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• 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

• PNC Bank Bought Balch Bingham's No. 2 Revenue Producer, and One Day After Our...

  

  Recent Balch Bingham associates Birmingham's Balch and Bingham law firm yesterday announced the launch of a program to boost minority- and woman-owned... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Ku Klux Klan Wizard Robert Shelton Lived Near Tuscaloosa, with Roundabout Ties t...

  

  Robert Shelton, Ku Klux Klan Robert Shelton, the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who was tied to a Wallace-era highway-funds scandal in the 1960s involving... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Will Balch and Bingham Horn in on Longstanding Relationship Between PNC Bank...

  

  How is Birmingham's Balch and Bingham law firm going to replace revenue it is likely to lose with the sale of BBVA USA to Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank? Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• "Third Man" in Photo of Mark Crosswhite and Jay Town Could Play a Pivotal Role i...

  

  P. Michael Cole (left) Many Birmingham residents probably know about photos of Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite and former U.S. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Some Power Elites in Birmingham Are Squirming as Discovery in David Roberson...

  

  The scene of the Burt Newsome vehicle crash The turbulent events of last week have left unsettled feelings in Birmingham's corporate and legal power structure,... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Drummond's Request for Interlocutory Appeal in $75-million Roberson Lawsuit is...

  

  Tamara Harris Johnson Like a lot of media types, we engage in prophecy from time to time. Political and sports coverage are filled with it, and making... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Indictment of Former Huntsville Defense Contractor Paul Daigle Has Connections t...

  

  The indictment Tuesday of the former CEO at a Huntsville defense contractor appears tied to a Birmingham advocacy group's calls for an investigation of the... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Lack of an Attorney-client Relationship Provides a Second Ground for Rejecting...

  

  Tamara Harris Johnson We have shown that Drummond Company's request for interlocutory appeal in David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit should be rejected because... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• PNC Bank Makes a Splash on Birmingham Banking Scene, and CDLU Charitable Group...

  

  A Birmingham-based public charity and advocacy group is calling on PNC Bank, after yesterday's acquisition of BBVA USA, to sever the bank's ties to the Balch an... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Drummond's Request for Immediate Appeal in Roberson Case Should Be Swiftly Denie...

  

  Drummond Company's request for an interlocutory appeal in David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit should be dead on arrival. In fact, it should not even be... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• David Roberson Objects to Drummond's Request for Immediate Appeal, Arguing It...

  

  David Roberson Former Drummond executive David Roberson has filed an objection to the company's request for an interlocutory appeal in his $75-million fraud... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY