2023 Legislative Update – Week One
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Legislative Summary On Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023, the Alabama Legislature commenced its first session of the new quadrennium. The legislature begins anew every four years, following the November elections of all 140…
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Alabama State Bar Announces Smokeball as New Member Benefit
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The Alabama State Bar is thrilled to announce a new member benefit from Smokeball, the leading legal practice management software for law firms. With this new member benefit, Alabama State Bar members…
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Lawyer Wellness: Spring Cleaning for Your Mind, Body & Soul
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By: Lynn Hogewood March is a time for ushering in spring, and in 2023, spring has sprung early. I could tell by the pollen coating my car at the end of February,
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FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER – The VLP and a Tractor
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Mrs. Annie Taylor learned she was being sued for conversion when a man appeared at her apartment door and handed her a notice requiring her attendance in Tuscaloosa County Small Claims Court. The man told her she was being sued and that the lawsuit was scheduled for trial.
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FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER – Getting Paid: Retention and Compensation of Special Counsel in Bankruptcy
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse. We all learned that in law school. Still, you don’t know what you don’t know. And when it comes to bankruptcy law, too many of us just don’t know some basics, like how to protect your fee. Non-bankruptcy lawyers routinely represent debtors or their litigation opponents in non-bankruptcy disputes, such as personal injury claims. To comply with your duty to competently represent clients who are in bankruptcy or litigating against a debtor, and to protect your fee, know these fundamentals.
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FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER – Subchapter V: A New Reorganization Model for Small Businesses
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Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been a graveyard for far too many small businesses. Too often, small businesses enter a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case only to have the bankruptcy case subsequently dismissed or converted to liquidation in Chapter 7.
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FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER – Bankruptcy Sales (and Non-Bankruptcy Alternatives) for Buying and Selling Distressed Assets
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Rising interest rates, inflation, and a global economic slowdown create the perfect storm, pushing some companies into financial distress. These conditions can also create opportunities for investors to make strategic acquisitions of distressed assets.
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Health and Wellness: Evaluating Values to Start The New Year
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By Erik Heninger Welcome to the New Year! If you’re like me, you’ve taken a moment to reflect on the past twelve months and, if you’re an optimist, settle on “two or…
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FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER – Rebuttal: Alabama’s Gubernatorial and Legislative Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Were Valid, Constitutional, and Appropriate
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As a lawyer who defends healthcare providers that continued to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, I take a different view from my opposing counsel who published an article in the September edition of The Alabama Lawyer.[i] See David Wirtes, Jr., Joseph D. Steadman, Aaron N. Maples, & Joseph D. Wirtes, Are There Constitutional Issues with Alabama’s Gubernatorial and Legislative Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic?, 83 Ala. Law. 311 (Sept. 2022) (the “September Article”).
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FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER – Too Broke to File Bankruptcy: Why We Need the Alabama Bankruptcy Assistance Project
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ABAP is a statewide project created to help debtors who need a chapter 7 bankruptcy but can’t afford the attorney’s fees to file. All five volunteer lawyer programs in the state participate, enabling ABAP to serve each of Alabama’s 67 counties.
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