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Alabama judge's dismissal of $75-million lawsuit involving former Drummond...
Tamara Harris Johnson How did Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tamara Harris Johnson run off the rails in dismissing a $75-million lawsuit against the Balch Bingham law firm? Former Drummond executive...
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Dismissal of lawsuit involving former Drummond executive is based on...
David Roberson and familyAn Alabama judge botched the dismissal of a $75-million lawsuit involving a former Drummond Company executive by failing to follow state law that requires her, at the...
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Roger Stone's acolytes prove they are both vulgar and stupid in string of...
Roger Stone(Last of 4 parts -- Warning: Post contains profane language)(Click here for Part 1)(Click here for Part 2) (Click here for Part 3)You might expect the president of the United States to...
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Did Balch Bingham lawyer Joel Gilbert provide "legal services" when he lied...
Attorneys for the defense in a $75-million lawsuit involving former Drummond Company executive David Roberson seem to have a low opinion of the "legal services" lawyers provide.Roberson alleges two...
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Schuyler Baker Jr., a central figure at Birmingham's embattled Balch Bingham...
Schuyler Baker Jr.Schuyler Allen Baker Jr., general counsel and a powerful partner at Birmingham's scandal-plagued Balch Bingham law firm, has died of cancer, according to an obituary today at al.com....
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Judge Tamara Harris Johnson denies chunks of Drummond's Motion to Dismiss,...
Tamara Harris Johnson Drummond Company's Motion to Dismiss in a $75-million lawsuit involving former executive David Roberson has been granted in part and denied in part. That means the case will move...
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Attorney Burt Newsome launches discovery effort on behalf of former Drummond...
Drummond Coal Burt Newsome, attorney for David and Anna Roberson, filed a notice of discovery yesterday, launching the evidence-gathering phase in a $75-million lawsuit against Drummond Company, for...
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Trump-appointed federal judge authors appellate opinion that leads to grant...
Ryan Stokes and his daughter As yesterday's presidential election wound down, it was unclear if Americans were finished -- let us pray -- with Donald Trump's nightmarish "Reign of Error." But this is...
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Attorney for Drummond suggests in-house counsel knew EPA scheme was illegal,...
Burt NewsomeAn attorney for Drummond Company, defendant in a $75-million lawsuit, seemed to acknowledge at oral argument that the firm's in-house counsel had determined a plan to circumvent expensive...
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North Birmingham Superfund investigation takes on new life as David...
A probe into possible misconduct related to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) site in North Birmingham has been reborn, according to a report today at banbalch.com. From the report:Blake...
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Luther Strange, Robert Bentley, and Kay Ivey are among targets for data about...
Drummond Coal Burt Newsome, attorney for former Drummond Company vice president David Roberson, is seeking documentation about payments to some of the biggest names in Alabama politics as part of the...
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How will Joe Biden react to the "hot American mess" he inherits after...
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris A "hot American mess."That's how Axios describes the situation confronting President-Elect Joe Biden as he prepares to take office from Donald Trump in January. Writes Mike...
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"Let's get Mikey! He likes it!" Did a classic TV commercial from the 1970s...
An anonymous comment here at Legal Schnauzer, about a beloved cereal commercial from the 1970s and '80s, has turned into a splendid post -- both amusing and insightful about the David Roberson lawsuit...
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As David Roberson's civil case against Drummond Company kicks into high gear,...
Drummond Coal Something is starting to smell funny about the immunity deal former Drummond Company executive David Roberson rejected in the North Birmingham Superfund case, according to a report at...
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Legal Schnauzer passes 4 million page views and reaches its 13th anniversary,...
Legal Schnauzer recently reached two milestones, and I never dreamed we would approach either one. First, we passed 4 million page views. Then, we reached the blog's 13th anniversary.Both are pretty...
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Drummond files for interlocutory appeal in David Roberson lawsuit, seeking...
Drummond Coal Drummond Company is seeking an interlocutory appeal of certain issues in a $75-million fraud lawsuit from its former vice president David Roberson -- and it also asks for a stay of...
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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 lawsuit.Attorney Burt Newsome, writing on...
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Drummond's request for immediate appeal in Roberson case should be swiftly...
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 certified for an appeal at the trial-court...
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PNC Bank makes a splash on Birmingham banking scene, and CDLU charitable...
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 and Bingham law firm. The charitable...
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Lack of an attorney-client relationship provides a second ground for...
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 the Alabama Supreme Court already has...
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