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For Italian Job, Mormons Ask a D.C. Insider for Help
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken the rare step of hiring a Washington, D.C., lobbyist -- to help it through a bureaucratic quagmire in Italy. For 20 years, the Mormon church has been fighting for legal status in Italy that will make it easier for members to marry and receive tax benefits. Now, with its application stalled, the church has hired A. Elizabeth Jones, a former high-level State Department employee and ambassador who is now an executive vice president at APCO Worldwide.
Tobacco Companies Handed a Win; States May Face $1B Loss
A New York appellate panel handed tobacco companies a victory Thursday by ruling that disputes over reductions in their payments to the states under a $206 billion nationwide settlement must go to arbitration. Under the settlement, which compensates states for funds spent treating smoking-related illnesses, the states receive $6.2 billion annually from 45 participating companies. The ruling has enormous fiscal implications for the states as the reduction could amount to more than $1 billion a year.
Superior court contests arise for 15 seats
A challenge to one of Governor Nathan Deal's choices for the Fulton County bench and a battle in DeKalb County may be the most interesting of the 15 contested races for superior court seats around the state.
Mirant Emerges From Chapter 11
After 2 1/2 years, Atlanta power producer Mirant Corp. emerged from bankruptcy protection and secured $2.35 billion in exit financing, it said late Tuesday. The company, which filed for Chapter 11 in July 2003 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas after failing to reach a deal with creditors to restructure its debt, has cut its work force, sold hundreds of millions in assets and converted more than $6 billion in debt and liabilities into equity under its reorganization.'Queen of the Net' Testifies at Securities Inquiry
Fallout from the 2000 stock market collapse landed in Florida Thursday as Mary Meeker, the Morgan Stanley stock analyst once called "Queen of the Net," testified at a National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration hearing into alleged securities irregularities at her firm. Meeker, a Florida broker, and Morgan Stanley are accused of conflict of interest, negligence and fraud for their advocacy of Internet stocks that fueled the boom gone bust.Baker Botts, Jones Day, McDermott Advise on Three-Company Midstream Partnership
ArcLight Capital Partners, CenterPoint Energy, and OGE Energy Corp. plan to combine some of their respective natural gas assets to form a master limited partnership with $11 billion worth of assets.Dreier Tries an Unusual Structure
The latest player to emerge on the L.A. legal scene is a rare kind of partnership, if you can call it that at all: It has just one equity partner. Dreier, Stein & Kahan opened earlier this month as an affiliate of 100-lawyer Dreier, a New York firm with an unusual structure. The L.A. outpost, which has about 45 attorneys and 25 salaried partners, will share resources and clients with New York, but Dreier Stein is autonomous with a separate seven-person management committee and fee structure.Harvey Miller to Return To Weil Gotshal
Harvey Miller, who built Weil Gotshal & Manges into a bankruptcy powerhouse before he left in 2002, is rejoining his old firm.Wine and Beef Cases on High Court Menu
Decanting a controversy that could upset the tight state regulation of wine and alcoholic beverage sales nationwide, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the constitutionality of state laws that restrict interstate shipment of wine to consumers. The Court also granted review of two First Amendment challenges against the government's promotional program for beef, including the slogan "Beef: It's What's for Dinner."Trending Stories
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