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September 03, 2019 | Daily Report Online

After two years of litigation and an injunction by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg barring the state from using current voting machines past Jan. 1, legal teams for two sets of voter plaintiffs and a nonprofit election transparency group want the state to reimburse them for their legal fees and expenses.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

August 22, 2019 | Daily Report Online

DeKalb County Election Superintendent Dele Loman Smith has recommended that the county law department decide if the board violated the law when it removed registered voters living in Decatur.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

August 22, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Josh McLaurin, an attorney at Atlanta's Krevolin & Horst, said that administrative complaints challenging his qualifications for office served as a basis for incendiary political mailers.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

August 21, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Suspended law professor Paul Zwier is scheduled to appear before a faculty committee that could determine whether the university can fire him.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

August 15, 2019 | Daily Report Online

District Judge Amy Totenberg also ordered the state to create a backup plan that does not use the obsolete machines in the event its new system is not ready in time for the 2020 elections.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

August 14, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Todd and Julie Chrisley have turned to Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Bruce Morris to handle their case

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

August 13, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead opinion, which held that the “unjustified isolation” of people with disabilities in institutions is a form of discrimination, turns 20 years old this year.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

August 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Ben Easterlin said that, after he retired from King & Spalding in 2016, he never intended for his tenure as executive director of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission to be more than a "short term commitment." Easterlin shepherded an agency through a transformation after it was abolished by constitutional amendment in 2016 and reconstituted by the state General Assembly.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

August 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Companion bills in the Senate and House would require disclosure for entities backing amicus briefs in federal appeals courts.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

August 07, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Carroll County Superior Court Chief Judge John Simpson ordered a mistrial in a criminal case against a state trooper over a 2015 crash that killed two teenagers after he accused prosecutors of withholding evidence. Simpson then sought to punish prosecutors, who claim the judge is biased and must recuse, which Simpson refuses to do.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read