R. Robin Mcdonald

April 01, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The group had invited King to speak about abortion and civil rights.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

April 01, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The one-sentence order affirmed a judgment of the Appellate Division, which last year reversed two trial court orders suppressing information prosecutors gleaned from inmate phone calls that resulted in additional charges.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

April 01, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Shut down over ethylene oxide emissions last year, Sterigenics was allowed to temporarily resume sterilizations of personal protective equipment, about 20% of its former business. Plant lawyers said that wasn't enough, and a federal judge agreed.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

March 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The orders followed a plea to the state's judicial leaders calling on them to refrain from holding hearings requiring in-person appearances.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

March 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The widow of former state Supreme Court Justice Charles Weltner was among three voters who filed a federal suit Monday to reinstate the election for Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell's seat, which Blackwell won't vacate until next November.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

March 30, 2020 | Daily Report Online

As the novel coronavirus began spreading through the Fulton County Jail last week, the executive director of the state Public Defender Council urged some courts across the state that were still requiring lawyers to appear in person at criminal hearings to substitute video or teleconferencing.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

March 27, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Although the chief justice's statewide judicial emergency declaration is slated to expire April 13, the high court bench, except for the chief justice, will hear arguments from home beginning April 20.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

March 26, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Thursday's action reboots a federal lawsuit filed against the district attorney who brought the underlying charges.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

March 26, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The federal judge castigated Fulton County Superior Court for allowing such a delay to occur.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

March 25, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Attorney Robin Frazer Clark, who represented the administrator of Diane McIver's estate, said she had sought $10 million from Tex McIver's insurers after McIver, now serving life for murder, contended that his wife's shooting was an accident.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read