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Document(s) published by this organization: 49
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Closing or Selling a Business: An Employer's Checklist
Kasee Sparks Heisterhagen; Burr & Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 2012 Closing or selling a business involves several complicated issues. Ignoring issues involving employees can lead to substantial liability for employers at a particularly difficult time.
| | FDCPA Case Alert: Reese v. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP
Katrina L. Dannheim; Burr & Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 2012 The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals released an opinion earlier this month that could give foreclosure lawyers cause for concern. In Reese v. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP, No. 10-14366, 2012 WL 1500108 (11th Cir. May 1, 2012), the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a foreclosure firm...
| | Revisions to Alabama's Immigration Law Now in Effect
Anna L. Scully; Burr & Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 2012 After several rewrites in the Alabama House and Senate, Governor Bentley signed into law H.B. 658, the long-awaited revisions and amendments to Alabama's immigration statute, on Friday, May 18, 2012. The revisions and amendments are immediately in effect as of the Governor's signature.
| | Georgia Expands R&D Tax Credit
Kathryn Y. Bouchillon, Edward H. Brown, Harvey Daniels, D. Tully Hazell, Tyler P. Stevens; Burr Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 2012 On May 8, 2012, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law Georgia House Bill 868 expanding the research and development tax credit available to Georgia businesses. In addition to offsetting their Georgia income tax liability, the new law will allow all Georgia companies to potentially claim a...
| | BP Class Action Settlement Update
Thomas M. Wood; Burr Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2012, previously published on April 30, 2012 You may have recently heard about the class action settlement reached with BP following the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Your business may be within the settled class and may have a claim. Almost every business in the states of Alabama,...
| | EEOC Rules Transgender Workers Protected Under Title VII
Burr Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that discrimination against transgender individuals, or discrimination against individuals on the basis of gender identity, constitutes sex discrimination under Title VII. (Macy v. Holder, Appeal No. 0120120821). This...
| | Georgia HB 110 to Provide Uniform Process for Registering Foreclosed Real Property
Ryan D. Thompson; Burr Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The Georgia Legislature recently passed and presented to the Governor for signature HB 110, which creates a uniform framework for the creation of municipal foreclosure registries. If signed by the Governor, HB 110—proposed O.C.G.A. 44-14-14—will become law on July 1, 2012.
| | JOBS Act Increases Access To Capital for Emerging Businesses
Edward H. Brown; Burr Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 20, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act, also known as the "JOBS Act", which Congress passed in March. Designed to simplify access to equity, the JOBS Act contains a variety of provisions applicable to emerging companies, both public and private,...
| | NLRB Posting Rule Will Not Take Effect on April 30, 2012, but the Fight Continues
Burr Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 20, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 In the last five days the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) suffered two setbacks to its attempt to force employers to post a notice regarding employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). First, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled that the...
| | Impact of the JOBS Act on Regional Centers and the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
Ladd W. Mark, Jennifer Mercier Moseley; Burr & Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2012, previously published on March 30, 2012 President Obama is expected to sign the JOBS Act that was passed by the House of Representatives this week (the Senate passed an identical version last week). Title II of the JOBS Act directs the SEC to amend Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act within 90 days to eliminate the...
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