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September 26, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The whistleblower complaint against Avanir Pharmaceuticals—unsealed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia—alleges that company sales representatives aggressively marketed Nuedexta to nursing homes and assisted living facilities for narcotizing patients for behaviors commonly associated with dementia.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

September 24, 2019 | Daily Report Online

A DeKalb County jury determined that Atlanta-based Global Payments Inc., one of the world's largest electronic payment processors, breached its contract with a firm that recruited merchants to use Global services after both companies were named as defendants in a CFPB lawsuit.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 24, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Chief Superior Court Judge John Simpson and District Attorney Herb Cranford have both recused from the criminal case against former Georgia state trooper A.J. Scott, ending a quarrel that prompted Simpson to file bar complaints and multiple contempt citations against the DA and two ADAs.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 23, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The council, which provides defense counsel to indigent criminal defendants, has asked to exempt staff wages from Gov. Brian Kemp's directive that state agencies cut 4% from their FY 2020 budget and 6% from their FY 2021 budget.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

September 20, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The former doctor claims the attorneys drained away nearly $2 million in assets.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 17, 2019 | Daily Report Online

A superior court judge has asked the State Bar of Georgia to drop bar complaints he made against the Coweta Circuit district attorney and two prosecutors and promised to dismiss criminal contempt charges against them.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 13, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Both incidents allegedly occurred in classes this week with adjunct professors.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

September 10, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Fulton County State Court Judge Jane Morrison is presiding over a wrongful death case against Johnson & Johnson on claims that decadelong use of its talcum baby powder by Diane Brower led to her 2016 death from ovarian cancer.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

September 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Georgia voters and a nonprofit election transparency organization seeking a return to paper ballots to safeguard election security are asking a federal judge in Atlanta to permit them to challenge the safety and accuracy of Georgia's newly purchased replacement voting system that electronically converts voter ballots to printed bar codes that are then electronically scanned and tallied.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

September 04, 2019 | Daily Report Online

A criminal information charges Larry Scott, the former director of Atlanta's Office of Contract Compliance who resigned last week, with fraud and federal income tax violations.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read