On July 29, 2021, the Department of Labor announced a final rule rescinding the “Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” final rule (Joint-Employer Rule). [86 FR 40939]. The recission goes into effect on September 28, 2021. The Department of Labor found the prior administration’s Joint-Employer Rule improperly narrowed the test for vertical joint … Read More
Christian & Small is pleased to announce that 17 lawyers are included in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and three associates are recognized as The Best Lawyers in America®: 2022 Ones to Watch. New to the list this year is Mississippi-based associate Shauncey H. Ridgeway in the fields of Bankruptcy and … Read More
Christian & Small is pleased to announce that Partner Sharon D. Stuart has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2021 Top 250 Women in Litigation and Partner M. Jansen Voss named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2021 Under 40 Hotlist. Now in its 10th edition, the Top 250 Women in Litigation determines honorees through research of litigators’ professional … Read More
In 2021, the number of COVID-19 cases was dropping and vaccinations were available. Lifted COVID mandates allowed employers to return employees to the workplace. The Delta variant may cause federal, state, and local governments to reverse course. Employers need to prepare for the reversal by reviewing the current guidelines. RETURN TO WORK Currently, an employer … Read More
Alabama’s charging order statute “provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a member [of a limited liability company] … may satisfy a judgment” out of the judgment debtor’s “transferable interest” in the limited liability company, See Ala. Code § 10A-5A-5.03(f), which the statute defines to mean “a member’s right to receive distributions … Read More
The following was written by Gaby Reeves for the Mobile Bar Association July 2021 Monthly Newsletter. The collective angst expressed over the disappearance of the Code of Chivalry from the legal profession is persistent and unnecessary. The medieval Code of Chivalry never applied to the legal profession, nor was it intended to do so; a … Read More
Growing up, my dad was full of great advice and I learned much from him about cars, work, relationships, and life in general. One enduring saying was, “There is no such thing as job security – regardless of your position or ownership.” When my oldest son turned 16, I asked my dad to share his … Read More
The following article was first published in the June 4, 2021 issue of DRI™ Raising the Bar. The article is authored by DRI™ member and Christian & Small associate Shauncey H. Ridgeway and DRI member Troy L. Bell. Diversity Matters. Diversity must be a key initiative for any company to achieve and build sustainable success. … Read More
Summer is finally here and we are thrilled to welcome summer clerks to our offices. For the first half of the summer, we welcome Carole Graffeo and Taylor Sims. Clerks have the opportunity to attend mediations, hearings, and depositions, as well as opportunities to write and research relevant legal issues. They get a truly … Read More
