Legal Headlines


SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL | November 9, 2007
The state Legislature may not have as much money to open up programs they wanted after the Alabama Court threw out nearly all of a record verdict against Exxon Mobile.




THE DECATUR DAILY | November 9, 2007
The Alabama Legislature's Contract Review Committee on Thursday approved a contract to hire attorneys to represent the state in a massive lawsuit against 73 pharmaceutical companies.




November 8, 2007
The Alabama Supreme Court, by tossing nearly 99 percent of a $3.6 billion verdict against ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, has refused to play Santa to state taxpayers.




THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | November 7, 2007
Alabama has developed a reputation for the nation's most expensive Supreme Court races during a 12 year battle that has changed the court from all Democratic to overwhelmingly Republican.




November 5, 2007
Jurors at the fraud trial of four former General Reinsurance Corp. executives can hear a taped conversation in which a witness said American International Group Inc. will "find ways to cook the books," a U.S. judge ruled.




November 4, 2007
Overturning Exxon verdict appears political, Gov. Bob Riley's legal adviser seemed surprised that the Alabama Supreme Court struck down the record $3.6 billion verdict for the state against the ExxonMobil Corp. in a dispute over natural gas pumped from Mobile Bay.




MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER | November 3, 2007
Gov. Bob Riley said Friday it probably wouldn't do any good to ask the Alabama Supreme Court to reconsider its 8-1 decision throwing out nearly all of a $3.6 billion judgment the state won against Exxon Mobil.




November 2, 2007
The Alabama Supreme Court has thrown out nearly all of a record $3.6 billion verdict that the state government won against Exxon Mobil in a dispute over natural gas royalties.




THE WASHINGTON POST | November 1, 2007
The Alabama Supreme Court on Thursday threw out nearly all of a record $3.6 billion verdict that the state government won against Exxon Mobil Corp. in a dispute over natural gas royalties.




October 26, 2007
A lawsuit has been filed against Regions Financial Corp. arising out of an alleged fraud that cost people $18 million of their retirement money.