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January 15, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Chief District Judge Thomas Thrash of Georgia's Northern District accused Frank of disseminating "false and misleading information" about the terms of the Equifax consumer class action settlement. Frank says he intends to appeal the settlement order.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 14, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta criminal defense attorney Dwight Thomas is demanding an investigation of two bailiffs and a Clayton County sheriff's deputy who physically removed from the courtroom of Clayton County Superior Court Judge Robert Mack on Friday.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

January 13, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The appeals court affirmed a trial judge's ruling that software firm ILG Technologies' contract with the state's Office of Bar Admissions provided no means of recovery for bar exam takers who were erroneously given failing scores.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

January 09, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The case is critical to Griffin Circuit Superior Court Judge Robert "Mack" Crawford's future on the bench after a JQC panel recommended he be removed from office for multiple violations of the ethics code.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

January 07, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Attorney Steve Murrin, defense lawyer for the city of Atlanta's former contract compliance director, said his client's conviction and sentence didn't implicate the city's former mayor but stemmed instead from greed and personal frailty.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

January 03, 2020 | Daily Report Online

A gay former detention officer's suit claims workplace discrimination because of his sexual orientation violates federal civil rights laws, an issue pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 02, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Mayer Brown was retained to sue a hacker who encrypted Southwire's files and then published confidential corporate information online after it refused to pay a ransom.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

December 30, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The Dec. 26 ruling by the Eleventh Circuit panel sets the stage for a civil rights trial over allegedly aggressive tactics employed by Atlanta police in response to protests stemming from a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury's 2014 decision not to indict a white police officer over a black teenager's shooting death.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

December 19, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"I don't think anyone can credibly argue it doesn't provide substantial relief for the class now and in the future," U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. said of the settlement.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

December 19, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Alston & Bird attempted to shift blame to an accounting firm, which was not a defendant at trial.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read