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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.Judge says GSU and Regents to get legal fees from publishers
A federal judge in Atlanta has ordered publishers who sued Georgia State University and the state Board of Regents over copyright violation claims to pay the state's legal fees and expenses for four years of litigation.Verdicts & Settlements: Murray County judge dumps landfill
AFTER A TRIP through the Supreme Court of Georgia, a complex dispute over a proposed landfill in northwestern Georgia was resolved when a Murray County judge reversed his earlier order, and ruled that the county commissioner and manager were authorized to deny a permit for the new facility-even though the county had, apparently, previously approved the project.In The Trenches: Prosecutor goes private with Schiff Hardin partnership
Byung J. "BJay" Pak has left the U.S. Attorney's Office for a partnership at Schiff Hardin. After almost six years as a federal prosecutor, Pak joined the Chicago firm's Atlanta office April 1 to beef up its white-collar practice."It was a tough thing to leave. It was a wonderful place to work and honorable work," said Pak, who decided he wanted to become a federal prosecutor after Sept.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.Fraud claims on Mirant dropped
Mirant Corp. has prevailed in a six-year legal battle to clear the company of allegations that it defrauded shareholders and violated federal securities laws.U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story dismissed the consolidated litigation with prejudice in a 75-page order he released Jan. 7. He ruled that shareholder plaintiffs repeatedly failed to show how Mirant had broken federal laws.'Prepackaged' Ch. 11 May Boost Odds of Survival
Richmond [email protected] Broadband's Chapter 11 case is daunting: assets in four states and nearly a half-billion dollars in debt. Yet the company's lawyers hope to wrap it up in about 40 days.Lawyers for Knology Broadband Inc. filed a flurry of first-day motions Sept. 18, including requests to allow the company to use cash collateral to pay its vendors and its employees and to keep its accounts current.In The Trenches: Borsuk starts white-collar defense firm
CRIMINAL DEFENSE attorney Lynne Y. Borsuk is striking out on her own after 10 years in practice with the Decatur firm of Peters, Roberts, Borsuk Rubin. Borsuk said she is opening her own shop to focus on white-collar defense and will sublet space from white-collar practitioners W. Bruce Maloy and James K. Jenkins of Maloy Jenkins in Midtown.Hartman Simons adds real estate lawyer
Schulten Ward & Turner partner Jill Prussack has joined Hartman Simons & Wood to expand her real estate litigation workState AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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