“Current Legal Issues Affecting Watershed Protection,” June 11, 2003.
The continued focus on Watershed-based permitting and protection is emphasized by several regulatory programs, agencies and organizations. Read More
“Current Environmental Issues Affecting EPA – Update,” March 17-18, 2003.
The agencies have overlapping jurisdictions on health and environmental matters. In order to provide cooperation and avoid duplicative actions, several agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)s, have been developed between the two agencies to help define the rules and cooperative efforts of each for particular issues, primarily response and enforcement: Read […]
“Dealing with OSHA Inspections and Contesting OSHA Citations,” presented to The Associated General Contractors, The Propeller Club of The Port of Mobile, The Central Gulf Coast Safety & Health Seminar and Exposition, and The Mobile County Homebuilders.
Preparation to reduce the risk of citations should begin before OSHA ever arrives. Of course, the best way to avoid inspection is to have reduced injuries and good employee morale. Read More
“Technology for the Trial Lawyer,” December 2001, Mobile & Baldwin County Bench and Bar Meeting.
The electronic courtroom is coming: indeed, in many locales it is already here. Read More
“Tales from the Dark Side,” 15 Ala. Defense Lawyers Journal (Apr. 1999).
As a career-long defense lawyer, I have found myself only rare and sporadically on the plaintiff’s side at trial. Read More
