R. Robin Mcdonald

March 23, 2016 | Law.com

A former State Department employee who worked at the U.S. Embassy in London until his arrest last year has been sentenced to federal prison for cyberstalking hundreds of young women in a two-year "sextortion" campaign, the U.S. Attorney in Atlanta announced Tuesday.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

March 22, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A former Sutherland Asbill & Brennan attorney was arraigned in federal court in Atlanta on Monday on charges that he defrauded a longtime client of more than $2 million from accounts for which he had served as a trustee.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

March 22, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has thrown out civil racketeering allegations against international gunmaker Gaston Glock's North American manufacturing company in Georgia and dismissed related claims against an Atlanta lawyer and a New York lawyer.

By R. Robin McDonald

11 minute read

March 18, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The chairman of the Republican National Lawyers Association said Friday that a federal judge's decision to strike down Georgia's ballot access law as unconstitutionally restrictive could have national ramifications for the 2016 presidential race.

By R. Robin McDonald

17 minute read

March 18, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday struck down the state's ballot access laws as unconstitutionally restrictive and permanently barred the secretary of state from requiring political organizations that want to place candidates on statewide presidential ballot to obtain signatures from 1 percent of the state's registered voters.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

March 17, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The state Senate Ethics Committee has approved legislation that would make secret judicial disciplinary proceedings that are now open to the public, including tribunals in which the Judicial Qualifications Commission hears evidence that can lead to a judge's expulsion from the bench.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

March 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online

At the start of Sunshine Week, which this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passage of the federal Freedom of Information Act, prosecutors in Dawson County are pursuing criminal charges against an award-winning videographer and citizen journalist on criminal charges stemming from her recording of a 2014 Republican campaign rally that had been billed as open to the public.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

March 11, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Shortly before a federal jury in Atlanta decided that Marietta-based WellStar Health System had terminated a longtime employee because of her age, jurors had a question for the judge: "Can we award the plaintiff with more money than what was requested?"

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

March 08, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The Home Depot will pay $13 million to resolve claims by customers whose personal information was exposed to hackers during a massive data security breach in 2014.

By R. Robin mcdonald

3 minute read

March 02, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee is sounding alarms about legislation passed by the House of Representatives that would remake the constitutionally independent judicial watchdog agency as a creature of the legislature while also launching an investigation, backed by subpoena power, of the current agency's operations.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read