshell lawsuit filed Tuesday in California state court, former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Henry Bunsow is accusing multiple Dewey leaders - including longtime chairman Steven Davis - of committing fraud by lying about the true state of the now-bankrupt firm's finances.
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May 01, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Delta takes back to the skies as a stand-alone carrier

DELTA AIR LINES INC. emerged from bankruptcy protection Monday as a stand-alone carrier after surviving a hostile takeover bid during a 19-month reorganization that saw it eliminate jobs, cut costs, restructure its fleet and focus more on international flying.A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in New York had set 9 a.m. as the time the Atlanta-based airline could effectuate its exit from Chapter 11 by closing on a $2.
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April 02, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Firms fend off more malpractice actions

Law firms are having mixed success in dismissing a growing number of high-dollar malpractice and fraud claims brought over failed corporate deals. In the past few years, law firms have faced some of the most aggressive and expensive malpractice and fraud lawsuits over their corporate work, with several seeking more than $100 million in damages.
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July 30, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Subprime mess fueled by crack cocaine accounting

BACK IN 1998, as the subprime-lending industry imploded, critics blasted the loose rules that allowed profits to be booked under "gain-on-sale" accounting-the financial world's equivalent of crack cocaine. While the rules got a few patches, they stayed largely intact, and most investors forgot the whole mess.
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February 28, 2008 | Daily Report Online

FBI opens inquiry into whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress about steroid use

WASHINGTON AP - The FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs.FBI agents in Washington opened the case a little more than two weeks after Clemens and Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, testified at a House committee hearing Feb. 13, each accusing the other of lying.
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June 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

U.S. automakers work to rebuild quality stamp

The U.S. automakers spent much of this decade retooling their lineups to offer cars rivaling Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry and Honda Motor Co.'s Accord. Now comes the challenge of winning over consumers. While models such as Ford Motor Co.'s Mercury Sable got top quality marks from researcher J.D. Power Associates, U.
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November 27, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Lender ordered to pay bank $16M

An Atlanta lender who sued Columbus-based Synovus Bank for breach of contract amid allegations that the bank almost put it out of business by pulling its line of credit has been ordered to pay Synovus more than $16 million, including $1.6 million in attorney fees.
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October 07, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Hunter-Strothers: 'I just do it'

Adrienne Hunter-Strothers had a distraction in the midst of her campaign for the state Court of Appeals. But it's not the first time the Atlanta lawyer has faced some adversity taking on a major endeavor.Shortly before she was to set off for Harvard Law School, Hunter-Strothers was hit by a car while crossing an Atlanta street.
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