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Indictment of former Huntsville defense contractor Paul Daigle has...
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 firm's ties to Russia and the...
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Drummond's request for interlocutory appeal in $75-million Roberson lawsuit...
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 predictions is fun -- even when your track...
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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, according to a report at banbalch.com....
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"Third man" in photo of Mark Crosswhite and Jay Town could play a pivotal...
P. Michael Cole (left) Many Birmingham residents probably know about photos of Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite and former U.S. Attorney Jay Town chugging cocktails at a downtown lounge before the...
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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? The question is a big one because, sources tell...
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Ku Klux Klan wizard Robert Shelton lived near Tuscaloosa, with roundabout...
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 what is now the Balch and Bingham law...
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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 businesses. The announcement comes one day after a...
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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...
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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 mostly laughter in the Birmingham legal...
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Balch Bingham defended Calera company that fired long-time black employee...
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. What law firm represented the company --...
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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 all four of Alabama's statewide elected...
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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 door from cops with heavy weaponry?My wife,...
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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 his $75-million fraud lawsuit overturned....
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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 Johnson's refusal to certify the company's motion...
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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 immediate family member has a financial interest....
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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 has engaged in discovery of its own, meaning...
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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 requests of its own? A lawyer source says he has...
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Does Doug Jones' past suggest his future should include a role as U.S....
Doug Jones Part OneIs 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 12/14/20 at the Justice Integrity Project --...
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In an apparent act of panic, Drummond seeks emergency stay with Alabama...
Drummond Coal In an apparent act of "widespread panic," Drummond Company yesterday filed an emergency motion with the Alabama Supreme Court to stay discovery in David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit --...
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Does Doug Jones' background include unpleasantness that could turn his...
Doug JonesPart TwoU.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.-based publisher of the Justice Integrity...
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