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• Alabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples Used Company Funds for Black Prostitutes and...

  

  Jeff Peoples The current CEO of Alabama Power spent thousands of company dollars on black prostitutes and "party pads," according to a report from longtime... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Growing Tensions at Alabama Power Appear to Revolve Around Joe Perkins and...

  

  Joe PerkinsTensions reportedly are rising at Alabama Power headquarters in downtown Birmingham, and much of the high anxiety seems to revolve around Joe Perkins... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Donald Watkins' Investigative Reporting Shines Light on the Back-alley...

  

  Jay Town and Mark Crosswhite at cocktail hourAnyone who doubts Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite knew bribes would be used to help deal with a U.S. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Watkins: Deaths of Alabama Power Exec Matthew Bowden and Balch Lawyer "Bo"...

  

  Steve McKinney email to Matthew BowdenThe investigative efforts of longtime Alabama attorney Donald Watkins have produced a cache of documents on the evolving... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Watkins: Rapid Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank Was Largely Caused by Lax...

  

  Silicon Valley Bank The 18th largest bank in the United States, California's Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed Saturday, sparking the largest run on a bank in... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Southern Company's Appearance Before Nuclear Regulatory Commission is Cancelled...

  

  Southern Company's Plant Vogtle in Georgia (AP)Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company (as is Alabama Power) announced this week that a nuclear... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Ex-Balch & Bingham Attorney Chase T. Espy, Who Also Worked for Gov. Kay Ivey...

  

  Chase Tristian Espy A former Balch Bingham attorney, who also worked for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and represented Southern Company, has been sentenced to eight... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Donald Watkins Plans to Alert the CEOs of Vanguard and BlackRock Index Funds to...

  

  BlackRock and Vanguard are the top two managers of index funds in American finance. The third most powerful player in index funds is Boston-based State Street. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• "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