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• Lawyer Who Filed Shelby County v. Holder Lawsuit Has Family Ties to Dixiecrats...

  

  Bull Connor's fire hosesThe Alabama lawyer who filed the original complaint in a case that last week overturned a key section of the Voting Rights Act has famil... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Rob Riley Had An Affair With Lobbyist Liberty Duke, Leading to Pregnancy And...

  

  Rob RileyA prominent Alabama Republican had an extramarital affair with a lobbyist that led to a pregnancy and payments for the woman to have an abortion. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Was The Fiery Death Of Journalist Michael Hastings Connected To Atlanta...

  

  At the time of his death in a fiery car crash on June 18, journalist Michael Hastings was working on a story about alleged Anonymous leader Barrett Brown. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Shelby Co. Resurrects The Ghost Of George Wallace In An Effort To Overturn The...

  

  George WallaceThe petition that led to Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down a key section of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) makes ample use of... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Voting Rights Act 2013: What Is Daily Life Really Like In The Place That...

  

  Shelby County, AlabamaThe legal and political worlds have been abuzz over the past 24 hours about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision yesterday to overturn a key... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Hey Judge Roberts, Here Is The Inconvenient Truth About Life in Shelby County,...

  

  Shelby County, AlabamaThe legal and political worlds have been abuzz over the past 24 hours about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision yesterday to overturn a key... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Federal Law Clerk Says, "This Conversation Is Over" When Confronted With Evidenc...

  

  How does the clerk for a federal judge respond when he's confronted with glaring evidence about a conflict of interest? Does he thank the citizen who pointed ou... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Rollins Family's Mega Bucks Buy Southern Clout That Can Make A Proposed Highway...

  

  Rollins Ranch CartersvilleAnyone who doubts that one of the South's wealthiest families could manipulate the Rollins v. Rollins divorce case in Shelby County,... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• AG Strange Resorts To Tortured Statements Of Law In Seeking Sanctions Against...

  

  Johnny FordAlabama Attorney General Luther Strange repeatedly misstates law in seeking sanctions against Macon County residents for filing a federal lawsuit... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• With $25-Million Federal Lawsuit As A Backdrop, Judge Robert Vance Jr. Resists...

  

  Robert Vance Jr.An Alabama judge continues to preside over a controversy where he took the case from another judge, he does not have jurisdiction, and one of th... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Did Don Siegelman Have The Full, Absolute Loyalty Of His Former Chief Defense...

  

  Doug JonesThe rules that govern the conduct of attorneys in Alabama make this concise statement: "Loyalty is an essential element in the lawyer's relationship t... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Judge Michael Putnam and Jones Walker Law Firm Try To Keep A Conflict Of Interes...

  

  Michael D. Waters Sr.A clerk for the U.S. Magistrate overseeing my wife's employment lawsuit against Infinity Insurance is the son of a partner at a major... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• CEO Ted Rollins Used His Daughter As A Shield When Financial Secrets Were At Ris...

  

  Ted Rollins and partner Mike Hartnettat the New York Stock ExchangeSherry Carroll Rollins put her investigative skills to good use in the late 1990s when her... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• State NAACP Calls For End To Batiste Investigation And Her Immediate Return to...

  

  Dorothea BatisteThe NAACP says an investigation of suspended Jefferson County Circuit Judge Dorothea Batiste should end with her immediate return to the bench. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Strange Seeks Sanctions Against Macon Co. Residents For Bringing Lawsuit Under...

  

  Luther StrangeAlabama Attorney General Luther Strange is seeking sanctions against Macon County plaintiffs and attorneys who filed a federal lawsuit claiming hi... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Obama Commerce Secretary Nominee Penny Pritzker Raises Visions Of Secretive...

  

  President Obama and Penny PritzkerPresident Obama has nominated Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce, and her ongoing... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Constitutional Amendment Trumps A State Statute, So Luther Strange's Bingo...

  

  Milton McGregor atVictoryLand casinoAlabama Attorney General Luther Strange has created a controversy about electronic-bingo in Macon County where no controvers... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Central Figure In The Rollins v. Rollins Divorce Story Is Injured In A Curious...

  

  Sherry Carroll Rollins, a central character in the controversial Rollins v. Rollins divorce case, was injured recently in an automobile crash on U.S. 280 near... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• FBI Probe Continues As Chief Financial Officer Exits At Resort And Casinos For...

  

  Pearl River ResortAn FBI investigation that started in July 2011 at Mississippi Choctaw casinos is ongoing, according to a credit-rating report issued last... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• From "Hotel California" To "The Chilton Hilton," Contracts Are Void When...

  

  Don FelderGuitarist Don Felder, who wrote the music for "Hotel California," was ejected from the Eagles in 2001 in the fallout of a contract he signed under... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 LEGAL, SOCIETY