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• After Leading Protestors in a "victory Or Death" Chant, Stop the Steal...

  

  Ali (Akbar) Alexander mugshotsYesterday's "Stop the Steal" protest, which has roots in Alabama, devolved into a riot -- with Donald Trump supporters storming th... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Ali (Akbar) Alexander and Baron Coleman, Two Fringe Right-wingers with Ties to...

  

  Ali (Akbar) AlexanderThe "Stop the Steal" protest set for today in Washington, D.C., is more or less the brainchild of two right-wing agitators with ties to... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2021 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Joann Bashinsky, Golden Flake Heiress and Renowned Alabama Philanthropist, Dies...

  

  Joann BashinskyJoann Bashinsky, the Golden Flake heiress and one of Alabama's most prominent philanthropists, has died. Her death, at age,89 from a heart attack... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Lindsey Graham's Arm-twisting Over Vote Totals, and Then Denying He Had Done...

  

  Lindsey Graham An earlier episode of election-related arm-twisting from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) helped lead Georgia's secretary of state to record... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Trump's Phone Call to Georgia Secretary of State, Urging Him to "recalculate"...

  

  A prominent attorney and legal scholar is calling for a criminal investigation of Donald Trump's phone call Saturday to pressure Georgia's top election... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• New Investigative Article at Ban Balch Shines White Hot Light on the Slimy Road...

  

  Jessica Medeiros Garrison and Luther StrangeHow shady were Luther Strange's activities related to the North Birmingham Superfund bribery scandal? Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Drummond Company Seeks Relief from Alabama Supreme Court to Which It Clearly is...

  

  Drummond Coal The Alabama Supreme Court should need about 30 seconds (at most) to deny Drummond Company's emergency petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking to... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Does Doug Jones' Background Include Unpleasantness That Could Turn His...

  

  Doug JonesPart Two U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) is seen by many as the most confirmable of Joe Biden's possible nominees for U.S. attorney general. But the D.C. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• In an Apparent Act of Panic, Drummond Seeks Emergency Stay with Alabama Supreme...

  

  Drummond Coal In an apparent act of "widespread panic," Drummond Company yesterday filed an emergency motion with the Alabama Supreme Court to stay discovery... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Does Doug Jones' Past Suggest His Future Should Include a Role as U.S. Attorney...

  

  Doug Jones Part One Is U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) cut from the cloth that indicates he has the right stuff to be U.S. attorney general. In a post dated 12/14/2... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• David Roberson Denies in Discovery for $75-million Lawsuit That Balch Bingham...

  

  David Roberson Has Drummond Company waived its right to seek a third stay of discovery in David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit by sending out discovery... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Has Drummond Company Waived Its Right to Delay Evidence Gathering in...

  

  Burt NewsomeDrummond Company's most recent motion to stay discovery in a former vice president's $75-million lawsuit is improper because the company already... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• U.S. Eleventh Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat Gets Away with Protecting His...

  

  Gerald Bard TjoflatOne of the fundamentals of American law is this: A federal judge automatically is disqualified from hearing a case in which he or an immediat... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Drummond Company Tries to Go Over Circuit Judge Tamara Harris Johnson's Head,...

  

  Drummond Coal Drummond Company today filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, asking the Alabama Supreme Court to overrule Circuit Judge Tamara Harris... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alabama Supreme Court Should Have an Easy Call in Reversing Trial Court and...

  

  Alabama Supreme CourtFormer Drummond Company vice president David Roberson has filed an appellate brief seeking to have the dismissal of Balch and Bingham from... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• My Wife and I Know How Data Scientist Rebekah Jones Must Feel After Florida...

  

  Rebekah JonesHow close is America to becoming a police state, where even the most law-abiding citizen can expect --at some point -- to receive a knock on the... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Stealing Our Democracy: With a Keen Eye for Detail and a Gift with Words, Don...

  

  Stealing Our Democracy: How the Political Assassination of a Governor Threatens Our Nation, by Don Siegelman, NewSouth Books (2020)As the only person to hold al... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Balch Bingham Defended Calera Company That Fired Long-time Black Employee After...

  

  A black factory worker in Alabama filed a discrimination lawsuit when he was fired after complaining that someone had left a Ku Klux Klan hood in his locker.... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Balch and Bingham's "Business Boost" Program Comes with Strings Attached That...

  

  A sea of white faces: A recent class of Balch associatesBalch and Bingham's public-relations gambit to portray itself as a champion of diversity has generated... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite is Among Prominent Names to Be Noticed on...

  

  Mark Crosswhite Mark Crosswhite, CEO of Alabama Power, is among nine non-parties to be noticed this week of subpoenas to appear for video depositions in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY