Lobbyist’s Superfund Fraud Action Against Law Firm Gets New Life

Jan. 25, 2022, 12:24 AM UTC

An Alabama lobbyist who worked with a law firm to dispute the EPA’s findings at a Superfund site will get another chance to show the firm was responsible for misrepresenting the legality of the arrangement, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled.

David Roberson, a former lobbyist and vice president at Drummond Co., was convicted along with a former partner at Balch & Bingham LLP in a Superfund bribery scheme. Former state Rep. Oliver L. Robinson Jr. was also convicted for the scheme, which centered around opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency’s actions regarding a site near Birmingham.

Roberson sued the firm ...

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