JURIST

APRIL 9, 2021

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) announced Friday that it would file Objections and Unfair Labor Practice Charges (ULPs) against Amazon with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the wake of the RWDSU’s unsuccessful union election this year at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Alabama SOS Wes Allen might not have consulted a lawyer about the latest voter purge. The post Alabama Purges Voter Rolls, VRA Be Damned appeared first on Above the Law. But he's definitely going to need one now.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2024

The post Did The New Alabama IVF Protection Law Fix The State’s Embryo Problem? appeared first on Above the Law. When you rush to do damage control, sometimes you also rush into unintended consequences.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A US federal court on Wednesday partially blocked enforcement of an Alabama law criminalizing absentee ballot assistance. The court sided with a coalition of plaintiffs who argued the law would violate the rights of disabled, blind, and low-literacy voters. The judge enjoined several sections of Senate Bill 1 (SB1).

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Alabama ruling is painful, and portends uncertainty. The post 5 Things You Should Know About The Alabama Declaration That Embryos Are People appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The post Alabama Supreme Court Chief Believes Some WILD Stuff appeared first on Above the Law. He's saying the quite part out loud.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama has released a new report denouncing the Alabama Legislature’s introduction of 148 “pipeline bills” increasing criminal punishment and incarceration instead of ideas that would help resolve prison overcrowding or reforms such as more options for voting, reports AL.com.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Gentry in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama with the assistance of the Alabama ACLU, Civil Rights Corps and the Southern Poverty Law Center. In 2017, Hester was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The post Court Rejects Alabama Request To Pretty Please Let It Keep Using Racial Gerrymanders Forever appeared first on Above the Law. The Southern strategy.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new law in Alabama, known as Aniah’s Law, named after an Alabama teenager murdered in 2019, that allows judges to deny bond in more criminal cases has already passed — but the bill and now goes before voters, reports WKRG.com. In a related move, the Alabama Supreme Court just took a step in closing the revolving door.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The post This Biglaw Firm Has You Covered From Alabama To Wyoming appeared first on Above the Law. Who needs local counsel?

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

News & World Report law school rankings are here, and the legal world is definitely interested in all the ups and downs that we’re seeing when it comes to changes in rank. First and foremost, lawyers and law students are in an absolute tizzy over the state of the T14. Lawyer/Judge Assessment: 12.5%

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The civil rights groups involved include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund (NAACP LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The first lawsuit focuses on the congressional districts included in HB 1.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2021

Since 2006, when meth labs were appearing across rural communities, Alabama has made it a felony to expose a child to a chemically toxic environment by enforcing heavier penalties on people who make drugs around children, exposing them to the vapors that are emitted in the creation of crack and meth.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2023

Alabama’s legislature must now redraw the maps, which previously “packed” most of the state’s Black population into just one of Alabama’s seven congressional districts. The court then rejected Alabama’s attempts to change the court’s approach to section 2 claims.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“The Alabama Supreme Court Embraces Fetal Personhood”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link. The post “The Alabama Supreme Court Embraces Fetal Personhood” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos”: Tim Craig and Sabrina Malhi of The Washington Post have this report. And in commentary, online at Slate, law professors Courtney G.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“Case before Alabama Supreme Court could shut down fertility clinics, medical group warns”: Amy Yurkanin of Alabama Media Group has this report. And Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “ Alabama Supreme Court considers fundamental question: What is life?

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 20, 2022

supply chain and plans to “sever ties” with Hyundai suppliers in Alabama after a previous investigation discovered children as young as 12 working at factories there, report Joseph White and Joshua Schneyer for Reuters. auto parts suppliers for potential labor law violations and “to ensure compliance.”

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Evidence from the Alabama Voting Rights Oral Argument.” Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.” Evidence from the Alabama Voting Rights Oral Argument.” “Is Justice Jackson an Originalist? ” Michael C. ” The post “Is Justice Jackson an Originalist?

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The Crime Report

MAY 9, 2022

An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth has gone into effect after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill on April 8, reports Reuters.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Milligan is a case about whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for the state’s U.S. “Yet, that is what Alabama has been commanded to do here: redraw its districts to subordinate traditional districting principles to race.” House seats violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The post Small Alabama Town’s Overzealous Traffic Cops Also Monitored Internet Traffic To Threaten Critics Of The Corrupt PD appeared first on Above the Law. Well, they're thorough.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A peculiar Alabama law that refuses pregnant women who are arrested for drug offenses from posting bail and going free because they are considered a danger to their fetuses is being strictly enforced in Etowah county, writes columnist Moira Donegan in an op-ed for The Guardian.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 14, 2024

“Alabama Law Review: A Tribute to Twenty Years on the Bench — Chief Judge William H. You can access the law review issue via this link (scroll down). You can access the law review issue via this link (scroll down).

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

” Local newspaper publisher Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher were arrested in Atmore, Alabama on October 27 and accused of revealing information about a grand jury investigation related to the Escambia County School Board. ” Abuse of grand jury information is a felony under Alabama law.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 29, 2024

“Alabama AG Hails ‘Historic’ and ‘Humane’ Execution by Nitrogen Gas After Condemned Man Shook and Writhed for Minutes, Pulling Against Restraints”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

The Alabama Department of Corrections is planning the early release of 369 inmates across the state tomorrow, some two percent of their latest population census. The change comes from an amendment to a 2015 reform law that was passed in 2021 and goes into effect on January 31, 2023.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

As in Alabama, the people of Louisiana have the law on their side and the facts on their side. Robinson had previously been stayed while the Supreme Court deliberated in a similar case regarding Alabama, Allen v. The removal of the stay will allow a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling to go forward.

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LPB Network

AUGUST 3, 2022

The University of Alabama School of Law is hiring--including for a position in Civil Procedure. Here is the announcement: The University of Alabama School of Law seeks to fill up to two tenured/tenure-track positions for the 2023-24 academic year. Candidates.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The International Labour Organization Forced Labour Conventions allow forced prison labor that is limited to punishment for criminals convicted in a court of law as long as convicts are not forcefully hired out to private entities.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma; Incompetence, racism, and. ” Chris Geidner has this post at his “Law Dork” Substack site. ” The post “Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma; Incompetence, racism, and.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2021

However, under the dual sovereignty doctrine, the prosecution of a crime under the laws of one sovereign does not count for double jeopardy purposes under the laws of a second sovereign. The law prohibits all gaming activities which are prohibited by the state of Texas from being played on tribal lands.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Again Alabama is on the wrong side of a court ruling. The post Alabama’s F You To The Supreme Court Isn’t Working Out The Way They Hoped appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 6, 2023

Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale and Carolinas-based Nexsen Pruet have announced a merger that will create a law firm with more than 550 lawyers. The…

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LPB Network

MARCH 5, 2021

It’s not too late to register for the Alabama Law Review’s virtual symposium (via Zoom), Ten Years of the Supreme Court’s Personal Jurisdiction Revival. The program will run from 9:00am–3:30pm central time. You can register here. Hope to see you.

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LPB Network

MAY 5, 2022

Last year, the Alabama Law Review hosted a virtual symposium entitled Ten Years of the Supreme Court’s Personal Jurisdiction Revival. The symposium issue is now posted: Maggie Gardner, Pamela K. Bookman, Andrew D. Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton & D. Theodore.

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