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Asha Jackson, 37, Judge, DeKalb Superior Court
Before she finished elementary school, Asha Jackson knew what she wanted to be when she grew up.
City Dodges $20M Bullet in Lawyer-Tax Refund Case
Rachel Tobin [email protected] lawyers who brought a class action against the City of Atlanta over its attorney occupational tax won a judge's approval this week for fees but lost their effort to expand the class of lawyers due refunds. Fulton Superior Court Judge Rowland W. Barnes issued two orders in the case, effectively bringing the case to a conclusion-but he left the door open to certifying more class members.In The Trenches: Sutherland launches mock courtroom
Soldier's widow says dispute over husband's sperm resolved
ATLANTA AP - A judge gave the widow of a soldier killed in Iraq hope for a child by allowing her husband's sperm to be extracted and preserved. But medical experts question whether artificial insemination would work because the samples were taken four days after the man died.Before he died March 31 of wounds suffered when an explosive detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Army Sgt.Bankruptcy filing delays church sex abuse case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. AP - A sex abuse case against Delaware's Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and a former priest will be delayed after the church filed for federal bankruptcy protection on the eve of proceedings.The bankruptcy filing late Sunday automatically delays the case that had been set to start Monday in Kent County Superior Court, the first of eight consecutive abuse trials scheduled in Delaware.Judge moves antitrust class action forward
A potentially massive antitrust class action got closer to trial this week, as a federal trial judge in Atlanta rejected a major insulation contractor's attempts to pause for more discovery and an appeal.A group of insulation contractors have alleged that one of their competitors, Michigan-based Masco Corp., conspired with insulation manufacturers to fix insulation prices in the industry.Rep. Ron Sailor pleads guilty to money laundering, will resign
ATLANTA AP - A Georgia lawmaker who said deep debts caused him to violate federal law agreed Tuesday to resign as part of a guilty plea to federal money laundering charges.Meanwhile, federal officials said the case against state Rep. Ron Sailor Jr. has opened up a broader public corruption probe in Georgia, and warned other public officials who have broken the law to turn themselves in rather than be arrested.Trending Stories
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