R. Robin Mcdonald

February 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Fran Rogers, wife of Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers Jr., says her husband's former housekeeper and the housekeeper's lawyers are defending themselves against criminal charges by falsely accusing her husband.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

February 21, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer defending Atlanta area attorneys David Cohen and John Butters and their former client—all of whom are facing criminal prosecution for violating the state's eavesdropping laws—want a jury to know about Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers' alleged prior bad acts.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

February 15, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Billie Winner-Davis says federal prosecutors in Augusta, Georgia, have unfairly distorted her daughter's words and military service to jail her without bond and convict her as a spy.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

February 14, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The SEC says Timothy Batchelor used more than $1 million of investor funds for personal expenses, including student loans, university courses and new vehicles.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The lawyers appointed to lead the litigation on behalf of consumers and financial institutions in the Equifax multidistrict litigation include a number of familiar faces who also served in leadership roles in the 2014 Home Depot data breach MDL.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

February 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Former Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan partner Bennett Kight's defense team wants to bar public scrutiny of records they claim shows their client's Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

February 08, 2018 | Daily Report Online

A Chattanooga resident's federal suit against the City of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, over a new ordinance banning short-term vacation rentals reflects a growing national trend in litigation intended to address short-term online leasing.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

February 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys at an Athens firm with a growing national reputation as leaders in medical MDL are representing Candler County and the county hospital authority in their fight against drug manufacturers and distributors.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

February 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Members of the bar, including a former dean at Georgetown University's law school, partners at Atlanta's Holland & Knight and Smith, Gambrell & Russell, a former Baltimore city prosecutor and an advocate for the High Court of South Africa petitioned a federal judge for leniency for Atlanta's former chief procurement officer Adam Lorenzo Smith.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

February 05, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The judge ruled Bennett Kight is competent to face federal bank and wire fraud charges over allegations he stole at least $2 million from three trusts he managed for the heirs of Walter Bunzl.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read