Blast from the Past
Past articles published in the January / February issues of The Atlanta Lawyer in previous decades .
February 1976 Annual Joint Bar / Medico Meeting Discusses Medical Malpractice Curbs The organized bar should invoke Canon 7 against attorneys who file worthless medical malpractice suits , the general counsel for the Louisiana State medical Association said here .
February 1976 Federal Court Pact to be Awarded With the awarding of the $ 77,066,000 Richard B . Russell Federal Building construction contract set for Feb 26 , the Atlanta Bar Association successfully ends its campaign for development of new federal court facilities .
January 1982 Tips from CPT on what to Look for in a Word Processor CPT offers a plain English explanation of exactly what word processing is , and some helpful pointers on how to choose from over 70 makes .
January 1982 Neuropsychiatric Evaluation in the Insanity Defense Recently California abolished the legal defense of " diminished capacity ," despairingly referred to as the " Twinkie defense ." Dan White , killer of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk , was found guilty of manslaughter instead of first degree murder .
January 1991 Kuppenheimer Donation Suits the Youth Detention Center Mock Trial Team You ' ve probably had nightmares like this : you ' re in a courtroom , getting ready to try a case . The judge and jury are impeccably groomed and impressively attired . You , on the other hand , are wearing blue jeans , a t-shirt and a pair of battered running shoes . For the boys on the mock trial team at the Atlanta Youth Detention Center , that nightmare has had substance as they prepared for the regional competition .
February 1993 The Tax Battleground of the 1990s In 1992 , the Georgia Legislature enacted legislation creating the Georgia Tax Amnesty Program , which provided Georgia taxpayers with an opportunity to come forward and pay certain past due taxes , without being subjected to either civil or criminal penalties .
February 1993 Georgia State University Tax Clinic The Tax Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law has successfully completed its first semester of offering free tax representation to low income taxpayers .
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