R. Robin Mcdonald
May 22, 2017 | Daily Report Online
With Nod to Harry Potter, 11th Circuit Says Police Dogs Can't Be Sued for Excessive ForceIn letting Draco off the hook for the injuries he caused subduing a suspect, the court pointed to practical considerations. For instance, how would one serve a complaint on a dog? And how would the dog retain a lawyer?
By R. Robin McDonald
7 minute read
May 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Judge Issues Force-Feed Order for Detainee on Hunger StrikeA federal judge in Albany has given staff members at a Georgia immigration detention facility permission to force-feed a detainee awaiting deportation who has been on a hunger strike since April 20.
By R. Robin McDonald
8 minute read
May 16, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Emory Sues Contractor It Hired to Run Sleep Center to Recoup Judgment in Patient's DeathEmory University is suing the independent contractor that operated the center to recoup damages and the legal costs Emory incurred while defending the case.
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
May 16, 2017 | Daily Report Online
DA: Due Process Complaint, Apology Prompted Dismissal of Charges Against Ex-JudgeFulton County District Attorney Paul Howard says he dropped criminal charges against the former chief judge of coastal Georgia's Brunswick Circuit because voters last fall passed a constitutional amendment abolishing the state judicial watchdog agency that had promulgated the allegations on which those charges were based.
By R. Robin McDonald
9 minute read
May 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online
A Hot News Item Today, Yates Started Her US Attorney Tenure Low-KeyAlthough she was well-known around the Atlanta legal community, our story from 2010 showed how she tried to stay understated.
By R. Robin McDonald
25 minute read
May 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Former Morris Hardwick Schneider Controller Pleads Guilty to Fraud ConspiracyThe former controller of the Atlanta real estate closing firm once known as Morris Hardwick Schneider has pleaded guilty to a single fraud conspiracy charge.
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
May 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online
11th Circuit Ruling Contains Grace Notes on MortalityOn any given day in the larger legal scheme of things, it was easy to miss: a small, graceful homily to mortality built on a passage from Shakespeare in a federal appellate ruling on an Alabama asbestos case.
By R. Robin McDonald
8 minute read
May 10, 2017 | Daily Report Online
McIver Lawyers Say Prosecutors Seized Privileged Documents in SearchDuring the Good Friday search of Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver's home, a prosecutor who was part of the search team spotted legal bills from McIver's lawyer and began to go through them, McIver's lawyers say.
By R. Robin McDonald
11 minute read
May 08, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Bradley Arant Partner Kevin Newsom Nominated to Eleventh CircuitA decade after American Lawyer singled out Birmingham attorney Kevin Newsom, then Alabama's 34-year-old solicitor general, as one of its "Fab 50" litigators under 40, Newsom is still on the rise.
By R. Robin McDonald
18 minute read
May 08, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Avis Found Liable for Both Its Own and Employees' Share of Two Verdicts Totaling $54 MillionAn employee with a felony record for stealing cars and eluding police. A rental he stole while working for a downtown Atlanta Avis Rent A Car. An apparent joyride that ended when the car slammed into two women sitting on a wall in a park.
By R. Robin McDonald
12 minute read
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