Maynard Cooper & Gale and Nexsen Pruet have agreed to merge on April 1, 2023. Together we will be Maynard Nexsen.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Iowa Passes Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

This week, Iowa joins the ranks of states who have enacted comprehensive privacy legislation in the absence of a federal privacy law. Iowa’s Senate File 262 will go into effect on January 1, 2025. What is Senate File 262? Senate File 262 is a cross-industry privacy law that provides “consumers,” defined as Iowa residents, with certain privacy rights over their personal data. “Personal data” includes any information that is linked or reasonable linkable to an identified or identifiable natural personal. It does not include de-identified, aggregate, or publically available data. Additional compliance requirements apply to more narrowly defined categories of “sensitive data” concerning children under 13 years of age. Similar to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), Senate File 262 utilizes a controller/processor distinction and imposes specific duties on the controllers and processors of personal data. A “controller" is a person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the...

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Minding the Gaps in Your Non-GAAP Disclosure Controls

On March 14, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it charged DXC Technology Company, an IT services company (“DXC”), with making misleading disclosures about its non-GAAP financial performance measures[1] during periods from 2018 until 2020. DXC settled the charges with the SEC and agreed to pay...

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Friday, March 24, 2023

2023 Legislative Update: Regular Session Resumes - Week Three

Last Thursday, the special session on ARPA funds concluded, and we resumed regular session this week. The Governor’s Budget Requests & Rebates On Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey sent her proposed budgets across the street to the Alabama Legislature. The General Fund is the funding mechanism for Alabama’s non-education-related expenditures. In...

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Monday, March 20, 2023

At Long at Last: COVID-19 National Emergency & Outbreak Period Set to End

After much anticipation from employer plan sponsors, the Biden Administration will end the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency declarations (the “National Emergency” and the “PHE”, respectively) that have been in place since 2020 on May 11, 2023. As detailed herein, this also means that the Outbreak Period will...

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Friday, March 17, 2023

2023 Legislative Update: ARPA Special Session - Week Two

ARPA – First RoundOn January 18, 2022, the Alabama Legislature was called upon by Governor Kay Ivey to allocate $772 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds during a Special Session. Legislators quickly drafted and passed a bipartisan plan to address broadband connectivity and access, water and sewer...

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Events

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

National 8(a) Small Business Conference

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

What Happens In-House Stays In-House: Maintaining Attorney-Client Privilege In The Corporate Setting

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

The New Hr Vocabulary: Quarantinis, Covidiots, Social Discodancing, And Yes, You’re ‘On Mute’

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Covid - 19 Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Update

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Publications

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Federal Trade Commission Proposes Ban on Non-Competes

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Financeable Ground Leases (With Forms)

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Friday, August 13, 2021

Disability or Relapse During Pandemic Puts Employers and Insurers in Uncharted Waters

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Friday, July 16, 2021

GETTING TECH OFF THE GROUND: Airbus’ flying car is just one of the cutting-edge projects Sasha Rao gets to work on

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Recent Blogs

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Joint Venturers Beware – Underestimating the Importance SAM Registrations Can Sink Your Proposal

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

7 Reasons to Intervene in Bid Protests

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Friday, January 20, 2023

2 Ways the FTC’s Proposed Rule Against Non-Competes Could Impact the Government Contracting Sector

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Friday, December 16, 2022

FY23 NDAA Includes Inflation Relief for Defense Contractors

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