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Earthlink settles early termination fee suit
Atlanta-based Internet service provider EarthLink has settled a long-running class action suit alleging that it improperly levied early termination fees against its customers. Among the settlement conditions, EarthLink agreed to lower its current fees, refund half of the fees to as many 850,000 potential class members, and drop any efforts to collect outstanding fees or report customers owing such fees to credit reporting bureaus.In The Trenches: Top female Alston partner switches careers
After an entire career at Alston Bird, Pinney L. Allen has accepted a post as the head of school for the Atlanta Girls' School, launched eight years ago to offer a single-sex college preparatory education to girls in sixth through 12th grade. She starts the job July 1.Allen said she has been interested in education and women's issues for many years and decided that, at 54, now was the time to try something new.The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in the Am Law 200
Former Massachusetts governor lands in Mintz Levin's Boston office; Manatt recruits former Dewey pro bono director; and Nelson Mullins bolsters its pharmaceutical products liability team. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Deal Watch: Market woes don't hinder hotel deal
The financial crisis has postponed, if not canceled altogether, many corporate deals, securities offerings and real estate development projects, economists and attorneys have said.But a $134 million hotel development near the Georgia International Convention Center and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was just ahead of the storm.Alston snags outsourcing group to get more global
ALSTON BIRD has raided two partners from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman to establish a global sourcing practice-but rumors that Alston might open offices in London or Germany are premature, said the firm's managing partner, Ben F. Johnson III.Trevor W. Nagel and Lee Van Blerkom joined Alston earlier this month as partners in its Washington office.Battle along North Druid Hills
Stretching about six miles across central DeKalb County, North Druid Hills Road is a mlange of suburban development. A school sits across the road from a Target. Churches are neighbors to strip malls. Driveways turn into office parks, apartment complexes, Starbucks, McDonald's, Kroger and QuikTrip.Traffic on the four-lane street, according to the community's residents and business owners, has been pushed to the limit.Enron's Fall Boosts Billabiles at Alston & Bird
Richmond [email protected] collapse of Enron, the nation's second-largest bankruptcy, is proving lucrative for the attorney and the law firm appointed to investigate how it happened.Neal Batson, the examiner appointed by the court to pick through the debris of financial transactions that led to Enron's fall, has been involved in the case since May.Flat is where it's at for revenue
A bleak outlook was fulfilled at major law firms last year as both billable hours and revenue fell.TRENDING STORIES
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