January 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Lawmakers Advance Bill to Revive Disciplinary Commission for State ProsecutorsThough Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation last year creating the new commission, it was unable to begin operating after the state Supreme Court in November refused to approve rules governing its conduct.
By Sudhin Thanawala and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press
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January 24, 2024 | Daily Business Review
Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors sayFederal prosecutors have turned their attention to two Miami defense attorneys suspected of profiting from repeated leaks of confidential DEA information.
By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian | Associated Press
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January 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Testy Encounters Between Lawyers and Judges a Defining Feature of Trump's Court Cases so FarFormer President Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a courtroom last week by a judge angry over the former president's behavior in a defamation…
By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael R. Sisak | The Associated Press
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January 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Bill to Define Antisemitism in State Law Advances in Georgia After Stalling in 2023What was already a fraught topic has become downright raw with the Israel-Hamas war. Some protesters chanting "Free Free Palestine!" were dragged from the Judiciary Committee room by police officers after the vote.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press
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January 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Cobb Judge Orders Unsealing of Divorce Case Involving Georgia Special Prosecutor Accused of Affair With Fulton DAJoycelyn Wade's attorney has filed court documents showing Nathan Wade bought plane tickets in Fulton County DA Fani Willis' name, arguing there "appears to be no reasonable explanation for their travels apart from a romantic relationship."
By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
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January 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Lawyer Hired to Prosecute Trump in Georgia Is Thrust Into the Spotlight Over Affair ClaimsIt's not the first time Wade's qualifications have been challenged.
By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
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January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Family of Atlanta Church Deacon Who Died After Struggle With Police Officer Files LawsuitAn attorney for the family said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit that Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, Mayor Andrew Dickens and other city officials were also responsible for Hollman's death.
By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press
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January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Fulton DA Accuses Special Prosecutor's Estranged Wife of 'Interfering' With Trump Election CaseA lawyer for the DA wrote in a filing Thursday that lawyers for a special prosecutor's wife served a subpoena to the district attorney last week.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Judge Sets Hearing on Misconduct Allegations Against Fulton DA in Trump Election CaseThe defense attorney who represents former Trump campaign staffer and onetime White House aide Michael Roman, made the allegations in a motion filed last week seeking to have the indictment thrown out and to have the DA and another attorney removed from the case.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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January 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Alex Murdaugh Faces Uphill Battle for New Murder Trial as Judge Limits Permissible EvidenceThe South Carolina judge's narrow rules were tougher than those sought by Murdaugh's lawyers during the Tuesday hearing, held to determine the scope of the three-day evidentiary hearing later this month.
By James Pollard | The Associated Press
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