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Sports Law Expert
Loyola University New Orleans Names Sports Lawyer LeBlanc as Associate Athletic Director for Compliance
By Holt Hackney
Loyola University New Orleans has named Chad LeBlanc associate athletic director for compliance and administration, Assistant Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Brett Simpson announced Tuesday.LeBlanc brings 17 years of experience…
The State of Justice Blog
The good news about crime that you probably won’t hear about in election ads
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher In Alabama last year, both violent and property crime fell by a combined 7.5 percent, following a consistent trend of decreasing crime rates across the…
Simple Justice
Seaton: Big Homey Makes Good
Prefatory note: this is part three of the latest series of Sheriff Roy stories. For parts one and two please see “A Car Story” and “The Kollision King” respectively—CLS Big…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Charges Three Executives at U.S. Navy Shipbuilder Austal USA with Accounting Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three executives of Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder, Austal USA LLC, for orchestrating a fraudulent revenue recognition scheme that allowed its parent company to meet…
Food Safety News
Some city water utilities have bad news for customers because of ‘forever chemicals’
By Dan Flynn
City water utilities as far-flung as Mobile, AL, Evanston, IL, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, NC, and Thorton, CO are scrambling to explain they are still selling a safe product.…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Eleventh Circuit Remands Some RLUIPA and Related Claims in Buddhist Center Zoning Permit Case
In November, the court sent parts of a case about a seemingly-unwelcome religious center back for district court reconsideration. The Thai Meditation Association of Alabama, a Buddhist organization, had applied…
Religion Clause
11th Circuit Allows Buddhist Center To Move Ahead With RLUIPA and State Law Claims
In Thai Meditation Association of Alabama, Inc. v. City of Mobile Alabama, (11th Cir., Nov. 16, 2020), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the district court some of the…
The Faculty Lounge
Monuments after Civil War (in the last couple of weeks)
Richmond, Birmingham, and Mobile are removing (or had already moved) Civil War monuments. Confederate General William Carter Wickham -- who wanted to stay in the Union on 1861 and was…
Food Safety News
FDA says bakery hasn’t resolved live bugs on food; undeclared allergens also violate law
By News Desk
As part of its enforcements, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months…
Cruise Law News
Passenger Overboard from the Carnival Fantasy
By Jim Walker
An adult male passenger is reportedly missing from the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship and is believed to have gone overboard before the ship arrived in Progreso, Mexico today. The Carnival…