R. Robin Mcdonald
March 02, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Judicial Dementia Inquiries Would Be Confidential Under New JQC BillThe legislation, intended to make the state's judicial watchdog more transparent, includes a carve-out for proceedings involving complaints of judicial incapacity.
By R. Robin McDonald
10 minute read
February 28, 2017 | Corporate Counsel
Class Action Takes Bite at Prescription Pet FoodThe lawsuit claims several prescription pet food products sold to dog and cat owners at inflated prices are available for less money without the prescription.
By R. Robin McDonald
26 minute read
February 24, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Retired King & Spalding Partner Takes Charge of Troubled Watchdog AgencyBenjamin Easterlin said he is working with legislators to increase the Judicial Qualifications Commission's budget by nearly 50 percent, largely to hire a staff attorney.
By R. Robin McDonald
12 minute read
February 23, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Eleventh Circuit Questions Calhoun's Challenge of Injunction on Indigent BailLawyers representing the city of Calhoun appeared Thursday before a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit seeking to overturn a preliminary injunction that bars the city from detaining indigent defendants in misdemeanor or minor traffic cases for as long as a week simply because they cannot afford a cash bond.
By R. Robin McDonald
8 minute read
February 22, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Cobb Jury OKs Secret GPS Tracking by Private EyesAfter a Walton County woman discovered that a private investigator hired by her boss's wife had surreptitiously placed a tracking device under her car in order to trail her, her lawyer was certain a jury would view it as an illegal invasion of privacy. Not in Cobb County. After a two-day trial this month that Atlanta attorney Charles Bachman said devolved into a character assassination of plaintiff Melissa Atkins over allegations of an ultimately unproven affair, a Cobb County jury cleared Marietta private eye firm TFP Co. of all liability.
By R. Robin McDonald
13 minute read
February 21, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Troubled Ocwen Faces New Complaint in GeorgiaPerennially-troubled mortgage servicer Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC just can't seem to escape complaints about its lending operations. Having reached a $225 million settlement with the state of California just last week that would restore its suspended right-to-service loans in that state, Ocwen Loan Servicing is facing new claims in Georgia that for decades it has collected interest payments from homeowners after their mortgages had been paid in full.
By R. Robin McDonald
10 minute read
February 16, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Second Guilty Plea Widens City Hall Bribery ProbeA second city contractor is now cooperating with a federal investigation into allegations of bribery at Atlanta City Hall after he pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy count Thursday.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
February 16, 2017 | National Law Journal
Judge OKs Libel Suit Against CNN Over Investigative ReportA libel case against CNN stemming from the cable network's investigation of children's deaths at a Florida hospital will go forward, after an Atlanta federal judge found that the hospital's former CEO has presented enough evidence at this early stage of the case to suggest that CNN “was acting recklessly with regard to the accuracy of its reporting.”
By R. Robin McDonald
13 minute read
February 16, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Judge OKs Libel Suit Against CNN Over Investigative ReportA libel case against CNN stemming from the cable network's investigation of children's deaths at a Florida hospital will go forward, after an Atlanta federal judge found that the hospital's former CEO has presented enough evidence at this early stage of the case to suggest that CNN "was acting recklessly with regard to the accuracy of its reporting."
By R. Robin McDonald
13 minute read
February 15, 2017 | Daily Report Online
The Next Napster? Recording Companies Says Atlanta's Spinrilla Violates Copyrights With Free MusicSpinrilla promotes itself on Twitter as "the 800-pound gorilla of free hip-hop mixtapes." But the Atlanta-based company may have met its match.
By R. Robin McDonald
7 minute read
