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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 Senate confirmation is not expected to meet...
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Strange Seeks Sanctions Against Macon Co. Residents For Bringing Lawsuit...
Luther StrangeAlabama Attorney General Luther Strange is seeking sanctions against Macon County plaintiffs and attorneys who filed a federal lawsuit claiming his raids on the VictoryLand casino...
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State NAACP Calls For End To Batiste Investigation And Her Immediate Return...
Dorothea BatisteThe NAACP says an investigation of suspended Jefferson County Circuit Judge Dorothea Batiste should end with her immediate return to the bench.Batiste was suspended with pay on April 19...
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CEO Ted Rollins Used His Daughter As A Shield When Financial Secrets Were At...
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 marriage to Ted Rollins was unraveling in...
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Judge Michael Putnam and Jones Walker Law Firm Try To Keep A Conflict Of...
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 corporate-defense law firm in downtown...
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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 to a client."Former Alabama Governor Don...
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With $25-Million Federal Lawsuit As A Backdrop, Judge Robert Vance Jr....
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 the parties is suing him in federal court...
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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 against him.That is the heart of the...
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Rollins Family's Mega Bucks Buy Southern Clout That Can Make A Proposed...
Rollins Ranch CartersvilleAnyone who doubts that one of the South's wealthiest families could manipulate the Rollins v. Rollins divorce case in Shelby County, Alabama, should consider recent...
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Federal Law Clerk Says, "This Conversation Is Over" When Confronted With...
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 out the conflict and pledge that he will...
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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 section of the Voting Rights Act in a...
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Shelby Co. Resurrects The Ghost Of George Wallace In An Effort To Overturn...
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 racially charged language--and in the...
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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. Currently under federal indictment on charges...
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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.Homewood attorney Rob Riley, the son of former...
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Lawyer Who Filed Shelby County v. Holder Lawsuit Has Family Ties to...
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 family ties to the Dixiecrat movement that...
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Alabama GOPer Rob Riley Claims He Is Not Capable Of Causing A Pregnancy With...
Liberty DukeProminent Alabama Republican Rob Riley says medical records would show he is not capable of causing a pregnancy that led to an abortion and payment of hush money for lobbyist Liberty...
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Federal Court Cites Immunity In Granting Dismissal Of $25-Million Lawsuit...
Robert Vance Jr.A federal court has dismissed a $25-million lawsuit against Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert S. Vance Jr. It appears, however, that U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn...
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How Did An iPhone Belonging To CEO Ted Rollins Come To Play Central Role In a...
Our coverage of the Rollins v. Rollins divorce case has taken a number of twists and turns, but the most bizarre twist might have come a few weeks back when a man contacted me and claimed to be in...
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Rob Riley Touts His Moral Standing On Gambling Before Abruptly Ending...
Rob RileyRepublican Rob Riley claimed he is opposed to gambling in Alabama on a moral basis just minutes before hanging up on me--for a second time--when being pressed about the fallout from an...
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A Glimpse At Information On Ted Rollins' Cell Phone Raises Questions About...
The overarching question in the Rollins v. Rollins divorce case might best be summed up this way: How does a woman who married into one of the wealthiest families in the United States wind up with a...
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