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August 29, 2005 |

Merck Says Some Vioxx Suits Could Be Settled

Merck & Co. will consider settling a limited number of lawsuits over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, a spokesman said Friday. "Cases we'll be looking at concern ingestion of Vioxx for 18 months or more" by patients with limited heart risk factors, he said. The drug's link to heart attacks and strokes has spawned thousands of lawsuits and last week's $253 million jury verdict in Texas. As recently as Wednesday, company lawyers had said they planned to fight each personal-injury lawsuit.
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July 17, 2006 |

Case shows risk in arbitration appeals

JUDGES' INCREASING LACK of patience with challenges to arbitration rulings appears to have filtered down to the state court level in Georgia.Fulton Superior Court Judge Ural D.L. Glanville last week ordered a plaintiff in a securities-law case to pay the defendants' attorney's fees because the plaintiff filed a frivolous motion to dismiss an arbitration ruling.
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September 11, 2001 |

Washington, D.C., Legal Community Reels From Terrorist Attacks

The Washington, D.C., legal community reeled from Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. From the U.S. Supreme Court to D.C. law firms and political organizations, the horrific events prompted immediate evacuations and speculation about the military and political aftermath.
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July 18, 2006 |

Following Federal Courts, State Court Judge Shows Risks of Arbitration Appeals

Judges' increasing lack of patience with challenges to arbitration rulings appears to have filtered down to the state court level in Georgia. Fulton Superior Court Judge Ural D.L. Glanville last week ordered a plaintiff in a securities law case to pay the defendants' attorney fees after the plaintiff filed a frivolous motion to dismiss an arbitration ruling. Glanville's order follows earlier U.S. Supreme Court and 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings that also indicated arbitration appeal frustration.
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August 23, 2006 |

In The Trenches: Knowles leaving K&S to return to Glaxo

SHERRY M. KNOWLES is leaving King Spalding, where she is a partner, for GlaxoSmithKline, where she will become the global head of intellectual property and a senior vice president in September. She replaces David Roberts, who is retiring.Knowles will have offices in Philadelphia and London but will continue to reside in Atlanta.
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October 26, 2004 |

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July 30, 2009 |

Martin gets warm welcome

President Barack Obama's nominee for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had to answer some hostile questions about a recent sentencing decision but generally received a warm welcome from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.Judge Beverly B. Martin, whom Obama wants to move up from the federal district court in Atlanta, was introduced to the panel by Georgia's Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson.
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July 13, 2000 |

King, CBS Agree to 'Cross-License' Speech

A settlement between CBS News and the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. could be considered a cross-licensing agreement. But it leaves unresolved the issue of whether a speech made to millions of people and broadcast on national television is subject to copyright. The network and the King estate announced they reached a settlement in their dispute over the rights to King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
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November 24, 1999 |

Sniping Court of Appeals Upholds Roberson-Woodall Contempt Order

In a decision characterized by sniping among appellate judges, two Savannah, Ga. lawyers have lost their appeal of a probate court contempt order. The Court of Appeals decision upheld a probate judge's contempt order against Savannah sole practitioners David Roberson and John T. Woodall. They paid themselves $2.4 million without court permission from a $3.25 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a then-comatose woman.
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May 25, 2006 |

Guard chief prepares for storms, combat

DAVID B. POYTHRESS, the commander of the Georgia National Guard, is a busy man these days. At the beginning of May, the Georgia Army Guard's 48th Combat Infantry Brigade returned from its yearlong tour of duty in Iraq, and then a week later President George W. Bush announced a plan to use the National Guard to patrol the U.
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