Standing Up for Privilege
We’ve already seen a dangerous growing trend – large corporate interests using the power of government to subvert the legal system. In the world of economics, it’s called rent...
Miscellaneous
Alabama Passes “Guns to Work” Law
Last month, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed Senate Bill 286, which expands Alabama gun rights. The primary expansion of those rights by SB286 is made by the provisions allowing employees...
Patent Trolls Are Scary . . . and Real
It may sound like something out of Grimm’s fairy tales but patent trolls are not imaginary but real and formidable. In the world of intellectual property, a patent troll is properly...
What Rights Trigger an Exception to Alabama State Immunity?
Article I, Section 14 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 creates absolute immunity for the State and its agents with this simple proclamation: [T]he State of Alabama shall never be made a...
A Private Justice System?
The old adage runs that where your treasure is, so there will be your heart. Put another way, in economic terms, you assign your limited resources to those items which you desire...
Snake-Bite Season
My 5 year-old niece spent some time in a Raleigh, North Carolina hospital recently after an encounter with a copperhead snake in her front yard. Even though the ER doctors say her finger was...
A Horror Sequel You Wish You Could Miss
Like the B-horror-movie tagline, says “They’re baaaaack . . .” The hallmark of any great creature feature is a monster who pops out when you least expect it. Enter...
Managing New Hurdles in Freedom of Information Act Requests
In many instances it is beneficial to your case to get documents and information outside of the parameters of formal discovery. One popular vehicle is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request....
Protecting the Client In the New, Old Fashioned Way
The attorney-client privilege is one of the cornerstones of our legal system. So sacred is it that not even the death of the client will work to unseal the lips of the attorney. Months ago,...
Caught in the Web — Forever!
For years Internet users have been operating under a misconception. We have treated web-content as something ephemeral -- especially when we are the originator of that content. We will...