R. Robin Mcdonald

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

January 09, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Calling a fraud scheme that defrauded Northwest and Delta airlines of $36 million "astounding," U.S. Attorney Sally Yates on Friday announced that one of the scheme's two perpetrators has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The governor's appointee to a panel overseeing the Cordele Circuit's public defender has resigned because Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens would not represent him in a lawsuit against the state and Cordele officials.

By R. Robin McDonald and Kathleen Baydala Joyner

8 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The former vice president of a defunct Ellijay bank has been convicted of fraud, U.S. Attorney Sally Yates announced Friday.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Calling a fraud scheme that defrauded Northwest and Delta airlines of $36 million "astounding," U.S. Attorney Sally Yates on Friday announced that one of the scheme's two perpetrators has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The governor's appointee to a panel overseeing the Cordele Circuit's public defender has resigned because Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens would not represent him in a lawsuit against the state and Cordele officials.

By R. Robin McDonald and Kathleen Baydala Joyner

8 minute read

January 09, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The former vice president of a defunct Ellijay bank has been convicted of fraud, U.S. Attorney Sally Yates announced Friday.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

January 07, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Nathan Deal says the state will pay the legal bills of Cordele Circuit judges who hired private counsel to defend them in a pending lawsuit, but his announcement doesn't resolve an underlying dispute over whether the state attorney general is obligated to defend judges facing litigation.

By Kathleen Baydala Joyner and R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

January 07, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Nathan Deal says the state will pay the legal bills of Cordele Circuit judges who hired private counsel to defend them in a pending lawsuit, but his announcement doesn't resolve an underlying dispute over whether the state attorney general is obligated to defend judges facing litigation.

By Kathleen Baydala Joyner and R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

January 05, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge has sanctioned Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for destroying evidence in a employee discrimination case, ordering as punishment that the jury can presume company supervisors retaliated against a longtime employee who had complained of discrimination by firing him.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read