A Mobile law firm was named to the plaintiffs’ steering committee in a California class action accusing Facebook of tracking users after they logged out, a case lawyers said could carry more than $15 billion in damages.
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Coverage of courts from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Mobile Bar Association Poll Favors Brooks and Graddick in Spring Races
A preference poll of the Mobile Bar Association gave state Sen. Ben Brooks the edge over Eaton Barnard for circuit judge and overwhelmingly backed Charlie Graddick for chief justice ahead of the March primary.
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GOP Vetting Puts Judicial Hopeful Barnard’s Democratic Donations in the Spotlight
Mobile attorney Eaton Barnard faced an awkward review by local Republican officials over years of campaign donations to Democrats, under a party rule meant to inform GOP voters of cross-party giving.
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Parole Denied for Serial Rapist Known as the Bay Minette Rapist
The Baldwin County District Attorney office fought and won the denial of parole for Anthony Terrell McCants, the serial rapist who terrorized Bay Minette in the early 1990s and is serving multiple life sentences.
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Poll From Graddick Camp Shows Mobile Judge Leading Chief Justice Race
A survey released by supporters of Mobile County Presiding Circuit Judge Charlie Graddick showed him with a commanding lead over Chuck Malone in the Republican race for chief justice, crediting an early television campaign.
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Mobile’s City Council Handed the Metro Jail Docket to Prosecutor Carol Little
The Mobile City Council selected assistant city attorney Carol Little, a Vanderbilt graduate and Howard University law alumna, to fill the part-time judgeship covering the Metro Jail docket.
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Judge-Elect’s Law License in Jeopardy After Supreme Court Rejects Discipline as Too Lenient
Circuit Judge-elect Stuart DuBose faced renewed bar discipline in late 2006 after the Alabama Supreme Court rejected a suspension timed to begin the day after the election as too lenient.
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Mobile County Judges Say They Have No Power to Erase an Arrest Record
A standing order from Mobile County District Court, reported in March 2005, declared the court had no authority to expunge arrest records and sent petitioners to the Legislature instead.