Alabama State University was awarded $1.54 million grantfrom the National Institutes of Health on Monday, which makes ASU’s other recent newsworthy event—in theform of a scalding opinion from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals—all the more embarrassing. In Weatherly, et
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Only 51 Students Transfer from “Failing” Public to Private Schools under Alabama Accountability Act
Following up on Derek’s posts last week on the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Alabama Accountability Act, fifty-one of the approximately 30,000 eligible students at “failing” public schools have transferred to private ones, according to State Superintendent of Education…
News Conference on Alabama School Choice Litigation
By Derek Black
As a followup to my post yesterday on the lawsuit challenging the Alabama statute that provides a $3600 tax credit to those transferring out of failing schools, I wanted to share today's story by the Montgomery Advisor. The…
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama TRAP Law
ACLU press release: Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Abortion Law:MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Alabama law that imposes medically unnecessary restrictions that would force most of the clinics in the state to stop providing abortions.…
Jere Beasley Report a Good Free Resource of National Litigation News
The Bealey Allen law firm in Montgomery publishes a monthly newsletter that is a good resource for major litigation news. Here is a link to the latest edition.
Regular topics include updates on BP Oil Spill Litigation and pharmaceutical…
“Former Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to 78 months in prison”
Main August 3, 2012″Former Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to 78 months in prison”The title of this post is the headline of this local article reporting on a former Alabama Governor’s resentencing outcome this afternoon in federal district court. Here are…
Introducing Guest Blogger Jeff Hammond
The Health Law Prof Blog extends a warm welcome to our guest blogger for January, Professor Jeff Hammond. Here is his short bio:Jeff Hammond is an Associate Professor of Law at Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of…
Congrats and blog farewell to Chad Emerson
I've been on travel the past couple of weeks, which gave me an excuse to put off doing something I haven't wanted to do: to tell you all that Chad Emerson will be leaving the Land Use Prof Blog. The…
Introducing Adam MacLeod
It’s my great pleasure to introduce Prof. Adam MacLeod as our newest guest-blogger. Adam is on the faculty of the Faulkner University Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama. He teaches courses in property, IP, and law & public policy.…
Fraudster gets 355 yearslessthan federal prosecutors sought…
Main July 1, 2011Fraudster gets 355 years less than federal prosecutors sought…but still gets what amounts to an virtually an effective life sentences, as detailed in this Bloomberg report headined “Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman Farkas Gets 30 Years for $3 Billion…