Posts by Luke Williams
Understanding Unpaid Overtime Pushback Tactics in Alabama
When Alabama workers put in extra hours, they deserve every penny of overtime compensation the law guarantees. Yet employers across the state deploy sophisticated strategies to avoid these obligations, leaving hardworking employees without the wages they’ve rightfully earned through dedication and hard work. Common Unpaid Overtime Pushback Tactics Employers Use Employers across Alabama utilize various…
Read MoreCovington County Community Mourns After Head-On Collision Claims Lives of Two Children
The Opp community is reeling after a devastating head-on collision on Friday, October 3rd, claimed the lives of two children under the age of 10, including a student from Opp City Schools. The crash, which occurred around 8:30 p.m. on the Opp Bypass between Highway 134 and Cool Springs Road intersections, has left families shattered…
Read MoreAlabama Death Row Inmate Maintains Innocence as Family Pleads for Life Before Nitrogen Execution
From behind prison walls at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, Anthony Boyd’s voice carried over speakerphone on October 8, 2025, delivering a message he has maintained for over three decades:Â “I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t participate in any killing.” With just two weeks before his scheduled execution by nitrogen gas, the 53-year-old death row…
Read MoreAlabama Supreme Court Revives Challenge to Tuscaloosa’s Triple Tax on Large Student Housing
Fourteen out-of-state property owners secured a significant victory on October 3, 2025, when the Alabama Supreme Court partially reversed a lower court’s dismissal of their challenge to Tuscaloosa’s controversial business-license fee targeting large student housing developments. The decision breathes new life into claims that the city’s ordinance, which triples taxes on student-oriented housing with more…
Read MoreAlabama’s ‘Back the Blue’ Law Takes Effect Amid Debate Over Police Accountability
As Roy Adams Jr. awaits a jury’s verdict on charges of homicide by vehicle, his case has become a flashpoint for understanding Alabama’s controversial new “Back the Blue” law that took effect Wednesday. The former Mobile police officer, accused of running a red light and killing Air Force veteran Sumner “Kahuna” Howard, represents exactly the…
Read MoreAlabama Supreme Court Questions Century-Old Foreclosure Law in Collins Case
A recent Alabama Supreme Court decision in Collins v. West Alabama Bank & Trust has ignited a judicial debate about whether a 97-year-old legal precedent still makes sense in today’s mortgage market. While the court ultimately ruled in favor of the bank in this foreclosure case, multiple justices expressed concerns that Alabama’s approach to determining…
Read MoreFatal ATV Accident at Piedmont Park Leaves Seven Children Orphaned, Attorney Claims Safety Failures
A Labor Day weekend outing turned catastrophic at Indian Mountain ATV Park in Piedmont when a side-by-side vehicle crash claimed the lives of two parents and left seven children injured, some now orphaned. As the Cherokee County community grapples with the tragedy that occurred on August 30, 2025, legal questions are mounting about whether basic…
Read MoreAlabama Supreme Court Rejects Prison Work Release Case in Unusual Legal Maneuver
In a rare display of judicial frustration, the Alabama Supreme Court on September 6, 2025, refused to hear a high-profile case challenging the state’s prison work release program as unconstitutional slavery, instead sending it back to the Court of Civil Appeals with pointed criticism of the lower court’s decision to transfer it upward. The move…
Read MoreAlabama Governor Pledges State Intervention After Montgomery Mass Shooting
In the wake of last Saturday night’s devastating mass shooting that left two dead and twelve injured in downtown Montgomery, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that the state would take unprecedented steps to address public safety in the capital city. The governor’s forceful response, which includes extending state trooper patrols and seeking additional legislative…
Read MoreTwo Dead, 12 Injured in Montgomery Downtown Shooting Following Rivalry Football Game
The vibrant nightlife district of downtown Montgomery transformed into a scene of terror on October 5, 2025, when rival gunmen exchanged fire in a crowded area, leaving two dead and 12 injured. The mass shooting occurred just blocks from where the Tuskegee University-Morehouse College rivalry football game had concluded, turning what should have been a…
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