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Author: Richard Robbins

Brian Kemp’s top aide is leaving…

Written by Jim Galloway - Atlanta Journal-Constitution (The Morning Jolt) | Sep 19, 2017 | News

State government for a gig with one of the state’s most prominent regulatory law firms. David Dove is headed to the Robbins Firm in October, where he plans to focus on municipal and election law litigation. He was Kemp’s chief of staff for nearly two years, and previously served as […]

Losing Tenants To ‘Loud Screeching Noises,’ Worthing Files $25M Suit

Written by Jarred Schenke - Bisnow, Atlanta | Aug 4, 2017 | News

Developers of a $52M West Atlanta luxury apartment complex are suing contractors of a tunneling project at Bellwood Quarry for millions of dollars in potentially lost rent as some of its residents flee from round-the-clock drilling. Westside Ventures LLC — an entity of The Worthing Cos. and a majority partner — sued H.J. Russell […]

Concrete Cos. Accused Of Cementing Cartels

Written by Eric Kroh - Law 360, Fort Wayne | Jul 25, 2017 | News

  Law360, Fort Wayne (July 25, 2017, 2:05 PM EDT) — Two concrete companies on Monday brought a lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta alleging several rivals participated in two separate but related cartels in the portland cement and ready mix concrete markets in Georgia and South Carolina. Argos North […]

BizJet Can’t Exit Suit Over ‘Shoddy’ Engine Repairs

Written by Nathan Hale - Law360, Miami | Feb 27, 2017 | News

Law360, Miami (February 27, 2017, 9:45 PM EST) — A Florida federal judge on Monday pared down a multimillion-dollar lawsuit accusing aircraft maintenance company BizJet of lying about its ability to service an aircraft engine on a corporate jet and performing “shoddy,” life-endangering repairs, but left intact core contractual claims. […]

Gwinnett board doing best to conduct business amid ‘racist pig’ fallout

Written by Tyler Estep - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Feb 10, 2017 | News

The well-timed chorus of coughing, meant to overwhelm whatever Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hunter was saying, reached a crescendo, then died down as his voice trailed off. When he tried to resume talking, it happened again. And again. And again. All four times during that Tuesday afternoon meeting, commission Chairman […]

Cobb con man gets prison time in Kentucky scam, must return $500K

Written by Ben Brasch - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Feb 8, 2017 | News

A man who ran a fraudulent Cobb County business was sentenced to almost two years in prison by a Kentucky federal judge Monday. Eric Charlton Claxton, the 30-year-old self-described “real estate whiz kid,” will spend 21 months in prison for three charges of wire fraud, the Courier-Journal in Louisville reported.  He must […]