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  • Feinberg's attorneys respond to criticism

    By Alejandro de los Rios |
    Feinberg NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys for Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg have filed a second formal response to critics in the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation.

  • LSU law chancellor will pick judges for oil spill fund appeals

    By Alejandro de los Rios |
    Feinberg NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Kenneth Feinberg has appointed Louisiana State University law professor Jack Weiss to pick a group of judges who will hear "limited appeals" on claims denied by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.

  • Ala. AG happy with bingo ruling

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has voiced his support of Jefferson County Circuit Judge Eugene Verin's decision to dissolve an injunction against Sheriff Mike Hale over so-called "bingo" activities.

  • Ala. AG: Oil spill claimants 'reduced to begging for handouts'

    By Alejandro de los Rios |
    Strange NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said his state "has reached a boiling point" in a letter he wrote to Kenneth Feinberg criticizing the Gulf Coast Claim Facility.

  • Ala. AG: Oil spill master complaint is optional

    By Alejandro de los Rios |
    Strange NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Speaking at a Feb. 25 status conference for the multidistrict litigation surrounding the BP oil spill, plaintiffs attorneys sought to reassure states and municipalities of their sovereignty when it comes to filing claims.

  • Three companies taking gaming machines out of Alabama

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) -- Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced on Friday that an agreement has been reached with three of the country's largest gaming machine manufacturers and that thousands of the controversial machines will be removed from the state.

  • New Ala. AG fires private firms handling BP case

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has fired the two plaintiffs' firms handling the state's lawsuit against oil giant BP and has named himself lead counsel, according to reports.

  • Gulf Coast AGs warn oil spill claimants

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Alabama Attorney General Troy King MOBILE, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys general in Gulf Coast states are urging all claimants in the Gulf oil spill fund to "proceed with caution" in evaluating whether to accept an offer of final payment or quick final payment, or to sign a release.

  • Strange times coming for Alabama

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Republican Birmingham attorney Luther Strange has defeated his Democratic opponent, Montgomery lawyer James Anderson, for Alabama's attorney general post.

  • King settles with financial institution

    By Keith Loria |
    King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced on Wednesday that he has reached a $16 million settlement with a financial institution that allegedly paid nearly $12 million to the Alabama State Employees Association in sponsorship fees and commissions.

  • Mich. AG comes to Alabama's aid in lawsuit against feds

    By John O'Brien |
    Cox MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King recently received some support from one of his colleagues in his dispute over what is owed to the federal government from settlements with and verdicts against health care companies.

  • King, BP meet to discuss lawsuit

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    King BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King and members of his staff met on Wednesday with lawyers for oil giant BP in what was described as an "introductory meeting."

  • King's hand-picked law firm cites conflict in backing out of BP litigation

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    King BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Legal Newsline) -- The law firm of Balch & Bingham, LLP, which was tapped by Alabama Attorney General Troy King to organize and lead a team of lawyers to sue oil giant BP, now will not take part in the litigation.

  • Lawsuits piling up against Transocean

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Close to 250 lawsuits or claims have been filed against Transocean, the company that owns the BP-leased offshore rig behind the Gulf oil spill, according to a filing by the firm Thursday.

  • AG King's outside counsel choice for BP suit once thwarted State

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - The law firm that Alabama Attorney General Troy King has hired to fight BP is the same one that helped another giant oil company overturn a multi-billion-dollar judgment for the State.

  • AG King falls in primary

    By John O'Brien |
    King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King, widely seen as vulnerable in his primary race, lost to Republican challenger Luther Strange Tuesday.

  • AG King loses at bingo

    By Nick Rees |
    King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King is disappointed over a state Supreme Court ruling that allows the governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling to challenge the legality of electronic bingo within the state.

  • Arguments over, decision next in N.C.'s pollution case

    By John O'Brien |
    Cooper RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A three-judge panel recently heard oral arguments in Tennessee Valley Authority's appeal of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's pollution lawsuit.

  • Gulf State AGs meet to talk strategy over BP oil spill

    By Chris Rizo |
    Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-A group of five state attorneys general have formed the bipartisan Gulf States Coalition to coordinate their legal efforts to the increasing oil spill spreading off their coastlines.

  • Fourth Circuit sets arguments for Cooper's pollution suit

    By John O'Brien |
    Cooper RICHMOND (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has scheduled oral arguments in North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's public nuisance case against a power provider for May.