R. Robin Mcdonald

July 19, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The indictment of 12 Russian military officers on charges that they interfered with the U.S. 2016 presidential election contends that one of the states they targeted was Georgia.

By R. Robin McDonald

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July 17, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Last year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and parent company Anthem Insurance Cos. rolled out a new policy that included refusals claims based on emergency room visits if the insurers later deemed them non-emergencies. Medical associations have been fighting the policy as dangerous and a violation of federal law ever since. On Tuesday, two groups—the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Medical Association of Georgia—sued to block the policy.

By R. Robin McDonald

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July 17, 2018 | Daily Report Online

When a Jackson County couple challenged the county's decision to boost the the tax assessment on their home by $534, they appealed. Three law firms, six years and a jury trial later, they won. The county had to pay the legal bill.

By R. Robin McDonald

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July 13, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The founder of Suwanee-based real estate investment and advisory firm Capital Investment International Inc. pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge accusing her of embezzling $22 million from investors, according to the U.S. attorney in Atlanta.

By R. Robin McDonald

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July 13, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The political career of former U.S. Rep. and attorney Pat Swindall, 67, fell nearly as fast as he rose to national prominance as Georgia turned from a Democratic to a Republican-dominated state. But he was never able to escape the political controversies that always seemed to dog him.

By R. Robin McDonald

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July 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online

A federal lawsuit claims that the former band director of South Gwinnett High School in Snellville had a track record of sexually inappropriate conduct before he was hired by the Gwinett school district, where he allegedly assaulted multiple female band students.

By R. Robin McDonald

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July 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Now that Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver has begun serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Diane, the court-appointed executrix of Diane McIver's estate, in tandem with Tex McIver's lawyers, have decided to sell the 80-acre property near Lake Oconee, although who will ultimately get the proceeds remains in dispute.

By R. Robin McDonald

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June 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Rising star Britt Grant, on track to become the newest member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, has been added to Trump's list of possible U.S. Supreme Court candidates. The list includes Grant mentor Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington and her fellow Georgia Supreme Court Justice, Keith Blackwell.

By R. Robin McDonald

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June 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

As president of the American Bar Association from 2016-2017, Linda Klein took on the Trump administration, the U.S. Justice Department and foreign nations, calling on them to uphold justice and defend the rule of law.

By R. Robin McDonald

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June 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Federal authorities contend that an Equifax software engineering manager, who has since been fired, learned of Equifax's massive 2017 data breach before it went public. Federal prosecutors in Atlanta contend he then bought Equifax put options—and sold them at a profit when news of the data breach went public and Equifax's stock price plummeted.

By R. Robin McDonald

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