... Atlanta really is just as hosed as Munich.

Conventional wisdom among legal scholars is that contractual restrictions on employee mobility affect turnover and led to the overtaking of Massachusetts Route 128 by Silicon Valley.

It is particularly curious that our legislature would pass a law of this nature given the current state of the economy.

One thing to watch out for as budgets get tight is renewed aggressiveness from people who take money through coercion.

In other news, Georgia Supreme Court Justice David Nahmias narrowly beat challenger Tammy Adkins.

State Supreme Court Justice David Nahmias appeared headed toward a runoff against Lawrenceville attorney Tamela Adkins for a six-year term on the state's top court.

This is interesting because Adkins didn't campaign.

Tamela Adkins also is challenging Nahmias, but she's something of a mystery.

She's not campaigning and recently changed her name to Tammy Lynn Adkins.

GPB made several attempts to speak to her, but she did not return phone calls.

Her primary advantage? Perhaps the alphabet: her name appears first on the ballet. The other challenger who did campaign only got 17% of the vote.

Its official, with the passage of Georgia Amendment One (2010)...