Friday, February 26, 2021
Overview Legislators returned to Montgomery after a planned one-week hiatus ready for a busy, three-day week in the State House and prepared to take on two controversial subjects: gambling and medical marijuana. In the Senate at least, one of those items was pushed forward two weeks, while the other was approved in about ten minutes. This week also saw the long-awaited passage of Aniah’s Law, the first shutdown filibuster of the session, and the advancement of numerous other bills of note. Gambling Bill On February 11, when the Legislature was last together, Sen. Del Marsh of Anniston brought his comprehensive gaming legislation, Senate Bill 214, up on the Senate floor. After limited debate, Marsh asked that the legislation be carried over until the Senate resumed proceedings this week. After Senators received a copy of a substitute version of the bill last Friday, many predicted that Senators would simply pick up...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 24, 2021) — Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) is pleased to announce that Kristin A. Ingulsrud has joined the Firm’s office in Los Angeles as a Senior Associate in the Insurance and Financial Services Practice. Ingulsrud is an experienced lawyer who focuses her practice on insurance...
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Friday, February 12, 2021
In keeping with our goal to identify and create a pipeline of diverse attorneys, Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) is pleased to launch our first annual minority pre-law program, Maynard Law Prep. Maynard Law Prep’s primary objective is to identify diverse undergraduate talent who reflect the potential to be candidates...
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Friday, February 12, 2021
Overview The Legislature returned to Montgomery for a second consecutive three-day work week, meaning the 2021 Regular Session is already one-fifth complete. Next week, legislators will take a planned weeklong hiatus, giving State House staff the ability to sanitize the building and legislative leadership an opportunity to reassess their COVID...
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Friday, February 5, 2021
Overview The 134th Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature began at noon on Tuesday, February 2. Representatives and senators reported for duty in Montgomery amidst the coronavirus pandemic set to threaten legislative proceedings for the second year in a row. While the normal excitement of Opening Day was missing, leaders...
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