Our AJC colleague Aaron Gould Sheinin has the details here, but here's his lede:

A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Wednesday sanctioned the Attorney General's Office and state ethics commission director Holly LaBerge and ordered each to pay $10,000 in fines for failing to turn over key documents in a whistleblower lawsuit involving the commission and Gov. Nathan Deal's office, the AJC has learned.

And here is your copy of the nine-page order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville:

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