Legal Archive

MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 2, 2021 — The Alabama Legislature returned this week from its planned spring break period ready to begin the second half of the 2021 Regular Session. Representatives and senators met in chambers for two legislative days and have now completed 18 ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 25, 2021 — The Alabama Legislature took a planned one-week Spring Break this week.  The session is just over halfway complete, with 14 of the session’s 30 legislative days remaining.  Legislators will return to Montgomery on Tuesday for the 17th legislative ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals by Charles W. Prueter Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) one year ago this month, creating — among other stimulus programs — the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). And like ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 5, 2021, Montgomery, Ala. — The fifth week of the 2021 Regular Session saw the introduction and advancement of several pieces of legislation important to the association. On Tuesday, legislation was introduced in the House and Senate that would govern how ...Read More

As planned, the Legislature did not meet in session this week.  After two busy weeks, this week’s hiatus provided an opportunity to reassess COVID protocols and sanitize the State House.  Over the next four weeks, the Legislature will meet for 10 legislative days, followed ...Read More

by Charles W. Prueter The United States Code — the collection of all bills passed by Congress and signed into law by the president — is comprised of 53 “titles,” each addressing a particular subject matter. They cover the waterfront — literally, as the ...Read More

by Dhruv Sharma, McGlinchey On Jan. 1, California’s Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) went into effect, activating the most onerous privacy regime in the nation. Broadly speaking, CCPA grants consumers the right to know what personal information is being collected from them; know how that ...Read More