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February 28, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Judge Won't Stop Insurer's High-Dollar Settlement Despite Policyholder's Objections"Certainly, litigation should not ensue each time a questionable lawsuit is settled," U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee wrote Friday.
By R. Robin McDonald
3 minute read
February 27, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Class Counsel Slam 'Professional Objectors' for Delaying Equifax Data Breach PayoutLawyers for 147 million class members claim professional objectors are stalling their settlement benefits for personal financial gain.
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
February 25, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Lawyers for 'Chrisley Knows Best' Stars Claim Revenue Agents Used Ruse for Warrantless SearchesLawyers defending reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley want to suppress all evidence seized from storage lockers without a warrant.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
February 21, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Federal Judge Considers Whether to Bar Insurance Co. From Settling Case Without Client's OKAtlanta entrepreneur Michael Daugherty is seeking an emergency temporary restraining order to stop Sentinel Insurance, his insurer, from paying $750,000 to drop a defamation.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
February 19, 2020 | Daily Report Online
After Theft Plea, Superior Court Judge Mack Crawford Is Still on the BenchPike County Superior Court Judge Robert M. "Mack" Crawford collected his judicial salary and benefits for two years while fighting felony criminal charges and a recommendation by the state's judicial watchdog agency that he be removed from the bench.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
February 14, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Griffin Circuit DA Appointed to New Superior Court JudgeshipBenjamin Coker becomes the circuit's fifth superior court judge—a new post created by the Georgia General Assembly last year.
By R. Robin McDonald
1 minute read
February 13, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Businessman Who Won 8-Year Fight With FTC Now Battling His Insurers Over Secret SettlementThe fight involves an attempt to block a $750,000 settlement in a defamation case.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
February 12, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Dismissed: Suit to End Long Voting Lines in Georgia's Largest Counties FailsSean Young, legal director of the ACLU of Georgia, said that U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg left open the possibility the suit could be refiled if Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb and Gwinnett election boards don't do enough to curtail long lines in 2020.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
February 11, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Trump Pick Wins Confirmation to Eleventh CircuitU.S. District Judge Andrew Brasher, 38, of the Middle District of Alabama will fill the seat currently held by Chief Circuit Judge Edward Carnes, who has announced he will take senior status at a yet undetermined date.
By R. Robin McDonald
2 minute read
February 10, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Disbarred Lawyer Once Fled African Indictment and Was Removed From the BenchWhen Melvin T. Johnson of Lithonia's Action Johnson law firm was removed as Lithonia's chief municipal court judge for repeatedly failing to complete state-required judicial training, he was facing theft, economic sabotage and conspiracy charges in Liberia associated with his role as legal adviser to the Liberia Airport Authority.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
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