About The Deal Watch Blog

The Deal Watch Blog is devoted to bringing you the latest news in business law in Atlanta, the Southeast and the U.S. The lead writer is Daily Report associate editor Janet Conley.

The Deal Watch Blog was launched, along with its weekly companion column of the same name in the Daily Report, nearly three years ago to offer an up-to-date format for covering deals, trends and trendsetters in corporate law. The scope is broad – if an Atlanta lawyer is working on a deal, or if it involves an Atlanta company, we’re on it. The blog touches on an array of legal practice areas: general corporate, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, commercial real estate, bankruptcy, securities offerings, corporate governance, white collar crime and internal investigations, public finance, fund formation, and developments in the energy, healthcare, insurance and technology industries. In short, if it involves transactional lawyers, we cover it.

The Deal Watch Blog will also add a new feature to the Daily Report's coverage of business law, which features regular Q&A's with Atlanta corporate attorneys, in-house counsel and investment bankers.

The Daily Report, often referred to as the Fulton County Daily Report, was established in 1890 and is located in downtown Atlanta amidst the city's concentration of local, state and federal courts, the Georgia State Capitol and other local, state and federal government office buildings. Every day, lawyers and business people across metro Atlanta and throughout Georgia start their day with the Daily Report. The Daily Report is also the official legal organ of Fulton County, the largest county in Georgia. The Daily Report’s staff is backed by the news resources of ALM, the nation’s largest publisher of legal newspapers and magazines, including The American Lawyer, Legal Times and The New York Law Journal. Our affiliation with ALM brings Daily Report readers from across the country, ranging from metro Atlanta to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Janet ConleyThe Deal Watch Blog is devoted to bringing you the latest news in business law in Atlanta, the Southeast and the U.S. The lead writer is Daily Report associate editor Janet L. Conley.

Janet L. Conley is an attorney who returned to journalism after practicing law with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Washington and with the Georgia Legal Services Program in Atlanta.

During her tenure at the Daily Report, Janet, now the paper's associate editor, has covered law firm economics and management, business and federal courts. In 2007, she received the Georgia Associated Press Story of the Year award and the Atlanta Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award, both for small circulation newspapers, for "Green to Gold," a series of articles on how climate change will alter business and the law.

Janet has written for The American Lawyer magazine and the National Law Journal, among other publications. She also served as managing editor of GC South magazine.

Janet holds a journalism degree from Southern College and a juris doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Decatur with her husband Mark Harper, also an attorney, and their three children.

She can be reached at jconley@alm.com.

Andy PetersThe contributing writer is Daily Report staff reporter Andy Peters.

Andy Peters has been a journalist since graduating from Furman University in 1992. A short list of the subjects he’s covered includes the Georgia state Legislature, the U.S. semiconductor industry, the Alabama-Florida-Georgia “water wars” litigation, the 1999 American Airlines pilots strike, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo’s battle to acquire the Gatorade sports-drink brand, indie rock music and high school football. Andy has written for Bloomberg News, the New York Times Web site, the Macon Telegraph, the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Andy has written the Deal Watch column for the Daily Report since March 2006. He was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1971 and grew up in Ringgold, Ga. He lives in Decatur with his wife and two children.

He can be reached at apeters@alm.com.

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