Brantwood Children's Home officials cut the ribbon to their brand new tennis court. The Montgomery Rotary Club made this possible by raising thousands of dollars at a fundraiser. the director, Kim Herbert, believes this tennis court will help the children gain personal strength. Brantwood Children's Home is a safe house for children ages 10 to 21.

Dee Miles speaks on Fair Labor Standards Act litigation.

Beasley Allen helped sponsor the first Economic Empowerment forum, held June 2, 2008, in Montgomery, Ala. Beasley Allen attorney LaBarron Boone represented the firm at the event. Program speakers included Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright, Congressman Artur Davis, 7th District, Alabama; Dr. Hart M. Ramsey, D. Min, Pastor, Northview Christian Church; and Mr. Kevin Hicks, MBA, of Blackmon & Associates.

The oil industry has known for 100 years that gasoline expands with temperature. As it warms, gasoline expands by volume but not by weight or energy content. Since the1920s, the oil industry has taken temperature into account for wholesale transactions, and uses a 60 degree Fahrenheit standard when measuring gasoline at wholesale. However, retail sales are not temperature adjusted. As a result, consumers pay a Hot Fuel Premium when gasoline temperatures exceed 60 degrees, as they do throughout the country during the summer.

With current gasoline prices averaging more than $3 per gallon, Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, held a Domestic Policy Subcommittee hearing to examine the high gasoline prices, specifically addressing the "hot fuels" problem.

Beasley Allen attorney Navan Ward talks about the minority pre-law day for 11th and 12th grade high school students. Only a small percentage of students actually want to be a lawyer due to lack of exposure to the profession. This conference, developed by the Alabama State Bar, provides an opportunity for minority students to interact with attorneys one on one and more.

Ashley Paige of CBS-8 interviewed Gibson Vance about the great Strides walk. Beasley Allen has sponsored this walk for 5 years. On May 18th, at 2:00, the Great Strides walk will be held at the Montgomery Zoo. About 1,000 kids a year are diagnosed with this disease. By walking and raising money, we are one step closer to finding a cure to Cystic Fibrosis.

WAKA Channel 8 reports on the hundreds that walked at the Montgomery Zoo to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This year, Beasley Allen raised over $100 million for reasearch to find a cure. 1 in every 31 Americans are carries, yet there is no cure at this time.

Gibson Vance touches on several different subjects in this interview such as the lawsuit against Exxon Mobile oil spill 19 years ago when Joseph Hazelwood crashed the ship in Alaska causing an environmental disaster. He also talks about how judges are elected in Alabama, along with the regal decision and arbitration.

WCCO-TV and KSTP-TV reports on health problems linked to chemical exposure to to 3M exposure. Dr. Fadrin OLiaei was told by her supervisor that she could no longer continue her research with 3M as she found dangerous levels of PFC's in the Mississippi river near the 3M plant in Cottage Grove. State Senate hearings were held about the sickness from exposure in Lake Elmo, Woodberry, Cottage Grove, and even cancer in animals.