R. Robin Mcdonald

September 28, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a Roswell police officer fired for flying a Confederate flag in her front yard while parking a marked police vehicle in her driveway.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

September 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The City of Atlanta's former chief procurement officer—who for more than a decade oversaw billions of dollars in city purchases and public project expenditures—has been charged with engaging in a bribery conspiracy in a burgeoning federal corruption investigation of Atlanta City Hall.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

September 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Equifax's board of directors replaced its chairman and CEO Richard Smith Tuesday with current board member Mark L. Feidler, a former King & Spalding attorney who has served as the COO of AT&T Mobility Group and of Cingular Wireless Corp.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

September 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta-based home improvement chain The Home Depot will pay $27.25 million to settle multidistrict litigation brought by the nations' financial institutions following a massive data breach in 2014 that impacted more than 56 million Home Depot customers. Friday's settlement brings Home Depot's total payout associated with the hack to $85 million.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

September 23, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Alston & Bird partner Michael Brown and Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Billy Ray II appeared jointly at their U.S. Senate confirmation hearing, sharing occasional questions from Judiciary Committee panelists with two other nominees from other states.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 21, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Citing erroneous and misleading information "laden with suspicion and innuendo" that federal prosecutors relied on to deny accused leaker Reality Winner a bond while she awaits trial on federal espionage charges, Winner's defense team has asked a federal magistrate to revisit the decision to detain her.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 19, 2017 | Daily Report Online

After serving 11 years of a life sentence for murder, Dr. Noel Chua was a free man Monday night after the Brunswick Circuit district attorney, in a startling turn of events, asked a judge to set aside Chua's 2007 felony murder conviction and release him.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

September 15, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Two-thirds of the nation's state attorneys general are raising "profound concerns" with Atlanta-based Equifax's outside counsel not only about the credit bureau's massive data breach but also about how the company has been treating consumers trying to safeguard their personal and financial information.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

September 14, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak's nomination as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia sailed through the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning and was forwarded to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

September 13, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court of Georgia has officially joined the appellate Twitterverse.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read