MONTGOMERY, ALA. - (February 6, 2009)  Beasley Allen has re-filed the lawsuit on behalf of the City of Birmingham against various sub-prime lenders including CitiGroup, Inc., Citi Mortgage, Inc., Citi Financial, Inc., Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, and Countrywide. The suit contends that the companies have violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by participating in predatory lending practices. The lawsuit also alleges the lenders violated other state laws and have profited by their wrongdoing.

MONTGOMERY, ALA. (February 5, 2009) - Beasley Allen is preparing to represent the State of Alabama in its third trial in the Average Wholesale Price (AWP) litigation, in which pharmaceutical companies are accused of defrauding the state Medicaid system. The trial, which will begin Monday, Feb. 9, in Montgomery County Circuit Court, alleges that Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., of provided inaccurate prices for Medicaid reimbursement, costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

Beasley Allen, along with Dagney Johnson-Walker, a Birmingham lawyer, filed suit in November on behalf of the City of Birmingham against various sub-prime lenders including Wells Fargo, Regions Bank and Countrywide. The suit contends that the companies have violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by participating in predatory lending practices. The lawsuit also alleges the lenders violated other state laws and have profited by their wrongdoing.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, January 30, 2009 -- A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Ala., on behalf of the family of Leroy Myers, a decorated war veteran who died as the result of a fall on May 3, 2007, while under supervised nursing care at the W.F. Green State Veterans Home. Defendants named in the suit include HMR Advantage Health Systems, Inc.; Health Management Resources - Governmental Services, Inc.; HMR of Bay Minette, Inc.; and Health Management Resources, Inc. All of these companies had the responsibility for operation and management of the facility.

Montgomery, Ala. - A lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division, on behalf of the family of Thomas Ballenger, against Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Ballenger was killed on January 4, 2009 when the Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter he was piloting crashed into swampy terrain north of the Gulf of Mexico near Morgan City, Louisiana. The crash occurred about 7 minutes after take off from Amelie, Louisiana, and resulted in the death of Ballinger and 7 others. There was one survivor who was critically injured.

Beasley Allen Founding Shareholder Jere L. Beasley has been selected as one of "Alabama's 12 most influential people" by a panel of editors at the New York Times Regional Newspapers in Florence, Gadsden and Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Montgomery, Ala. - A lawsuit has been filed in the Circuit Court for Lee County, Alabama, on behalf of an Auburn University student who was injured at a campus fraternity house on January 11, 2009. The complaint was filed on behalf of Taylor G. Jones against Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, the Auburn chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alabama Alpha chapter, and a fraternity member, Zachary James Quillen.

Montgomery, Ala. - Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a class action suit on behalf of property owners damaged by the Dec. 22, 2008 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant. Located 40 miles west of Knoxville, Tenn., the plant released 1.1 billion gallons of toxin-laden sludge into a rural neighborhood when a waste storage pond retaining wall failed. The suit is filed against the TVA, the nation's largest public utility, over potentially the most significant environmental disaster since the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Beasley Allen is currently evaluating claims on behalf of property owners affected by a devastating coal ash spill in Tennessee.

The Alabama State Bar Association has selected Beasley Allen attorney Chris D. Glover for inclusion in Class V of its annual Leadership Forum. Only 30 lawyers were chosen for this prestigious program. The Leadership Forum is designed for young lawyers, with a goal of enhancing their role in the future of the state’s communities, both as policymakers and in their profession.