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• "Sex, Lies, and Photographs," Plus Donald Watkins' Discovery of Joe Perkins'...

  

  Joe Perkins' notes Joe Perkins, founder and owner of the Montgomery-based Matrix LLC "dirty tricks" consulting firm, wouldn't lie to the public, would he? Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Did Deloitte Fail to Catch Alabama Power's Funding of Affairs Involving Politico...

  

  Robert Bentley and Rebekah Caldwell Mason In September 2021, longtime Alabama attorney Donald Watkins uncovered documents that included hand-written notes of... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Donald Watkins Examines Auditing Failures in Birmingham Schemes as Names of...

  

  Robert Bentley and Rebekah Caldwell Mason The HealthSouth accounting-fraud trial of 2003 and the ongoing Southern Company/Matrix LLC scandal (with roots in the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Deloitte & Touche Auditors Apparently Were Asleep at the Wheel as Costs Soared...

  

  (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis) "Ample evidence" exists to charge the company and executives with willfully providing the public... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Southern Company Settles Investor Lawsuit for $87.5 Million, but Remains...

  

  Southern Company has agreed to settle an investor lawsuit for $87.5 million, according to news reports. The complaint, styled Monroe County Employees' Retiremen... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Dilbert and His Creator, Scott Adams, Swirl Down the Drain, Americans Learn...

  

  Dilbert and Scott Adams (NPR)As a longtime fan of Dilbert, I'm distressed to see the comic strip disappearing at a rapid rate from American newspapers. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• New Evidence Shows Balch & Bingham Lawyers Lied in Open Court About Not Knowing...

  

  We have learned in recent days that Southern Company officials tend to become deceptive when faced with thorny issues that could affect the firm's stock price.... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Southern Company's Boondoggle at the Kemper Plant in Mississippi, Prompts the Ar...

  

  Kemper Plant (Mississippi Power) Part Two A social-change coalition -- devoted to racial and economic justice, and ending the climate crisis -- has joined the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Costs Started Soaring at Kemper Coal-gasification Plant in Mississippi,...

  

  The Kemper Plant near De Kalb, Mississippi Part One Most of the reporting on the scandal engulfing Southern Company has focused on mismanagement, cost overruns... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Southern Company Could Have Chosen Any Number of Qualified Law Firms to Conduct...

  

  King Spalding King Spalding, the Atlanta law firm hired to conduct an investigation of alleged corruption at Southern Company, likely has a conflict of... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Southern Company Board Member Kristine Svinicki is a Jeff Sessions Ally Who Has ...

  

  Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in NevadaPublished reports tend to portray Southern Company board member Kristine Svinicki as an accomplished nuclear... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• CDLU Advocacy Group Seeks Investigation of Southern Company Board Member Kristin...

  

  Kristine Svitnicki An oversight body for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formally been asked to investigate former NRC Chairperson Kristine L. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Analysis of U.S. Presidents Rekindles Memories of My Old Newspaper Pal, Paul...

  

  Paul Finebaum One of the distinctions of my journalism career is that I used to work with a fellow sportswriter at the Birmingham Post-Herald (now defunct) who... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Civil-rights Leader Ernesto Pichardo Encourages Kristine Svinicki to Resign...

  

  Kristine SvinickiA civil-rights leader is calling on the former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resign from Southern Company's board of... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Scandal Continues to Boil Around Southern Company and Related Entities, a...

  

  Kristine Svinicki (Getty Images)Kristine L. Svinicki, former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), joined the Southern Company board of director... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Scandal Engulfs Matrix LLC and Joe Perkins, Donald Watkins Looks for...

  

  Richard ShelbyHow did Alabama's judiciary become such a cesspool, as we have reported in dozens of posts? (See here, here, here, here, and here. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Judges Head for the Exits and "cops Have Gone Wild" as Scandal Reveals the Ugly...

  

  Judge Louise Goldston talks with litigant Matt Gibson in his front yard. (wvrecord.com) A West Virginia judge has retired in the face of possible impeachment... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Wall Street Analyst for U.S. Utilities Poses Serious Questions on Earnings...

  

  A Southern Company earnings call on Thursday (2/16/23) proved to be mostly an exercise in feinting and dodging, according to reports at banbalch.com and... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Lax Oversight, Plus Failure of Southern Company and Alabama Power to Disclose...

  

  Joe Perkins and Mark CrosswhiteSouthern Company has failed to disclose, via Form 8-K filings with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), that the firm and... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Wrestles with the Fallout from Disappearing...

  

  Randall WoodfinBirmingham mayor Randall Woodfin, mired in a boondoggle involving the "magical disappearance" of $1.8 million in legal-advertising funds has... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY