Christian & Small Associate Jonathan M. Hooks recently secured a full dismissal, with prejudice, of a major liquefied petroleum distributor from a serious personal injury lawsuit. The suit was filed by two plaintiffs who were severely burned when their travel trailer exploded on a camping trip. The plaintiffs alleged that the distributor had failed to … Read More
Halloween is this week, and it begins the festive season when the weather starts to really cool down, coats and scarves are pulled out of closets and the trees turn beautiful colors. This got us thinking about our own Halloween memories and traditions. Among our attorneys and staff, we found a cornucopia of interesting answers … Read More
The Christian & Small and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) teams finished as co-champions of the 2014 Birmingham Bar Foundation’s Sixth Annual Bocce Ball Tournament. Managing Partner Debbie Smith, Partners LaBella Alvis, Dan Sparks and Jon Macklem, and Associates Abbott Jones and Jordan Wood all contributed to the firm’s success throughout the competition. The tournament consisted of 18 … Read More
NEW: All Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) in Alabama – regardless of when they were formed – are now subject to Alabama’s new LLC Act, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Partner Jonathan W. Macklem provides a summary here. During its 2014 legislative session, the Alabama Legislature passed a significant revision of the state’s Limited Liability Act. The … Read More
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush recently visited Birmingham’s Brookwood Medical Center and toured its new women’s facility and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where he met Raiford Montgomery (“Ford”) and William Whitfield (“Whit”) Macklem – Christian & Small Partner Jonathan W. Macklem and his wife Elizabeth’s twins. Bush, who is on the board of directors for Tenet … Read More
By Sharon Stuart, Christian & Small Partner With a changing media landscape in Birmingham and across the country, does anyone still listen to the radio? When it comes to Birmingham’s NPR News station, WBHM 90.3 FM, there are many people listening. As a listener-supported service of UAB, the station knows this and works to provide content that … Read More
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Tibble v. Edison Int’l, [SCOTUS No. 13-550] to consider the statute of limitations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). ERISA allows plan participants six years to challenge the prudence of decisions made by plan fiduciaries. In Tibble, participants in a multi-billion dollar 401(k) plan offered and … Read More
Many of the major law firms in the larger cities in the United States grew in size in response to client demand for legal services and became known as “mega firms.” Some of those firms now have thousands of lawyers. Many clients feel compelled to employ them in “bet the company” legal matters. Their fees … Read More
Christian & Small Partner Robert E. Cooper spoke at the Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF) Annual Meeting held September 17-19, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Cooper and John L. Carroll, dean of Cumberland School of Law and former federal magistrate judge in the Middle District of Alabama, co-presented “Ethics in Jury Selection: Discovery of Juror Misrepresentation … Read More
