ArticleMeasure Creates New Borrowing Authority For Additional Economic Development FundingBy a resounding 69% affirmative vote, Alabamians approved a measure that amends an existing Alabama Constitutional Amendment to allow the State to issue general obligation bonds to finance economic development incentives. United StatesStrategyBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleQ&A With Robert MaddoxThis senior Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorney also represented a major servicer during the many months it took to negotiate the National Mortgage Settlement.United StatesFinance and BankingBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleAlabama CON Review Board Update - July 2013Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP presents its July 2013 Alabama CON Review Board Update, prepared for the firm's health care clients and other interested parties. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleBBJ Features Jason Bushby Q&AA Q&A with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings attorney Jason Bushby appeared in the Birmingham Business Journal's Rising Star Lawyers edition.United StatesFinance and BankingBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleNew CFPB Mortgage Servicing Amendments Likely To Pose Implementation And Compliance ChallengesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a final rule amending the existing mortgage servicing rules in Regulations X and Z. United StatesConsumer ProtectionBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleThe Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—A Look Back At 2012 And 2013Over the last two years, enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") has remained a priority of the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission. That emphasis is likely to continue through 2014 and beyond. Companies should expect the federal government and, increasingly, foreign authorities to continue to devote significant resources to investigating and punishing FCPA violations. United StatesCriminal LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleGAO Invokes Rare Exception To Protest Timeliness RuleThis article examines the GAO's decision in the Eastern Forestry case. Additionally, this article takes the opportunity to examine the parameters of the "limited time period" exception generally.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
VideoNLRB Rules Companies Can’t Ban Employees From Using Work Email For Union-Related Activities (Video Content)The majority’s Purple Communications ruling effectively gives employees a statutory right to use employer email systems for non-business purposes, including union organizing. United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleTennessee CON Report - December 2013The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency is responsible for regulating the health care industry in Tennessee through the Certificate of Need Program.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleOwner Beware: Construction Change Order Disputes Can Derail Any Student Housing ProjectIn an ideal student housing construction world, the plans will be clear and unchanged; the weather perfect; everyone timely paid; the schedule followed.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleAlabama Department Of Revenue Wisely Withdraws Controversial ProposalIt is uncertain whether the Legislature will take up this issue in the likely special session later this summer or perhaps will defer consideration until the 2016 regular session.United StatesTaxBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleThe False Claims Act In 2025: A Government Enforcement UpdateThis past year, the False Claims Act (FCA) continued to be a key tool for the Justice Department and whistleblowers to bring suits against companies, including those in the financial services sector.United StatesFinance and BankingBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleBeware Increased Worker Classification AuditsAs many of you are aware, there has been a marked increase in the emphasis on worker misclassification, not only by the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), but by states.United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleEmployee Or Independent Contractor: The DOL Weighs In On Worker MisclassificationWith the prevalence of companies providing ''on demand'' services today, the temptation to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees has perhaps never been greater...United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleJudge Scheindlin Holds That FOIA Production Presumptively Includes MetadataJudge Shira Scheindlin wrote the seminal Zubulake case that ushered in the modern era of e-discovery.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleA New Tool In Customs Enforcement: The False Claims Act In 2025As in years past, the government continued to pursue False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and lawsuits against contractors in 2025.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleLow Interest Rate Is High Time For Some Estate Planning IdeasWhen practitioners and clients think of estate planning, several goals typically come to mind...United StatesTaxBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleBackground Checks Are Still Big Litigation Business—Just Ask BMWYet another reminder that everyone using criminal background checks in the hiring process needs to review their standards—BMW just entered a consent decree with the EEOC under which it will pay $1.6 million and offer to hire dozens of people previously rejected as having unacceptable criminal histories. BMW had (note the past tense) United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP