Miscellaneous

• Deepwater Horizon Halilburton/BP Indemnity Ruling Made

  Michael Roberts | April 06, 2012 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that flooded the Gulf of Mexico with nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil happened nearly two years ago. But the companies involved, including BP,...

• Supreme Court Considers Corporate Liability in International Human Rights Case

  Michael Roberts | March 26, 2012 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  The reach of the U.S. justice system and its role in enforcing international human rights is at play in a case recently argued before the Supreme Court . The case is a civil lawsuit brought...

• What is Mediation?

  Jon Lewis | March 06, 2012 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Mediation is a method by which cases are resolved amicably and without the necessity of trial. Typically, both sides of a dispute agree to a mediator to handle the case (of course, mediation may...

• What Kind of Company is Bank of America?

  Jon Lewis | February 23, 2012 6:30 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  A ridiculous one. Why do I say that? Well, we are representing several clients who have attempted to have their loans modified pursuant to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). In...

• Rain Runoff Harming Lower Landowners is Actionable

  Dottie Perry | January 31, 2012 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Do you know how often a developer who clears land, paves it, and changes its contours has increased the volume and changed the path rain runoff takes as it flows across that land? Especially...

• Learning to Tell a Story

  Clay Rossi | December 28, 2011 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  At the core, every successful trial attorney must be a storyteller. Sadly, law schools do little to nurture and develop this essential skill but rather, ironically, do quite a good bit to...

• If you really want to OCCUPY WALL STREET

  Jon Lewis | November 21, 2011 2:22 PM | 10 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  So much has been in the news lately about the Occupy Wall Street protestors. What is the point of Occupy Wall Street? Well, their website states that this is what they are...

• Penn State is not Alone - Unfortunately

  Jon Lewis | November 18, 2011 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, it has been a horrible few weeks in college football. Yes, Tulane, my alma mater, has another losing season, but I wasn't really thinking about that. The situation at Penn State...

• Are you on Twitter? Check out #TweetLaw

  Jon Lewis | November 14, 2011 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. CST, Jon E. Lewis and Richard S. Jaffe will begin a Twitter chat called #TweetLaw - (See number 505). The goal of the chat is to allow attorneys and...

• That's the Law??? Shame on you, Alabama

  Pete Mackey | October 10, 2011 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  I got a call last week from a person who was robbed by a bad guy in the parking lot of a big box store here in Mobile. There were several lights out in the section that he parked and he did not see...