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May 29, 2019 | National Law Journal

Paul Murphy, from the law firm's Atlanta office, will replace former King & Spalding partner Zack Harmon.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

May 24, 2019 | Daily Business Review

A Tampa physician is expected to plead guilty for violating federal licensing rules in shipping a microfilter to Iran.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

May 24, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The Atlanta indictments accusing Dr. Masaud Soleimani, Mahboobe Ghaedi and Maryam Jazayeri of violating U.S. sanctions rest on eight small vials of human growth hormone that customs agents in Atlanta removed from Jazayeri's luggage in September 2016 as she was en route to Iran to visit relatives.

By R. Robin McDonald

10 minute read

May 22, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The CNN suit is one of three multimillion-dollar suits filed on behalf of Covington Catholic High School teenager Nicholas Sandmann against major news media organizations that reported on Sandmann's encounter with a Native American activist on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

May 21, 2019 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg said that a new state law to replace Georgia's obsolete electronic voting machines with an upgraded electronic system is not sufficient, at this stage, to convince her that Georgia's voting apparatus shouldn't be considered a constitutional violation of voters' rights.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

May 21, 2019 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg said that a new state law to replace Georgia's obsolete electronic voting machines with an upgraded electronic system is not sufficient, at this stage, to convince her that Georgia's electronic voting apparatus shouldn't be considered a constitutional violation of voters' rights.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

May 20, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Richard S. "Rick" Thompson, who served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from 2001 to 2004, surrendered his law license after he was convicted of two felony counts of the aggravated stalking of a former girlfriend, given two consecutive 10-year sentences that included three years in prison followed by 17 years on probation, and banished from the South Georgia counties where he grew up and practiced law.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

May 20, 2019 | Litigation Daily

Richard S. "Rick" Thompson, who served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from 2001 to 2004, surrendered his law license after he was convicted of two felony counts of the aggravated stalking of a former girlfriend, given two consecutive 10-year sentences that included three years in prison followed by 17 years on probation, and banished from the South Georgia counties where he grew up and practiced law.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

May 16, 2019 | Daily Report Online

An attorney representing the imprisoned former Fisher & Phillips partner asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against McIver, claiming that he, not his wife's estate, has the right to sue for her wrongful death.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

May 15, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Tex McIver, convicted of murdering his wife, claims state law doesn't require him to forfeit the right to bring a wrongful death claim.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read