http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/dr_rss.asp Features from Georgia's leading source for legal news and information. en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/dr_rss.asp http://www.dailyreportonline.com/images/new_icons/DR_Logo_RSS.jpg 88 30 Atlanta's leading source for legal and business news. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33430&rssFeed=sub Mesa Air Group Inc. won a federal appeals court ruling upholding an order that bars Delta Air Lines Inc. from canceling a contract for regional flights. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said Delta had gone back on a promise not to count certain Mesa flight.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:47 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33430&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33431&rssFeed=sub Bernard Ebbers stood before a federal judge in New York in 2005 to learn whether he would be spending the rest of his life in prison. The judge already had a stack of letters from friends and family members, even a Mississippi sheriff, attesting to Ebbers' good deeds, good h.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33431&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33432&rssFeed=sub The current recession has created at least one growth industry: use of the phrase “green shoots.” Since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke first uttered the words almost four months ago to describe signs of a thaw in frozen credit markets, instances of the botanical .... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33432&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33433&rssFeed=sub The economic downturn is creating a challenge for the Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia chapter in planning its annual charity golf, tennis and spa event.“In this economic climate, people are waiting until the last minute and need a little more prodding,” said Evan .... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33433&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33434&rssFeed=sub The inferno red 2009 Dodge Challenger is a good ol' boy magnet.From the thumbs up outside a McDonald's to a lively discussion outside a Wal-Mart about the Challenger's Hemi engine and what she'll do on the highway, guys gravitated to the car that's a faithful successor to .... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33434&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33435&rssFeed=sub Moaning about massive student debt is a time-honored tradition among law school graduates.Some members of the class of 2009 will have less to complain about, however. A new federal program intended to help borrowers manage their student debt went into effect on July 1. The.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33435&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33436&rssFeed=sub The relatively recent movement to cut law firm associate salaries isn't likely to eliminate the dramatic compensation disparities between new attorneys, according to a National Association for Law Placement survey. The survey of starting associate salaries for 2008 law gra.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33436&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33437&rssFeed=sub Big Law has been cutting the budget for months now and eliminating perks and former necessities in order to preserve the bottom line. This is completely acceptable, but of course Big Law must not admit these cost-cutting measures are motivated by economic factors. Nope—too s.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33437&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33439&rssFeed=sub Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track. Now associates, instead of being a first-year, second-year and so on, will hold one of three titles: associate, ma.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:45 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33439&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33440&rssFeed=sub When a judge approves a police request to destroy seized property because the owners of the objects haven't made a claim for their return within 90 days, the judge doesn't want to find out later that some of the property was needed in an upcoming trial.But that situation o.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:45 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33440&rssFeed=sub http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33438&rssFeed=sub In a filing alleging “gross legal error” by the Georgia Public Service Commission, a Tennessee-based environmental group has asked a Fulton County judge to decide whether a decision allowing Georgia Power Co. to collect billions of dollars from ratepayers for two planned nuc.... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:14 EST http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=7/6/2009@33438&rssFeed=sub