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Southern Company has allegedly spent millions of dollars attacking perceived enemies that has no corporate purpose whatsoever.

Civil Rights champion Ernesto Pichardo calls on Jacksonville City Council to table appointment of partner tied to Balch & Bingham

MIAMI, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A report published by The Wall Street Journal today outlining the “mystery” corporate surveillance operations at Southern Company has spurred more scrutiny...

MIAMI, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDLU Chairman Ernesto Pichardo called on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revoke and suspend all licenses granted to Southern Company,...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Consejo de Latinos Unidos (CDLU) has called on the City of Auburn, to terminate alleged racist law firm, Balch & Bingham, as voter...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Not a single minority or female was mentioned or quoted in Balch & Bingham’s news release highlighting a program allegedly set up to help...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consejo de Latinos Unidos (CDLU), a public charity and advocacy group called on William S. Demchak, the CEO of PNC Bank which is acquiring BBVA USA, to...

HOUSTON, Sept. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDLU's Civil Rights leader Ernesto Pichardo dispatched a scathing letter to Javier Rodriguez Soler, President and CEO of BBVA USA, for not terminating the...

HOUSTON, Sept. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El defensor de los derechos civiles, Ernesto Pichardo del CDLU, envió una mordaz misiva a Javier Rodríguez Soler, presidente y director general del banco...

ATLANTA, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consejo de Latinos Unidos (CDLU), a public charity and advocacy group, called on Southern Company to immediately cut ties with embattled law firm Balch...