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February 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Judges Robin Rosenbaum, William Pryor and K. Michael Moore served on the panel that issued an opinion a week after arguments.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

February 07, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Judge Timothy Batten of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia threw out claims by a former Kennesaw State University cheerleader against a powerful former legislator and the county sheriff, finding that the defendants' "only discernible motive was their view that the flag and the anthem should be respected."

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

February 07, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The secretary of state confirmed it's investigating a “unique case” in northern Georgia. That election's results were tossed last week over illegal votes.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

February 05, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Holland & Knight's Jake Evans appears to have done something no one else in Georgia has—persuade a judge that new results for an election already tossed over illegal votes are also invalid.

By R. Robin McDonald

10 minute read

February 01, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The judge tossed the election results after finding people who were not residents of the district were allowed to vote in the contentious Republican primary.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 01, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Richard S. Thompson, who served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from 2001-2004, has been in jail since July.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

January 31, 2019 | Law.com

The Georgia ad urges people to join in the fight to return to paper ballots and reform the state's troubled and obsolete election system, which has been the target of several lawsuits.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

January 30, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Counsel for Georgia's new secretary of state and the State Election Board say they should not be sued in a sweeping lawsuit intended to reform Georgia's election system, claiming they don't implement state election laws. But testimony from the director of the state's Center for Elections Systems shows the secretary is the architect of all elections, even down to the precinct level.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 28, 2019 | Daily Report Online

A professional photographer is suing the campaign of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, claiming that the campaign of the state's top legal officer used a photograph without securing permission or a licensing agreement. Another photographer has a similar infringement suit pending against Gov. Brian Kemp's campaign.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

January 28, 2019 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash Jr.'s ruling called the 2017 data breach "unprecedented."

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read