Quarterly Bytes

• September 2010 - click for details

  Fall 2010

  • Statute of Frauds Bars Claims Against Regions Bank
  • Responsible Reporting Entities under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
  • Policy Manual Updates
  • Unanticipated Consequences
• June 2010 - click for details

  Summer 2010

  • Supreme Court Rules: You Must Speak Up to Remain Silent
  • The Collateral Source Rule: Alive and Well in Alabama?
  • COBRA Subsidy Extension Considered
  • DOL Publishes Final Rules on E.O. 13496
• March 2010 - click for details

  Spring 2010

  • Supreme Court Reduces Restrictions on Corporate Campaign Financing
  • Filing Copy of Judgment is Not Sufficient to Create a Lien against Property
  • The Importance of Pro-Active Union Planning
  • It’s Not Wise to Fool the Federal Courts
• December 2009 - click for details

  Winter 2009

  • The Interpretation of “Related To" in Arbitration Agreements
  • United States Supreme Court Addresses Pat-Down of Passenger in Vehicle
  • Third Circuit Case Highlights Breadth of FMLA Rights
  • Location, Location, Location
• September 2009 - click for details

  Fall 2009

  • Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Use E-Verify Effective September 8, 2009
  • The United States Supreme Court Addresses Reverse Discrimination in Ricci v. DeStefano
  • Department of Labor Issues Proposed Regulations Governing Obama Executive Order 13496
  • “Which came first…”
• June 2009 - click for details

  Summer 2009

  • 2009 Alabama Legislative Update
  • United States Supreme Court Revisits Search-Incident-To-Arrest Rule in Arizona v. Gant
  • Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Requirement in Union Contract
  • Proposed Sick Leave Law
  • It's Alive
• March 2009 - click for details

  Spring 2009 

  • Alabama Legislature Begins 2009 Regular Session
  • U.S. Supreme Court Revamps Qualified Immunity Analysis in Pearson v. Callahan
  • Upcoming Legislation: Forewarn Act May Change Lay-off Notice Requirements
  • IRS Issues Revised Tax Forms in Compliance With New COBRA Subsidies
  • Snooze You Lose
• December 2008 - click for details

  Winter 2008

  • ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Significantly Enhances Employee Rights
  • Eleventh Circuit Limits Immunity Given to Federal Investigative and Law Enforcement Officers
  • Federal Contractors Required to Use E-Verify
  • Department of Homeland Security Issues Supplemental Rules for No-Match Letters
  • Wantonness Has a Six-Year Statute of Limitations
• September 2008 - click for details

  Fall 2008

  • United States Supreme Court Addresses Major Constitutional Issues
  • Litigation Spotlight: Beware of Hospital Liens
  • HR Corner: Employers Have the Burden of Showing Disparate Impact Based on Factors Other Than Age is Reasonable
  • HR Corner:  Courts Allow Plaintiffs to Sue for Associational Discrimination under Title VII
• June 2008 - click for details
• March 2008 - click for details