R. Robin Mcdonald

August 03, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A federal magistrate judge presiding over pretrial matters in the Reality Winner leak case on Thursday issued a sweeping protective order allowing no exceptions for published news reports that either refer to or may be derived from classified information.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A former U.S. attorney who resigned under pressure in 2004 after the U.S. Justice Department determined he had abused his authority is facing a felony aggravated stalking charge.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

August 01, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Statham, Georgia, is a small town of some 2,400 people. But a suit claims one of its police officers, until he left the department in June, routinely arrested dozens of people, usually women, and charged them with driving under the influence simply because they were taking medications prescribed by their doctors.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

July 31, 2017 | Daily Report Online

When homebuilder Richard S. Jacobs spotted an unflattering online review of his metro Atlanta home-building firm, he first tried to have it removed, according to Gwinnett County court papers.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

July 28, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Unclaimed funds from Home Depot's $27 million data breach settlement fund will be split among nonprofits including two Georgia legal aid groups.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

July 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A new lawsuit claims Sentinel Offender Services never refunded the unauthorized fees flagged by the state before it stopped working in Atlanta.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

July 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to violating two Atlanta city ordinances after city solicitors agreed to drop a pending public indecency charge.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

July 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has dismissed a proposed class action suit against Turner Broadcasting System and CNN, slamming the racial discrimination complaint as "littered with conclusory assertions, rank speculations, confusing statements and generalized allegations that lack factual support."

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

July 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

U.S. Department of Homeland Security former general counsel Joe D. Whitley has been added to accused government leaker Reality Winner's defense team by a partner at Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer whose client First Look Media is now helping to fund Winner's defense.

By R. Robin McDonald

35 minute read

July 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Byung J. "BJay" Pak sees America not as a melting pot of cultures but rather as a tapestry woven with threads of justice and liberty.

By R. Robin McDonald

15 minute read