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Registration drive puts mind on voting

Montgomery Advertiser | October 8, 2006
Edward Pickett drove to a grocery store to pick up some bacon, eggs and cheese Saturday morning and left with voting on his mind.

Trench Warfare

| October 1, 2006
Nine jury trials into a docket of more than 14,000 cases, the early results in litigation surrounding Merck & Co., Inc. pain medication Vioxx are a mixed bag.

Merck's case-by-case strategy

The American Lawyer | October 1, 2006
Nine jury trials into a docket of more than 14,000 cases, the early results in litigation surrounding Merck & Co., Inc.'s pain medication Vioxx are a mixed bag. The defense has chalked up four wins; a fifth defense victory, in New Jersey, was tossed out by a judge on August 17. Plaintiffs have w…

Vioxx Lawsuits Surge to Beat Deadline

| September 29, 2006
A surge of lawsuits has swamped courthouses just ahead of the two-year anniversary of drugmaker Merck & Co. pulling its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market.

Dollar General Faces New Lawsuit

| September 14, 2006
A Montgomery law firm has filed a joint lawsuit in federal court, alleging that Dollar General stores intentionally misclassified its store managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime.

Wage and Hour Employment Cases

| September 11, 2006
On August 7th, 2006, Beasley Allen filed a lawsuit for approximately twenty-five hundred former and current Dollar General store managers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Pfizer Celebrex Lawsuits - 1500 and Counting

| September 6, 2006
The first Celebrex trial, originally set for June 6, 2006, has been delayed indefinitely, reportedly to give attorneys more time to gather information.

Ruling May Affect Alabama Lawsuits

| August 19, 2006
A federal judge's ruling in Mississippi this week that an insurance company did not have to pay for damage caused by flooding in Hurricane Katrina could affect similar lawsuits in Alabama.

Barnett v. Merck Trial in New Orleans

| August 18, 2006
The retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx is entitled to $50 million in compensatory and $1 million in punitive damages from drug manufacturer Merck & Co.

Merck's Bad Day in Court

| August 17, 2006
Merck was found negligent in the latest Vioxx case, as a jury in New Orleans federal court found that the drugmaker misrepresented the risks of the arthritis painkiller.