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March 05, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Fighting fee inflation

How to compete profitably in what has become a long-term slack economy might well be the question of the decade for firm decisionmakers.Although traditional hourly billing rates continue to dominate legal costs, neither in-house counsel nor firm partners believe will disappear anytime soon-corporate decisionmakers are driving the demand for alternatives.
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September 05, 2013 | Daily Report Online

ON THE MOVE: Shiver Hamilton Adds Of Counsel; ABA Honors Atlantans

Plaintiffs lawyer A. Joel Williams has formed an of counsel relationship with personal injury firm Shiver Hamilton, after 2½ years at another personal injury firm, Law & Moran. Shiver Hamilton was launched in 2011 by Jeffrey Shiver, formerly a senior associate at Law & Moran, and Alan Hamilton, formerly a senior associate at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer.
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October 14, 2010 | Daily Report Online

11th Circuit boots Shoob off case

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has removed U.S. District Senior Judge Marvin H. Shoob from a long-running stock fraud case, saying the senior judge failed to follow the appellate court's instructions when it remanded the case for the second time in 2009. "Our instructions were not suggestions," the panel noted in its Sept.
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July 16, 2002 | Daily Report Online

New Hires Double Alston & Bird Regulatory and Trade Group

Julia D. [email protected] Alston Bird's Washington office has poached six lawyers from Kirkland Ellis' office there. Partners Kenneth G. Weigel, Paul F. Brinkman, and David P. Sanders joined Alston's international trade and regulatory group June 24. Weigel, whose clients include multinational steel, lumber and pharmaceutical companies, co-chairs the group with partner Thomas E.
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August 05, 2009 | Law.com

Citing Madoff, Judge Slams SEC for 'Relentless' Pursuit of Legitimate Company

A federal judge in Atlanta has sharply criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission for what he described as a seven-year "relentless pursuit" of a Tennessee businessman and his lawyer partner while "studiously ignoring Bernard Madoff and the largest Ponzi scheme in American history." Judge Marvin Shoob fined defendants Steven Wyer, Tennessee attorney Kurt Beasley and their defunct capital investment company, Merchant Capital, a total of $58,000 -- not the $10 million the SEC asked for.
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August 26, 2011 | Legaltech News

Moderating the [R]evolution

Wednesday's "[R]evolution: Industry Leaders Discuss Law2020 Hot Topics" presentation at the International Legal Technology Association conference was modeled on the provocative, short "Ted Talks." Each speaker was allocated nine minutes of air time to inspire or challenge the audience -- rants were encouraged and PowerPoints were discouraged. I was privileged to be the moderator. ILTA's organizer T.J. Johnson and I aimed for an international mix, with ... [MORE]
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May 15, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Sutherland Partner Gets 9-0 SCOTUS Win

Atlanta lawyer Thomas Byrne (above) is claiming victory in his first outing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
7 minute read
August 25, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Federal, state judges team up to settle suits

A federal judge in Alabama had help from a state judge in Georgia on multi-district litigation that produced 222 settlements in cases claiming Total Body liquid vitamin consumers overdosed on two trace minerals.
7 minute read
November 14, 2012 | Daily Report Online

U.S. justices take Emory project case

Five Emory University law students have achieved something most lawyers never do: They persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case. Emory Law students (from left) Rachel Erdman, Scott Forbes, Michael Wiseman, Ed Philpot and Louis Laverone worked on the successful certiorari petition for an Alabama man.
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May 16, 2013 | Law.com

Real Estate Lawyers Target Closing Vendors

Real estate closing attorneys around the state are battling companies that hire Georgia lawyers to preside over closings just long enough to see that the documents are signed and witnessed. Meredith Ragains, left, Simon Bloom and Stephanie Everett have filed proposed class actions against closing vendors and their lawyers on behalf of more than 3,000 property buyers.
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