R. Robin Mcdonald

April 27, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Rome has dismissed a challenge to firearm regulations in effect on public lands controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying that Corps regulations are not unreasonable and that the plaintiff gun owners "can freely exercise their right to bear arms" elsewhere.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

April 26, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The funeral of U.S. District Judge Horace Ward, the first African-American to serve as a federal judge in Georgia, will take place May 3 at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Ward's funeral will be in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

April 25, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Ward, who retired from the federal bench in Atlanta in 2012, died Saturday, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office. He was 88.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 22, 2016 | Law.com

State Rep. Earl Ehrhart and his wife have sued the U.S. Department of Education to block the continued implementation of its five-year-old recommendations as to how the nation's colleges and universities should handle allegations of sexual violence by and against students.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

April 21, 2016 | Daily Report Online

An Atlanta attorney who represents the family of one of five Georgia Southern University nursing students killed last year when a tractor-trailer plowed into their cars said that a $14 million civil settlement with his clients may persuade the trucking industry to better police its drivers.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 20, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for the families of four of the five nursing students who perished last year in a tractor-trailer collision on Interstate 16 near Savannah said that they have secured "substantial settlements" in civil suits against the truck owner, the driver and others. One lawyer said his client had received a $14 million payment.

By R. Robin McDonald

16 minute read

April 18, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A Toccoa medical clinic and two dermatologists who practice there have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle whistleblower claims that they fraudulently billed Medicare, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

April 14, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A lawsuit by an Alpharetta-based medical products firm against a physician and inventor has been upended by a federal jury in Atlanta, which rejected the company's claims and embraced the defendant's counterclaim, awarding him $8.7 million.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 13, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A suspicious letter containing an unidentified white powder was delivered to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution one day after a similar letter was received by the State Bar of Georgia.

By Greg Land and R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

April 12, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A former state prison inmate has admitted to laundering an estimated $1 million in funds illegally procured in a scheme that targeted police, federal agents and judges, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced late Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read