R. Robin Mcdonald

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

January 21, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Calling the nation's grand jury stem broken, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democratic lawyer who represents DeKalb County, has introduced legislation that ties federal funds for local law enforcement agencies to proposed reforms associated with grand jury investigations of police shootings.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 21, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has told lawyers in litigation over credit and debit card security breaches at The Home Depot that he will reject attempts to seal large portions of the court record.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 21, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Calling the nation's grand jury stem broken, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democratic lawyer who represents DeKalb County, has introduced legislation that ties federal funds for local law enforcement agencies to proposed reforms associated with grand jury investigations of police shootings.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 21, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has told lawyers in litigation over credit and debit card security breaches at The Home Depot that he will reject attempts to seal large portions of the court record.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Newly minted U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross has denied the city of Brookhaven a preliminary injunction in city officials' two-year efforts to stop the sale of sex toys near a well-known strip club.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Newly minted U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross has denied the city of Brookhaven a preliminary injunction in city officials' two-year efforts to stop the sale of sex toys near a well-known strip club.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

January 14, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has thrown out the 2005 rape conviction of a state prison inmate, holding that the inmate's lawyer, the prosecutor and the Fulton County judge who presided over his trial failed to inform him that he could testify in his own defense.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

January 14, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has thrown out the 2005 rape conviction of a state prison inmate, holding that the inmate's lawyer, the prosecutor and the Fulton County judge who presided over his trial failed to inform him that he could testify in his own defense.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

January 12, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A company cofounded by a Georgia Tech professor and acclaimed inventor has sued apparel companies Ralph Lauren, Adidas and Victoria's Secret, among others, alleging patent infringements of a shirt he helped to design that monitors a wearer's vital signs.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read