If you had the opportunity to be in Lakewood, Ohio, more specifically Lakewood Park, you witnessed a very unique 4th of July celebration. The city of Lakewood set out rules to be obeyed by all citizens who wished to celebrate Independence Day and from a…
We don’t know the full scope of the National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal touched off first by the news that Verizon records had been collected in bulk and then later by whistleblower Edward Snowden’s disclosures of NSA mega-snooping to the London Guardian. We may…
We cant seem to escape the news of out-of-control fires lately. In recent months, droughts and lightening storms have rapidly increased reports of wildfires, property damage and loss of life. During the week of the 4th of July, the risk of more of the same grows exponentially due to…
What if you feared that something was wrong with your local tap water? What if you thought that the water was making your children sick? Would you report your concerns to the appropriate…
My family spends a considerable amount of time in rural Dallas County, Alabama. It's primarily farmland and timber land, interspersed with pockets of residences and small businesses. Walking…
By now Edward Snowden is a household name. To some he is a hero. To others he is a villain. Snowden maintains he is neither, only that he is an American. Über-whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg…
Contracts create rights and obligations, which are typically enforceable by and against the parties, or signatories, to the contract. Under some circumstances, contracts can create third-party…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…