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September 22, 2005 |

Delta Recruits Giuliani's Firm for Consulting on Chapter 11

Andy [email protected] Air Lines Inc. has paid a consulting firm of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani $2.4 million and expects to pay it another $400,000 per month for advice on working through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.The bills to Giuliani Capital Advisors were disclosed in papers the airline filed with the U.
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July 10, 2006 |

Coke Controls the Message With Report of Secrets Theft

By making an employee's alleged theft of its trade secrets public, The Coca-Cola Co. accomplished three things, experts say. It managed to control the message about the incident, it demonstrated its commitment to prosecute such thefts, and it raised a red flag about the risks all companies face in protecting their most valuable possession -- their intellectual property. In a memo to Coke employees, CEO Neville Isdell said he has ordered a thorough review of the company's information protection practices.
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June 10, 2009 |

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The parent company of Anheuser-Busch, AB-Inbev, has signed a 10-year lease for the entire second floor at 250 Park Ave. The 31,557 square feet will provide for management offices for the beer brewer, whose worldwide headquarters is in Belgium. Alsom, To accommodate its expansion, the Westchester Medical Group has signed a new lease in Purchase for 31,662 square feet.
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September 15, 2005 |

Bankruptcy Filing Launches Delta Fight With Workers

Now that Delta Air Lines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the carrier will have a legal fight on its hands from employees and retirees seeking to protect their benefits, legal experts said, which could mean additional work for some Atlanta law firms. The filing comes after repeated warnings from Delta's CEO that higher fuel costs and lower demand have crippled the airline. Northwest Airlines also joins Delta in the large fleet of U.S. airlines in bankruptcy woes.
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October 05, 2007 |

Havertys' GC Fashions Department to Fit Her Style

Before graduating first in her law school class and working for 12 years at King & Spalding, where she rose to partner doing mergers and acquisitions, Janet E. Taylor was in the fashion business. But after several years of negotiating modeling contracts with cosmetics giants, Taylor tired of sending her deals off to lawyers for review and went to law school. Now, as GC of Haverty Furniture Companies Inc., she has come full circle. Furniture, Taylor explains, "is a fashion business."
6 minute read
October 15, 2007 |

While Bigger Firms Reach Overseas, Smaller Shops See Regional Opportunities

As King & Spalding and Troutman Sanders, two of Atlanta's largest hometown law firms, set their sights on serving big corporate clients in expensive new offices overseas, attorneys like John A. Christy see a door opening. "If they have to raise their rates [to pay for those offices], it may put them beyond the reach of some middle-market companies," said Christy, managing partner of 22-lawyer Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint. "That may give firms like ours an opportunity."
5 minute read
August 29, 2000 |

Jones, Askew Succumbs to 'Middle Child' Stressors

The pressures of being a mid-size intellectual property firm in a market of tiny boutiques and general practice Goliaths helped push Atlanta's Jones & Askew toward its upcoming union with Kilpatrick Stockton. That's according to two former partners and one other IP lawyer, who say the IP market has changed so dramatically that 30 to 50 lawyer firms -- Jones & Askew's size -- may find it tough to survive.
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September 30, 1999 |

Lawyer 'Was Truly a Legend' of Trademark Bar

Julius R. Lunsford Jr., a pioneering intellectual property lawyer who first registered the trademark for the Coca-Cola hourglass bottle, died Monday after an extended illness. Lunsford's first job, says his son, was as a "trade examiner." That meant Lunsford traveled the country going into bars, restaurants and soda shops to order a Coke - and secretly keep a sample to deliver to company chemists. If the drink wasn't really Coca-Cola, Lunsford prosecuted the ensuing unfair competition case.
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November 21, 2007 |

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