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With a titanium rod in his leg, "Iron Man" Burt Newsome vows from his...
Birmingham attorney Burt Newsome appears to have come through emergency surgery well and is on a challenging road to recovery after being the victim of a head-on vehicle crash that shows signs of...
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Federal courts uphold Sarah Palin's rights to discovery and a jury trial in...
Are you more likely to get a fair shake in federal court if you are a celebrity politician of the conservative variety? Recent news reports suggest the answer is yes. Do federal courts apply the law...
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Fatal police shooting of Ryan Stokes in Kansas City provides evidence that...
Ryan Stokes and his daughterHow do we know a Trump-appointed appellate judge got it wrong when he wrote an opinion that led to a Kansas City, MO, police officer receiving immunity from lawsuit after...
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The SUV driver who hit attorney Burt Newsome in head-on crash that caused...
The SUV driver who hit attorney Burt Newsome in a a head-on vehicle crash, which required Newsome to have emergency trauma surgery, works for the Norfolk Southern railroad company. What does that...
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In a case about a relatively mundane matter -- the extension of traffic stops...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg The next time you experience a traffic stop, you should know that the officer cannot extend the stop beyond the time it takes to tend to traffic matters -- unless he has reasonable...
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In an age of hyper-partisanship, famed journalist Bob Woodward is catching...
Bob Woodward is taking unfair heat for holding back President Trump's quotes about the coronavirus for the famed journalist's book Rage (released last week) at a time when America's "ethical lens"...
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As attorney Burt Newsome recovers from injuries in suspicious head-on vehicle...
The late Schulyer Baker Sr., an early partner at the Balch Bingham law firm, was a noted insider with segregationist Gov. George Wallace. How much of an insider was Baker, whose son Schuyler Allen...
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History teaches that shaky ethics are not new for Balch Bingham law firm, but...
Burt Newsome crash scene The questionable ethics of the Balch Bingham law firm have been unmasked for the public, most prominently in the North Birmingham Superfund bribery case; perhaps most...
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One of the good guys at Balch Bingham bails out in the wake of Burt Newsome...
Burt Newsome crash sceneIs the suspicious vehicle crash that nearly killed Birmingham attorney Burt Newsome reverberating in the upper reaches of the Balch Bingham law firm? The answer appears to be...
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A second Balch Bingham partner steps down from a major position -- this time...
Burt Newsome crash scene For the second time in roughly a week, a partner at the Balch Bingham law firm has stepped down from a prominent position. First, it was Mike Bowers resigning as head of the...
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A partner at Balch Bingham law firm was an advocate for George Wallace's...
George Wallace: Stand in the Schoolhouse door. The late Schuyler Baker Sr., an early partner at the Balch Bingham law firm, was a principal advocate for segregationist Gov. George Wallace in his drive...
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Trump-appointed judge David Stras administered gross cheat job on...
William M. Acker Jr.David Stras, the Trump-appointed federal judge who unlawfully forced a finding of immunity for a Kansas City police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man -- Ryan Stokes --...
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Alabama State Bar denied "permission" for Bham-area lawyer Greg Morris to get...
Tripp Vickers A representative of the Alabama State Bar told a Birmingham-area lawyer not to get involved in my federal lawsuit over being unlawfully "arrested for blogging" ("The Jail Case") in Shelby...
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Did contract dispute between Drummond Company and Norfolk Southern play a...
Burt Newsome crash sceneThe head-on vehicle crash that nearly killed Birmingham attorney Burt Newsome remains shrouded in mystery, so how does one go about trying to unravel the unknown? One...
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could be setting the stage to have criminal...
Gretchen Whitmer The right-wing militia plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer probably was a shocker to many Americans, But our "lawyer source," who we quote periodically on legal matters that...
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Tommy Gallion shines a spotlight on victims of Alabama's political Cabal and...
Montgomery attorney Tommy Gallion has discovered that writing a book about Alabama corruption can be a never-ending project. Gallion published Shadow Government, Southern Style: A Saga of Political...
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Amy Coney Barrett says one thing about discrimination during Senate...
Amy Coney Barrett U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett probably is best known for her conservative stances on religion and abortion rights. But her rulings on matters of alleged discrimination...
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Tommy Gallion's book on Alabama political corruption must be striking nerves...
The second edition of Montgomery lawyer Tommy Gallion's book about Alabama political corruption inexplicably contains a statement on the copyright page that the book is a work of fiction, and Gallion...
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Alabama Judge Tamara Harris Johnson dismisses $75-million lawsuit against...
David Roberson and familyAn Alabama judge, who failed to rule for more than a year on motions in a $75-million lawsuit involving a former Drummond Company executive and his wife, has finally taken...
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Montgomery lawyer Tommy Gallion, in "Shadow Government, Southern Style"...
Who became so unnerved by Tommy Gallion's book on Alabama political corruption that he (or they) tried to sabotage it by causing a statement to be included on the copyright page of the second edition...
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