Caplan Cobb Atlanta. (back row, from left) Toni Brown, James Cobb, Will Bishop and Mike Caplan and (front row, from left) Jennifer Cochran, Jarred Klorfein, Julia Stone, Jessica Caleb, Ashley Brown and Brandon Waddell. (Courtesy photo)
Among its successes in 2018, Caplan Cobb represented The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV in their disputes with the city of Atlanta over Georgia Open Records Act requests. The matter grew dramatic when reporters uncovered a string of text messages in which Mayor Kasim Reed’s press secretary instructed watershed officials to “be as unhelpful as possible” and to “drag this out as long as possible” when fulfilling an ORA request submitted by WSB-TV.
The discovery of the text messages prompted Caplan Cobb to file a 13-page complaint with the attorney general of Georgia, who initiated an investigation that led to criminal charges against the press secretary.
