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Ala. AG to testify before financial services committee
Strange WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is among those set to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on mortgage servicing Thursday. -
Ala. AG praises businesses in wake of storms
Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange commended the policies of cable and satellite services Wednesday that had been made to protect consumers who lost equipment and services during recent storms. -
Ala. AG clarifies gambling enforcement
Strange MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange issued a memorandum Tuesday to law enforcement and district attorneys throughout the state to settle the legal position his office will take when investigating gambling activities. -
Feinberg's attorneys respond to criticism
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.