R. Robin Mcdonald

July 18, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A visiting judge signed orders dropping felony charges against a north Georgia newspaper publisher and his attorney at a hearing Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

July 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online

After sitting for a week on a prosecutor's motion to drop felony charges against a North Georgia publisher and his lawyer stemming from their efforts to obtain county bank records, the judge assigned the case has taken the rare step of setting a hearing instead of granting the request.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

July 13, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A federal judge in Atlanta has given class status to a sweeping price-fixing case that accuses two national airlines of conspiring to start charging baggage fees.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

July 13, 2016 | Daily Report Online

After more than half a decade of antitrust litigation challenging Delta and AirTran's baggage fees, a judge has allowed airline passengers to pursue their claims collectively.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

July 09, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has granted the request of an Atlanta women's group to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed by a former student at the Georgia Institute of Technology who was expelled after he was accused of rape.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

July 07, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The arrest of publisher Mark Thomason and his attorney led the Society for Professional Journalists to file a formal complaint against Judge Brenda Weaver with the state Judicial Qualifications Commission, which she heads.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

July 06, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A man has filed a civil rights claim after being arrested in Atlanta while protesting the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 23, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Stephen Bright was minutes away from delivering the commencement address at Yale Law School this year when he got the news.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 23, 2016 | Daily Report Online

When attorney Ed Garland joined his father's law practice in 1964, he became the sixth generation to earn a living as a lawyer. After a 52-year career that shows no signs of abating, Garland still recalls the first murder trial his father assigned to him, when it was just two weeks away.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 23, 2016 | Daily Report Online

When U.S. District Senior Judge Clarence Cooper was a newly-minted attorney, quietly making history as the first black lawyer at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, he had an extraordinary chance encounter.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read