It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week, and today’s guest post is from Birmingham Education Foundation Executive Director J.W. Carpenter. (Photos courtesy of Birmingham Education Foundation.) I worry. I worry that by mentioning specific teachers in this blog post about Teacher Appreciation Week that I am going to leave several deserving people out. There are far too many good … Read More
Now is the time to object to / protest your ad valorem real property adjustment. In addition to being tax season, Spring is also the time of year that county Boards of Equalization in Alabama adjust and set real property values upon which ad valorem tax bills will be based when issued in September. Many … Read More
What was a sufficient reservation of rights letter 10 years ago no longer suffices. Many jurisdictions are scrutinizing the notices when a conditional defense is provided. Most insurance professionals work in many different jurisdictions, and it is impractical and not cost effective to retain coverage counsel in every case. Coverage analysis must be reflected in communications … Read More
Christian & Small Partners Duncan Y. Manley, James B. Carlson, Richard M. Thayer and J. Paul Zimmerman all participated in the 2015 Primerus Defense Institute Convocation – “Emerging Issues Facing Clients and Counsel in the 21st Century – from April 23-25 in Amelia Island, Florida. On the first day of the convocation, Thayer provided a … Read More
This is the third and final post in our three-part blog series on unmanned aerial systems and their potential impact on the insurance industry – which is a condensed version of an article published in the Spring 2015 edition of the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) In-house Defense Quarterly. The full article, including reference citations, can … Read More
This is the second post in our three-part blog series on unmanned aerial systems and their potential impact on the insurance industry – which is a condensed version of an article published in the Spring 2015 edition of the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) In-house Defense Quarterly. The full article, including reference citations, can be found … Read More
This is the first post in our three-part blog series on unmanned aerial systems and their potential impact on the insurance industry – which is a condensed version of an article published in the Spring 2015 edition of the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) In-house Defense Quarterly. The full article, including reference citations, can be found … Read More
Christian & Small is pleased to announce that the following five partners have been recognized by Birmingham Magazine in its 2015 “Top Attorneys” issue: Bradley R. Hightower – Bankruptcy Greer B. Mallette – Construction Deborah Alley Smith – Appellate Daniel D. Sparks – Bankruptcy and Banking David … Read More
Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court vacated an arbitration award based on its holding that one of the arbitrators had an evident partiality based on his failure to disclose potential conflicts, where the arbitrator did not do anything to fulfill his duty to investigate and discover the conflicts. The Municipal Workers Compensation Fund, Inc. (“the Fund”) … Read More
