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January 30, 2003 |

Judge Approves Spectrasite Holdings Plan

Spectrasite Holdings Inc. hopes to emerge from bankruptcy in two weeks, now that a judge has confirmed a plan which would give the wireless communications tower company to holders of $1.8 billion in unsecured bonds. Judge Thomas Small confirmed the pre-negotiated plan in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina after all major objections were resolved prior to the hearing.
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July 10, 2008 |

Deal Watch: Weather Channel buyout makes rain for three local firms

Nine Am Law 100 law firms, including Atlanta's Kilpatrick Stockton, Alston Bird and Troutman Sanders, were among the firms involved in the sale of The Weather Channel to a partnership between NBC Universal and two private equity funds.Landmark Communications Inc. of Norfolk, Va., said in January that its Atlanta-based cable-television network was for sale.
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Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc.
Publication Date: 2010-11-30
Practice Area: Civil Practice
Industry:
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Stephen S. Trott, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Robert Ebert Byrnes, Park Paul Estrella, Sue Jin Kim, Miriam Leigh Schimmel, and Glenn Danas, INITIATIVE LEGAL GROUP APC, Los Angeles, California, Payam Shahian, STRATEGIC LEGAL PRACTICES, APC, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-respondent.
For defendant: Timothy M. Freudenberger and Sarah Drechsler, CARLTON DISANTE & FREUDENBERGER LLP, Irvine, California, David Lee Terry and David L. Woodard, POYNER & SPRUILL LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for the defendants-petitioners.
Case number: No. 10-80152

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 14827BRADFORD COLEMAN, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated, and as aggrieved employee purs

January 25, 2010 |

Former McGuireWoods Partner Charged in Corruption Probe

A federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., has charged C. Ruffin Poole, a former McGuireWoods partner and one-time chief legal aide to former North Carolina Gov. Michael Easley, with 51 counts of corruption. As prosecutors were closing in, Poole left McGuireWoods last month. Prosecutors claim that Poole extorted money from key Easley supporters through his role as the governor's legal counsel and took action on environmental permits to push forward development projects in which he was a silent investor.
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January 01, 2010 |

Done Deals

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February 06, 2006 |

Salary Raises Dwarfed by Law School Tuition Hikes

Runaway costs for a legal education are threatening to trample any optimism among law school graduates created by recent associate salary increases at the nation's top law firms. Law school tuition is bounding far ahead of pay raises at firms of all sizes.
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EEOC v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
Publication Date: 2000-05-25
Practice Area: discrimination
Industry:
Court: 4th Cir.
Judge: WILKINSON, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Robert John Gregory
For defendant: Cecil Webster Harrison, Jr.
Case number: No. 99-1860

OPINION WILKINSON, Chief Judge: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought an enforcement action under Title VII against theRoman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, N

September 01, 2003 |

DeLoach et al. v. Philip Morris et al.

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Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc.
Publication Date: 2011-01-27
Practice Area: Government
Industry:
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Audrey B. Collins, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: O'SCANNLAIN, W. FLETCHER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Robert Ebert Byrnes, Mark Paul Estrella, Sue Jin Kim, Darrel Menthe, David M. Medby, Mirian Leigh Schimmel, Glenn Danas (argued) Initiative Legal Group APC, Los Angeles, CA Payam Shahian Strategic Legal Practices APC, Los Angeles, CA for Plaintiff-Appellee
For defendant: Timothy M. Freudenberger, Sarah Drechsler, Garrett V. Jensen Carlton Disante & Freudenberger LLP, San Francisco, CA David Lee Terry, David L. Woodard (argued) Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh, NC for Defendants-Appellants
Case number: No. 10-56852

Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1250BRADFORD COLEMAN, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated, and as aggrieved employee pursu

March 15, 2010 |

Evolution of Military Commissions Clouds Debate Over 9/11 Trials

The debate over where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is defined by sharp disagreement over the legal rights of accused terrorists and the relative strengths and weaknesses of civilian and military commission systems. The Obama administration is nearing a decision on where to hold a trial once slated for New York, and officials are struggling to develop a clear rationale for sending some detainees into federal court, others into trial by military commission, and detaining others without any trial at all.
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