Conflicts of Interest in Derivative Litigation Involving Closely Held Corporations: An All or Nothing Approach to the Requirement of “Independent” Corporate Counsel, 31 J.LEGAL PROF. 337 (2007), 63 BUS. LAW. 383 (Feb. 2008).
While the Module Rules of Professional Conduct is arguably a marked improvement over its predecessors. Read More
“Recent Developments in Toxic Tort Litigation,” presented to the Alabama State Bar Environmental Law Section, June 15, 2007.
There are a number of interesting ongoing issues in toxic tort litigation both statewide and nationwide. Read More
“How Certain Must A Prospective Contract or Business Relationship Be?,” ABA Business Torts Journal, Vol. 14 No. 2, Winter 2007.
Nearly all American jurisdiction impose liability for wrongful and tortious interference with business relationships that have not become the subject of an existing contract. Read More
“Hospital Management vs. Medical Staff Bylaws,” IADC Newsletter, August 2006, No. 3, at 1.
For business litigators whose clients include hospitals, a recent Alabama case stands as an important guidepost in the national debate over the extent to which a medical staff may impact business decisions by a hospital’s board of directors. Read More
“Repair Charges When You Return A Leased Trailer – Do Not Let the Lessor Take Advantage of You,” presented to the Mississippi Truckers Association, August 17, 2004.
It is common in the industry for commercial carriers to lease the trailers they use in their business from trailer leasing organizations throughout the country. Read More
