Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. serves clients across a broad range of practice areas through offices in Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery, Alabama. With over 160 lawyers, the firm offers a full array of services to a broad and diverse client base including Fortune 500 companies, as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional associations, charities and individuals. The firm's work encompasses virtually all aspects of legal practice and law.

The firm regularly performs defense litigation services in disputes including contracts, federal and state securities, fraud, bad faith, environmental, labor, tort, product liability, real estate, bankruptcy, and antitrust issues. The firm has defended fraud, bad faith and other punitive damage cases for a number of major life insurance companies and defended numerous class actions including major antitrust, consumer, and securities cases for Fortune 500 companies throughout the Southeast. The firm also regularly represents many national brokerage and investment banking firms in complex litigation.

Amendments to Municipal Securities Disclosure Rule
June 25, 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has announced amendments to a rule under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 relating to municipal securities disclosure.

Deadline for Compliance with the FTC's Red Flag Rules Is Rapidly Approaching
May 6, 2009
In late October 2008, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") delayed the effective date of the Red Flag Rules (the "Rules") until May 1, 2009.

Department of Labor Model Notices and Internal Revenue Service Additional Guidance on the COBRA Premium Subsidy
May 6, 2009
As discussed in our February 2009 newsletter, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Act") contains important changes to continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and other similar continuation coverage laws (collectively,...