Wednesday, December 9, 2020

My wife and I know how data scientist Rebekah Jones must feel after Florida police raided her home with guns drawn in a shocking show of force

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Rebekah Jones How close is America to becoming a police state, where even the most law-abiding citizen can expect --at some point -- to rece...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Stealing Our Democracy: With a keen eye for detail and a gift with words, Don Siegelman brings humanity to one of the ugliest stories in American politics

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    Stealing Our Democracy: How the Political Assassination of a Governor Threatens Our Nation , by Don Siegelman, NewSouth Books (2020) As ...
Monday, December 7, 2020

Balch Bingham defended Calera company that fired long-time black employee after he complained about someone leaving a Ku Klux Klan hood in his locker

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  A black factory worker in Alabama filed a discrimination lawsuit when he was fired after complaining that someone had left a Ku Klux Klan ...
Friday, December 4, 2020

Balch and Bingham's "Business Boost" program comes with strings attached that actually could further discrimination rather than promoting diversity

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A sea of white faces: A recent class of Balch associates Balch and Bingham's public-relations gambit to portray itself as a champion of ...
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Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite is among prominent names to be noticed on video-deposition subpoenas as discovery heats up in Roberson case

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                                                                                     Mark Crosswhite   Mark Crosswhite, CEO of Alabama Powe...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

PNC Bank bought Balch Bingham's No. 2 revenue producer, and one day after our report about PNC's commitment to diversity, Balch launches program to boost minority- and woman-owned businesses

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Recent Balch Bingham associates   Birmingham's Balch and Bingham law firm yesterday announced the launch of a program to boost minority-...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Ku Klux Klan wizard Robert Shelton lived near Tuscaloosa, with roundabout ties to today's Balch and Bingham law firm, but NY Times obit shows his KKK faction engaged in violent acts throughout Alabama

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  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 ...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Will Balch and Bingham horn in on longstanding relationship between PNC Bank and Philly's Ballard Spahr in an effort to keep revenue stream flowing?

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  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-b...
Monday, November 30, 2020

"Third man" in photo of Mark Crosswhite and Jay Town could play a pivotal role in David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit against Drummond Company

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P. Michael Cole (left) Many Birmingham residents probably know about photos of Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite and former U.S. Attorney Ja...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Some power elites in Birmingham are squirming as discovery in David Roberson lawsuit resumes, promising to reveal the truth behind unsavory events

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The scene of the Burt Newsome vehicle crash   The turbulent events of last week have left unsettled feelings in Birmingham's corporate a...