August, 2012 Archives

WASHINGTON (AP)  The Pentagon is considering legal action against a former Navy SEAL whose book describes insider details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but it has not made a final judgment on whether the book actually reveals secrets, a spokesman said Friday. Pentagon press secretary George Little said the author, Matt Bissonnette, [...]

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ATLANTA (AP)  Southern Co. said Friday that it expects to exceed its $6.1 billion construction budget by $87 million as it builds a first-of-its-kind nuclear plant in eastern Georgia. The Atlanta-based utility did not ask state regulators to approve an increase in its construction spending, which is now estimated to rise to roughly $6.2 billion. [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP)  The Supreme Court will consider an insurance company’s plea to move a class-action lawsuit from state court to a more business-friendly federal court. The justices on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from The Standard Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. The case involves the reach of a 2005 federal law that allows [...]

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Font Size: News By Tony MauroContactAll Articles The National Law Journal September 4, 2012 Supreme Court justices insist they have no agenda when it comes to deciding which cases and issues to tackle. This article requires premium access This article requires premium access to Daily Report. Please sign in or subscribe to read the full [...]

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Murray County’s district attorney has moved to dismiss obstruction charges against the husband of a woman who cooperated with the state Judicial Qualifications Commission in the investigation of a magistrate judge. Scott Minter, assistant district attorney of the Conasauga Circuit, asked Superior Court Judge David Blevins to dismiss a charge of obstructing a law enforcement [...]

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Workers are encountering a brave new world when they sign up for health care coverage through their employers. Increasingly, employers are leaning toward a tiered system of insurance premiums. Employees who smoke, are overweight, have high cholesterol or even heart disease might end up paying more than some of their colleagues. A decision by the [...]

Continue Reading Higher health costs for some get an OK from Eleventh Circuit

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J. Randolph Evans is a partner in McKenna Long Aldridge’s Atlanta office, where he is the chairman of the financial institutions practice. Shari L. Klevens is a partner in McKenna Long Aldridge’s Washington office and is the managing chairwoman of the firm’s law firm defense practice. During tough economic times, the pressure to collect fees [...]

Continue Reading Deciding when to sue a client for unpaid fees

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Lee Parks says the case shows the judiciary can “go to court and win.” John Disney, Daily Report “A little case with big implications,” said Parks, Chesin Walbert partner Lee Parks in describing a Superior Court judge’s ruling that the Pike County Commission illegally slashed the salary, staff and budget of Pike County Chief Magistrate [...]

Continue Reading Case is a warning: Counties can’t raid courts’ budgets

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Font Size: News By Alyson M. PalmerContactAll Articles Daily Report September 4, 2012 A federal appeals court panel’s recent ruling in a trio of debt collection cases could reverberate well beyond the collections world. This article requires premium access This article requires premium access to Daily Report. Please sign in or subscribe to read the [...]

Continue Reading 11th Circuit nixes creditors’ tactic to settle fair debt cases

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Font Size: News By Katheryn Hayes Tucker ContactAll Articles Daily Report September 4, 2012 A dispute over a crash between two tractor-trailer truck drivers settled for $2.25 million on the eve of an August trial. Matt Cook (above) says the case “was a long and bitter fight” that extended even to the workers’ comp insurer, [...]

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