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July 20, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Minorities in real estate urged to build relationships

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February 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

DAMAGES | Juries can't impose punitives on behalf of nonlitigants

The justices ruled, 5-4, that a punitive damages award based on a jury's desire to punish a defendant is a taking of property without due process.
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February 24, 2004 | Law.com

Consent to Federal Removal Must Be in Writing

When removing a multidefendant case to federal court, all defendants must formally join in the removal petition and cannot simply inform the court in one petition that all defendants have "consented" to the removal, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled. Citing a "meeting of the minds" requirement as well as diversity prerequisites, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody wrote that "one defendant may not speak for another in filing a notice of removal."
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May 29, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Gay voters may boycott primary, hurt Cox campaign

ATLANTA AP - Many Georgia gay voters - a group political experts say could sway a close Democratic primary - say they plan to boycott the July 18 gubernatorial contest between Secretary of State Cathy Cox and Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor.Analysts say that could spell trouble for Cox, who was thought to be the favorite of metro Atlanta's large and politically active gay and lesbian community.
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February 24, 2003 | National Law Journal

Docket Watch: February 2003

Cases before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high court hears cases.
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May 22, 2007 | Law.com

Bank of America Faces Race Bias Suit

Five former and current employees have sued Bank of America Corp., alleging it discriminated against African-American brokers and bankers in promotion, compensation, mentoring and other employment opportunities. The lawsuit, filed Thursday at a federal court in Massachusetts, alleges Bank of America gave black brokers and bankers inferior positions and less favorable assignments than their white counterparts. The suit also alleges that the bank's retail brokerage unit engaged in "racial steering."
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November 24, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Court mulls early release of Uighurs from Gitmo

WASHINGTON AP - A federal appeals court seemed reluctant on Monday to release 17 Turkic Muslims being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, questioning whether judges rather than a president can order their freedom into the United States.In a showdown over presidential power, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.
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February 12, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Lennar teams with FDIC to buy distressed loans

Miami-based Lennar acquired a 40 percent managing interest in two loan portfolios with balances of $3.05 billion for about $243 million.
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August 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

On The Rise: W. Scott Ortwein

When Stephen A. Hellrung, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Marietta-based Graphic Packaging Corp., called Alston Bird last year for help on a complex $655 million merger, he was surprised that the firm recommended W. Scott Ortwein.Hellrung admits his skepticism that someone so young could handle the work, but after watching him in action, he began to trust the choice.
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August 06, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Judge OKs $590M Citi Deal But Slashes Attorney Fees

Citing "waste and inefficiency," Southern District Judge Sidney Stein awarded lead plaintiffs counsel Kirby McInerney $70.8 million in attorney fees, a 27 percent reduction from what the firm had sought, faulting Kirby for requesting $400 to $550 an hour for the work of dozens of contract attorneys.
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