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GPK Pegger Kofler & Partners has once again established its leading position within the Austrian legal market. Earning the highest rating of 5/5 stars for the regions of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, JUVE Magazine recognizes the firm as one of the top commercial law practices in Western Austria. The firm is praised for its strong international orientation, a growing international client base, its prom…
Phillips Murrah Attorneys celebrate with principals from Midtown Renaissance and Fitzsimmons Architects, who won the Best Large Scale Development award for the Phillips Murrah Headquarters building in OKC’s Midtown District at Friday’s 11th Annual Impact Awards. (From left: Sally Hasenfratz, Brian Fitzsimmons, Chris Fleming, Dawn Rahme, Kayla Kuri, Erica Blackstock, Cindy Murray, Bobby Howard, Kri…
Morrison Mahoney Partner John Knight and Associate Christopher Groves recently secured a defense verdict following a six-day jury trial in Suffolk Superior Court. Plaintiff was employed by a steel erection subcontractor and was injured when a metal spark from a demolition saw got under his safety glasses and burned his eye, leading to a corneal abrasion that has caused permanent impairment.
As a r…
On February 17, 2025, the nationwide preliminary injunction issued by the Smith court in Texas was lifted. This follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s lifting of a similar injunction in late January, a development we reviewed in The Corporate Transparency Act Is Still on Pause, but Less So.
Cutting to the chase, compliance with the CTA is required.
FinCEN, the Treasury Department office that manages th…
Public companies navigating the 2025 proxy season just got some breathing room—at least when it comes to excluding certain shareholder proposals. Last week, the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance—in a significant shift—issued Staff Legal Bulletin 14M (“SLB 14M”), rolling back its prior guidance from Staff Legal Bulletin 14L (“SLB 14L”), which made it markedly easier for shareholder…
Many economic operators, in particular international groups and craft businesses operating in several neighbouring countries, complained about the introduction by the Luxembourg law of 26 July 2023 into the law of 2 September 2011 regulating the access to the professions of craftsman, merchant, manufacturer and certain liberal professions (the “2011 Law“) of the requirement for the person responsi…
ALFA International (ALFAI) is pleased to announce that McDonald Toole Richman & Correnti, P.A. (MTRC) has joined the ALFAI network as its member firm in Orlando, Florida, effective December 17, 2024.
MTRC has a dedicated team of skilled trial lawyers focused on handling complex, high-risk litigation while simultaneously assisting in more routine matters, with experience in product liability…
ALFA International (ALFAI) is delighted to announce Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP has joined the ALFAI network as New York City’s Corporate Transactions and Business Litigation member, effective December 17, 2024.
Becker Glynn is a general practice corporate law firm that was founded over 50 years ago and is located in midtown Manhattan. The firm has approximately 40 attorneys…
During the ALFA International (ALFAI) Annual Business Meeting in New York City on October 24, 2024, Tim Peeples, a shareholder of Daniel Coker, ALFAI’s member firm in Oxford, Jackson and Gulfport, Mississippi, was honored with the prestigious 2024 Nathan Fishbach Attorney of the Year Award.
This noteworthy accolade, named in memory of Nathan Fishbach, the inaugural recipient of the ALFAI Attorney …
Preparing For Mediation
It is common knowledge in today’s litigation environment that the vast majority of lawsuits – above 90% by some estimates – are resolved prior to trial; often through alternative dispute resolution processes including mediation. In many litigated cases, a scheduled mediation may become the most important event in the case instead of trial. What does this mean for companies…
Much litigation work occurs behind the scenes, outside of the courtroom setting. This session will provide an overview of the variety of pre-litigation strategies and early case processes to ensure preparation from pre-crisis to trial. The session will also discuss different handling strategies to play to each audience, whether the case is best suited for early resolution, dispositive motion pract…
Mental Health Is Not A Luxury – It Is The Gateway To The Successful Practice Of Law
“Mental health” and “work-life balance” may feel like clickbait whenever you come across those terms, but these conditions are vital ingredients to the successful practice of law. So vital, in fact, that the American Bar Association’s model rules state that a lawyer must decline or withdraw from representing a c…