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Corrections
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
A July 1 article about litigation over the explosion of a sugar refinery misidentified the law firm of Mark A. Tate, a lawyer for some of the plaintiffs. It is the Tate Law Group—not Carter & Tate.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
A June 22 story about a judicial selection seminar held at the State Bar of Georgia's annual meeting inaccurately quoted Georgia Supreme Court incoming Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein. In a discussion about judicial campaigns, Hunstein was quoted as saying “she had to make a lot of phone calls asking for money,” in her 2006 election campaign against challenger J. Michael Wiggins. Hunstein said, “I made calls to a lot of lawyers,” but not to ask for money. “I tried to stay out of fundraising,” said Hunstein, who later told the Daily Report she has never asked lawyers for contributions in any of her judicial campaigns for the Georgia Supreme Court or previously when she was a judge in DeKalb Superior Court.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
In the June 3 story “Trial judges are defiant, weigh suing Perdue,” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melvin K. Westmoreland was incorrectly quoted about one aspect of Gov. Sonny Perdue's plan to cut 25 percent of the judicial branch's budget for June. Westmoreland said he and other Superior Court judges acknowledge that the state revenue crunch makes the 25 percent cut necessary. Judges do not believe, however, that Perdue has proved that the judicial branch will have funds left over that are “minimally sufficient” to support its operations, Westmoreland said.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A secondary headline in the May 27 story, “Lockheed wins $37M in IP suit,” misstated what the winning attorney in the case said. Kilpatrick Stockton's Audra Dial said that the case involved a new area of intellectual property law--trade secret protection for unlimited rights data disclosed to the U.S. government, not simply trade secrets.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The May 26 story, “GCs explore smaller options in tough times,” should have said that FSB Legal Counsel, a virtual law firm, holds regular partner meetings at the State Bar of Georgia building and sometimes meets with clients in restaurants.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday's profile of DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence F. Seeliger incorrectly stated that Seeliger served as campaign manager for Maynard Jackson's U.S. Senate campaign. Seeliger was a member of the campaign's management team but was not the campaign manager. The story also incorrectly characterized a vote by the DeKalb County Bar Association in 1980 that found Seeliger unqualified for office as 8-2. That vote was 80 percent to 20 percent.
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Friday, May 01, 2009
In the article, "Mark Levy, Kilpatrick Stockton high court practice head, found dead," we incorrectly stated that Levy had been classmates with Antonin Scalia at Yale Law. He was actually classmates with Justice Samuel Alito.Jr. The online version of this story has been updated with the correct information.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
In the April 28 story, “Best Lawyers wary of future,” the caption under a photograph of Richard A. Matasar misidentified the law school at which he is dean. Matasar is dean of New York Law School, not New York University Law School. The online version of this story has been updated with the correct information.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
A story in the April 17 Daily Report, “Almost 30 left Troutman since February,” inaccurately reported the number of Troutman Sanders lawyers listed on the firm's Web site. It should have said the firm has 750 lawyers firmwide.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
The Apr. 13 story “Open AG position presents rare chance” misreported that Waycross Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Michael P. Boggs was a Republican. He served as a Democrat in the House of Representatives and campaigned in the nonpartisan election for Superior Court judge.
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
In an April 9 story, The Associated Press reported that Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears spoke about the importance of preventing divorces. The story noted that Sears is divorced. It should have made clear that she is now remarried.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
In the April 8 “In the Trenches” story about Barnes & Thornburg opening an Atlanta office, a partner in the firm misspoke, saying that the firm was leasing a 2,500 square foot space. The firm is renting 7,500 feet. The online version of this story has been corrected.
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Friday, April 03, 2009
Charles R. Morgan served as the chairman of the Chief Justice's Commission on Indigent Defense from 2000 to 2004 and currently is the managing director and special counsel at FTI Consulting.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
An earlier version of this story, "Senate rejects bill that would ease coal plant permits," incorrectly reported that SB 229 by a vote of 26-25. This version reflects the corrected story.
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
A March 3 story on Troutman Sanders' fiscal performance in 2008 misstated the firm's revenue per lawyer. It should have said that revenue per lawyer dropped 2.8 percent last year to $565,161.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Correction: The Jan. 30 story “One rule could slow code rewrite,” incorrectly reported how new rules of evidence proposed in the state Legislature would be applied to similar transactions. While judges would retain discretion over these questions, the new rules would not endorse the use of similar transactions to prove “bent of mind” except for in sex crime trials. The new rules would allow evidence of similar transactions to prove other elements of a crime, such as motive or intent.
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