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March 01, 2007 |

Former Prosecutor Places Her Bets on Gaming Industry

When Donna More became chief legal counsel of the newly formed Illinois Gaming Board in 1990, she'd never been in a casino before, but quickly found the position "as creative as you can get as a lawyer, drafting the framework for the operation of a new industry." Today, she's GC of Columbia Entertainment, the gambling affiliate of Columbia Sussex Corp., slated to operate 13 casinos in the United States. It's a complex job, involving multibillion-dollar acquisitions and compliance with gambling regulations.
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October 06, 2006 |

Jury: Grandmother, Ford not negligent in crash

A CLAYTON COUNTY JURY has ruled that a Riverdale grandmother was not liable for the deaths of five passengers killed when the woman lost control of her minivan and it rolled into a Texas river. The jury found Ford Motor Co. negligent in not warning the public about rollover problems with its Aerostar minivan, but nonetheless said that the automaker's negligence was not a cause of the accident and levied no damages.
5 minute read
April 18, 2003 |

Company that doctored books settles for $18M

1 minute read
October 03, 2006 |

Grandmother, Ford not negligent in crash

A CLAYTON COUNTY JURY, has ruled that a Riverdale grandmother was not liable for the deaths of five passengers killed when the woman lost control of her minivan and it rolled into a Texas river. The jury found Ford Motor Co. negligent in not warning the public about rollover problems with its Aerostar minivan, but nonetheless said that the automaker's negligence was not a cause of the accident and levied no damages.
5 minute read
May 03, 2012 |

Board Announces Successful Candidates for Feb. Bar Exam

A list of candidates who passed the February 2012 New York state bar exam.
16 minute read
April 19, 2007 |

Deal Watch: Blending banks bring business

ALSTON BIRD partner Randolph A. Moore III and Troutman Sanders partner Thomas O. Powell were attorneys on opposite sides on a recent bank merger.Moore advised Security Bank Corp. of Macon on its $56.6 million all-stock acquisition of First Commerce Community Bankshares Inc. Powell advised First Commerce, which operates First Commerce Community Bank of Douglasville.
3 minute read
December 07, 2007 |

Well-connected judge runs unopposed for Illinois high court seat

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke, a Democrat who is seeking election to the state's highest court, is the only candidate to run unopposed for the top court in about 30 years.
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August 12, 2008 |

Another Law Firm Drops Summer Associate Program

Arnstein & Lehr is the latest Chicago law firm to say it will abandon its summer associate program next year, explaining that the difficulty of estimating its hiring needs two years in advance so it can extend some of those associates job offers is more trouble than the program is worth. The news follows Barnes & Thornburg's recent announcement that it would cease its summer associate program in Chicago.
2 minute read
August 18, 2008 |

Amerigroup Settlement Nets $9.4 Million in Fees for Plaintiffs Lawyers

Amerigroup Corp., a managed care organization, has agreed to pay $225 million in fines to resolve claims it refused to care for pregnant women and "unhealthy patients," the Justice Department announced Thursday. About $9.4 million of that settlement will go to lawyers at Chicago boutique Goldberg Kohn, which represented a former Amerigroup executive who blew the whistle on the HMO's alleged discriminatory practices. Says one Goldberg shareholder, "It's not every day you get to settle a case like this."
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