R. Robin Mcdonald

February 04, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The lawyers and judges ensconced at tables at Atlanta's New American Shakespeare Tavern last month had no difficulty identifying Shakespeare's most famous commentary on the legal profession: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

February 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal prosecutor and a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who were apparently having an affair are under investigation by the U.S. attorney in Augusta in connection with allegations that they sought to obtain an illegal visa for an informant, The Augusta Chronicle reported Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

February 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Two years after an Atlanta attorney who was publicly identified as having a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis lost his privacy suit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, federal prosecutors want to question him under oath about his finances.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

February 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal prosecutor and a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who were apparently having an affair are under investigation by the U.S. attorney in Augusta in connection with allegations that they sought to obtain an illegal visa for an informant, The Augusta Chronicle reported Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

February 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Two years after an Atlanta attorney who was publicly identified as having a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis lost his privacy suit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, federal prosecutors want to question him under oath about his finances.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

January 30, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge who said he was inclined to let whistleblower lawyers pierce a defendant company's attorney-client privilege to pursue claims that defense lawyers coached witnesses to lie has delayed a decision until March.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 30, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge who said he was inclined to let whistleblower lawyers pierce a defendant company's attorney-client privilege to pursue claims that defense lawyers coached witnesses to lie has delayed a decision until March.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 28, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta said that "troubling revelations" about testimony by current and former employees of a national chain of dialysis clinics being sued by whistleblowers prompted him on Tuesday to personally question the employees about whether the chain's lawyers may have prompted them to lie under oath.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

January 28, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta said that "troubling revelations" about testimony by current and former employees of a national chain of dialysis clinics being sued by whistleblowers prompted him on Tuesday to personally question the employees about whether the chain's lawyers may have prompted them to lie under oath.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

January 26, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has fined two whistleblowers $1.6 million for speaking confidentially to members of the news media about their fraud suit against the nation's biggest banks while it was being investigated by the U.S. attorney and was, by law, under seal.

By R. Robin McDonald

13 minute read