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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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Recent News About Alabama Supreme Court

  • Drug companies have their day in Ala. SC, King now 0-5

    By John O'Brien |
    King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - A day after being dealt a $14.7 million verdict against it in Kentucky, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca received some really good news in Alabama.

  • AVALA, King spar over outside counsel process

    By John O'Brien |
    King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King should open state legal contracts to a bidding process and stop putting political pressure on the state Supreme Court, the executive director of a legal reform group said Wednesday.

  • Shaw wins expensive battle for Alabama Supreme Court

    By Staff reports |
    Greg Shaw MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline)--After spending more campaign money than any other state Supreme Court election, Republican Greg Shaw claimed victory over Democrat Deborah Paseur for an open seat on the Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday morning.

  • Brown, King highest paid AGs

    By Stephanie Hoops |
    Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-At $184,301, California Attorney General Jerry Brown is the highest-paid of any attorney general in the nation,a Legal Newsline salary survey found.

  • Once-reduced judgment will stand, U.S. justices decide

    By John O'Brien |
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stopped the carving of a punitive damages award against Exxon Mobil Corp., but a much more costly decision remains.

  • It's up to NY in Borat lawsuits, Alabama SC rules

    By Legal News Line |
    Borat MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama Supreme Court has shortened by one the line to sue comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen after making an embarrassing appearance in his 2006 movie "Borat."

  • With See out, spot open on Ala. SC

    By John O'Brien |
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - One of the eight Republicans who sit on the Alabama Supreme Court recently decided he will step down at the end of his term.

  • Exxon will pay $2 mil to New Hampshire

    By John O'Brien |
    Ayotte CONCORD, N.H. - ExxonMobil and New Hampshire Attorney Kelly Ayotte recently decided the company will repay more than $2 million it received from the state.

  • AG Cuomo sues Exxon

    By John O'Brien |
    Cuomo NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has decided to sue Exxon Mobil and four other companies over a 17-million-gallon oil spill.

  • Exxon argues against $3.6 billion judgment

    By John O'Brien |
    MOBILE, Ala. - Exxon Mobil Corp. argued before the Alabama Supreme Court Tuesday that a $3.6 billion judgment awarded against it should be wiped away because it is not guilty of defrauding the state.